TREK

A self-hosted, real-time collaborative travel planner — with maps, budgets, packing lists, a journal, and AI built in.

     
 

What you get

Get started in 30 seconds

ENCRYPTION_KEY=$(openssl rand -hex 32) docker run -d -p 3000:3000 \
  -e ENCRYPTION_KEY=$ENCRYPTION_KEY \
  -v ./data:/app/data -v ./uploads:/app/uploads mauriceboe/trek

Open http://localhost:3000. On first boot TREK seeds an admin account — if you set ADMIN_EMAIL/ADMIN_PASSWORD those are used, otherwise the credentials are printed to the container log (docker logs trek).

Tech stack

Real-time sync via WebSocket (ws). Backend on NestJS 11. State with Zustand. Auth via JWT + OAuth 2.1 + OIDC + Passkeys (WebAuthn) + TOTP MFA. Weather via Open-Meteo (no key required). Maps with Leaflet and Mapbox GL.

Docker Compose (production)

services:
  app:
    image: mauriceboe/trek:latest
    container_name: trek
    read_only: true
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    cap_drop:
      - ALL
    cap_add:
      - CHOWN
      - SETUID
      - SETGID
    tmpfs:
      - /tmp:noexec,nosuid,size=64m
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    environment:
      - NODE_ENV=production
      - PORT=3000
      - ENCRYPTION_KEY=${ENCRYPTION_KEY:-}   # generate with: openssl rand -hex 32
      - TZ=${TZ:-UTC}
      - LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-info}
      - ALLOWED_ORIGINS=${ALLOWED_ORIGINS:-}
      - APP_URL=${APP_URL:-}                 # required for OIDC + email links
      # - FORCE_HTTPS=true                   # behind a TLS-terminating proxy
      # - TRUST_PROXY=1
      # - OIDC_ISSUER=https://auth.example.com
      # - OIDC_CLIENT_ID=trek
      # - OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET=supersecret
      # - OIDC_DISPLAY_NAME=SSO
      # - OIDC_ADMIN_CLAIM=groups
      # - OIDC_ADMIN_VALUE=app-trek-admins
    volumes:
      - ./data:/app/data
      - ./uploads:/app/uploads
    restart: unless-stopped
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "wget", "-qO-", "http://localhost:3000/api/health"]
      interval: 30s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 15s

docker compose up -d

Helm (Kubernetes)

helm repo add trek https://mauriceboe.github.io/TREK
helm repo update
helm install trek trek/trek

See charts/README.md for values.

Install as App (PWA)

TREK works as a Progressive Web App — no App Store needed.

1. Open TREK in the browser (HTTPS required)
2. iOS: Share ▸ Add to Home Screen
3. Android: Menu ▸ Install app (or Add to Home Screen)

TREK then launches fullscreen with its own icon, just like a native app.

Updating

Docker Compose:

docker compose pull && docker compose up -d

Docker run — reuse the original volume paths:

docker pull mauriceboe/trek
docker rm -f trek
docker run -d --name trek -p 3000:3000 -v ./data:/app/data -v ./uploads:/app/uploads --restart unless-stopped mauriceboe/trek

Not sure which paths you used? docker inspect trek --format '{{json .Mounts}}' before removing the container.

Your data stays in the mounted data and uploads volumes — updates never touch it.

[!IMPORTANT] Mount only the data and uploads directories — -v ./data:/app/data -v ./uploads:/app/uploads. Never mount a volume at /app. Doing so hides the application code shipped in the image and the container fails to start with Cannot find module 'tsconfig-paths/register'. If you previously mounted /app, switch to the two mounts above; your data in data/ and uploads/ is preserved.

Rotating the Encryption Key

If you need to rotate ENCRYPTION_KEY (e.g. upgrading from a version that derived encryption from JWT_SECRET):

docker exec -it trek node --import tsx scripts/migrate-encryption.ts

The script creates a timestamped DB backup before making changes and prompts for old + new keys (input is not echoed).

Reverse Proxy

For production, put TREK behind a TLS-terminating reverse proxy. TREK uses WebSockets for real-time sync, so the proxy must support WebSocket upgrades on /ws.

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name trek.yourdomain.com;
    return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name trek.yourdomain.com;

    ssl_certificate     /etc/ssl/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/privkey.pem;

    # 500 MB covers backup-restore uploads (capped at 500 MB server-side).
    client_max_body_size 500m;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }

    location /ws {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_read_timeout 86400;
    }
}

trek.yourdomain.com {
    reverse_proxy localhost:3000
}

Environment variables

Data & Backups

• Database — SQLite, stored in ./data/travel.db
• Uploads — stored in ./uploads/
• Logs — ./data/logs/trek.log (auto-rotated)
• Backups — create and restore via Admin Panel
• Auto-Backups — configurable schedule and retention in Admin Panel

Data sources

The Atlas map's country and sub-national (province/county) boundaries come from geoBoundaries (Runfola et al., 2020), licensed CC BY 4.0. See NOTICE.md for full third-party attributions.

License

TREK is AGPL v3. Self-host freely for personal or internal company use. If you modify and offer TREK as a network service to third parties, your modifications must be open-sourced under the same licence.