What is Open VTS?

What is Open VTS?#

Open VTS is a self-hosted vehicle tracking software built for businesses that want full control, ownership, and security over their tracking infrastructure.

With Open VTS, you can track vehicles in real time, manage fleets, protect your data, and deploy your own GPS tracking system without depending on locked SaaS platforms.

Our mission is simple:

To give businesses the freedom to track, manage, and scale their fleets on their own terms.

With Open VTS, your tracking system runs on your server, your data stays under your control, and your business is not limited by someone else’s platform.

Track Without Limits. Powered By You.

What Does Self-Hosted Mean?#

Self-hosted means Open VTS runs on your own server or cloud server.

Instead of depending fully on a rented SaaS platform, you install and control the system yourself. This gives your business more ownership over the platform, the data, and the infrastructure behind your tracking operation.

With a self-hosted setup, you control:

• Your server
• Your database
• Your GPS tracking data
• Your users and vehicles
• Your application settings
• Your branding
• Your integrations
• Your backups
• Your future scaling plan

This is useful for businesses that want to build their own GPS tracking operation, serve their own customers, or manage large fleet data with more control.

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Start Free Up To 50 Vehicles#

Open VTS lets you start free up to 50 vehicles.

This helps you test the platform, understand the workflow, connect real or demo vehicles, and experience the system before scaling further.

It is useful for companies that want to explore self-hosted GPS tracking without making a large commitment from day one.

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Who Should Use Open VTS?#

Open VTS is useful for businesses and teams that need a complete GPS tracking platform.

It is suitable for:

• GPS tracking companies
• Fleet management companies
• Logistics businesses
• Transport companies
• Delivery companies
• Mining and construction fleets
• Waste management fleets
• Public sector fleet operations
• Businesses that want to launch their own GPS tracking software
• Companies that want to avoid per-vehicle SaaS dependency

Open VTS is especially useful when you want to own the system instead of only renting access to a tracking dashboard.

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What Can You Do With Open VTS?#

Open VTS includes the main tools required to operate a GPS tracking platform.

You can use it to:

• Track vehicles live on a map
• View vehicle location history
• Replay previous trips
• Manage vehicles
• Manage users and customers
• Manage drivers
• Manage devices and SIM cards
• Create geofences
• Create points of interest
• Create route areas
• Send supported commands to GPS devices
• View alerts and events
• Manage notifications
• Check logs and activity
• Configure platform settings
• Connect integrations like SMTP, Firebase, Google Auth, WhatsApp, and AI services

The platform is built to support both business operations and technical administration.

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Basic Open VTS Flow#

Open VTS works by receiving GPS data from tracking devices and showing that data inside the web and mobile applications.

The basic flow is:

1. A GPS device is installed in a vehicle.
2. The device sends location data to your Open VTS server.
3. The listener receives and decodes the device data.
4. The backend processes the location, speed, ignition, and event data.
5. The database stores the tracking records.
6. The web and mobile apps show live tracking, history, alerts, and reports.

In simple words:

GPS device sends dataOpen VTS server receives itOpen VTS app shows it to the user

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Main Roles Inside Open VTS#

Open VTS has different roles so that each person can access the correct part of the system.

Superadmin#

The Superadmin controls the full platform.

A Superadmin can manage administrators, global settings, master data, server configuration, integrations, policies, and platform-level controls.

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Admin#

The Admin manages daily customer and fleet operations.

An Admin can create users, add vehicles, manage drivers, assign devices, manage inventory, check logs, and handle customer-level operations.

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User#

The User tracks and manages their own fleet.

A User can view vehicles, use the live map, check trip history, create geofences, manage alerts, use route tools, and monitor their own fleet activity.

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What This Documentation Will Help You Do#

This documentation will guide you step by step from installation to complete platform usage.

You will learn how to:

• Create a server
• Check system requirements
• Install Open VTS
• Log in for the first time
• Complete Superadmin setup
• Create administrators
• Create users
• Add vehicles
• Connect GPS devices
• Use live tracking
• Create geofences and POIs
• Configure alerts and notifications
• Manage drivers, devices, and SIM cards
• Check logs, events, and trip history
• Configure platform settings
• Troubleshoot common issues

You can follow the documentation in order, even if you are setting up Open VTS for the first time.

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Before You Continue#

Before installing Open VTS, you should understand the basic server and software requirements.

The next page will explain the minimum and recommended requirements for running Open VTS properly.

Next Step#

Continue to:

System Requirements

This page will help you understand what type of server, operating system, database, ports, and software setup you need before installation.