[HN Gopher] OutRun - Open-source, privacy oriented, outdoor fitn...
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OutRun - Open-source, privacy oriented, outdoor fitness tracker
Author : 27theo
Score : 64 points
Date : 2024-01-16 15:48 UTC (7 hours ago)
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| speps wrote:
| I was briefly excited that it was related to the classic video
| game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_Run
| jakearmitage wrote:
| I knew I couldn't be the only one. Does this serve as a
| consolation prize, though? https://github.com/djyt/cannonball
| tobiasbischoff wrote:
| I'm in the EU and very excited that i possibly could compile and
| sideload apps like that to my phone soon.
| voisin wrote:
| You don't need to side load. It is available in the App Store.
| Rygian wrote:
| Parentcs point is to compile and upload their own version.
| tibu wrote:
| Project seems to be dead.
| dietr1ch wrote:
| From #91 an asked an hour ago,
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| > I wouldn't necessarily say abandoned. I still work on it from
| time to time, but progress is very very slow and I cannot
| prioritise it over other things atm
|
| https://github.com/timfraedrich/OutRun/issues/91
| voisin wrote:
| I see ways to sync new runs but no way to import all past runs
| from Apple Health
| sen wrote:
| I've been wanting something like this but so long, and had it on
| my list of projects to potentially try making. All I need is
| basic tracking of my walks/runs to motivate myself, and have zero
| desire for all the other bloat most fitness apps have.
| apatheticonion wrote:
| I really want this for sleep tracking.
|
| There are so many devices, each have their own algorithm for
| sleep tracking and the device I pick largely depends on the
| accuracy of the device's sleep tracking.
|
| However there are new apps, like Nukkuaa, an (EU only) sleep
| analysis app that uses any heart-rate tracker (like a bluetooth
| fitness chest strap) and infers sleep quality from the data.
|
| A generic app expands what devices are available to me. Right now
| I use CGM tape and stick a Fitbit Charge 3 on my tricep - but I
| dislike the Fitbit app and if I change to another brand I cannot
| export my logs.
|
| A third party app has the potential to train against more data
| than any individual single brand could and, with appropriate
| tagging, could possible offer better accuracy. Open source would
| be icing on the cake.
|
| Additionally, it would be great if devices like the Fitbit Charge
| could be used as a bluetooth heart rate monitor that can be used
| on apps that consume trackers on a (presumably) standard API
| (like TrainerRoad, Zwift, etc).
|
| - https://www.nukkuaa.com/en
| justinc8687 wrote:
| > Additionally, it would be great if devices like the Fitbit
| Charge could be used as a bluetooth heart rate monitor that can
| be used on apps that consume trackers on a (presumably)
| standard API (like TrainerRoad, Zwift, etc).
|
| The new charge 6 does have this capability. [0]
|
| [0](https://support.google.com/fitbit/answer/14236705)
| INTPenis wrote:
| What about an Android alternative?
| neilv wrote:
| Open-source, privacy oriented, outdoor fitness tracker... _for
| Apple iOS_.
| neilv wrote:
| Open source related application, for open source desktops like
| Linux (unfortunately not for open source Android/GrapheneOS
| currently), there's Alex Harsanyi's ActivityLog2 (which is an
| impressive application in Racket):
|
| https://github.com/alex-hhh/ActivityLog2/wiki/Just-The-Scree...
|
| Incidentally, I'd love to have an open source, privacy-
| respecting _nutrition_ tracker that works on open source
| desktops. (I find my laptop much, much faster than phone for
| recording this data, at least in the ad hoc way I 'm doing it,
| including things like weights of every ingredient that goes
| into a dish.)
| gen220 wrote:
| I started building something like this for myself (as a CLI tool,
| so way less ambitious). It's a pretty fun project with a tight
| feedback loop.
|
| Parsing GPS data is surprisingly simple.
|
| It surprised me to learn that different apps will "smooth" out
| measures like elevation and distance -- it's actually quite a
| rich problem space with a few interesting solutions.
| bartread wrote:
| I realise naming is hard but, as a big fan of Sega's iconic 1980s
| arcade racing game and its sequels - and at willing risk of
| sounding a little bit gatekeepy - I must admit that I don't
| particularly appreciate this project's appropriation of the name
| OutRun.
|
| Also, it doesn't appear to be getting a lot of activity, which
| suggest it's perhaps not a going concern.
| iamacyborg wrote:
| Given that there's no mention of fitness trackers, I assume you
| need to record the activity on your phone?
|
| That's not ideal, but I'm definitely not the target market as I'm
| happy to buy one of the higher end Garmin models.
| SoftTalker wrote:
| Every runner I know uses Strava.
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