# About AdventureLog

Starting from a simple idea of tracking travel locations, AdventureLog has grown into a full-fledged travel companion. With AdventureLog, you can log your adventures, keep track of where you've been on the world map, plan your next trip collaboratively, and share your experiences with friends and family. **AdventureLog is the ultimate travel companion for the modern-day explorer**.

## Features

- **Track Your Adventures** 🌍: Log your adventures and keep track of where you've been on the world map.
  - Locations can store a variety of information, including the location, date, and description.
  - Locations can be sorted into custom categories for easy organization.
  - Locations can be marked as private or public, allowing you to share your adventures with friends and family.
  - Keep track of the countries and regions you've visited with the world travel book.
  - Upload trails and activities to your locations to remember your experiences with detailed maps and stats.
- **Plan Your Next Trip** 📃: Take the guesswork out of planning your next adventure with an easy-to-use itinerary planner.
  - Itineraries can be created for any number of days and can include multiple destinations.
  - Itineraries include many planning features like flight information, notes, checklists, and links to external resources.
  - Itineraries can be shared with friends and family for collaborative planning.
- **Share Your Experiences** 📸: Share your adventures with friends and family and collaborate on trips together.
  - Locations and itineraries can be shared via a public link or directly with other AdventureLog users.
  - Collaborators can view and edit shared itineraries (collections), making planning a breeze.

## Why AdventureLog?

AdventureLog was created to solve a problem: the lack of a modern, open-source, user-friendly travel companion. Many existing travel apps are either too complex, too expensive, or too closed-off to be useful for the average traveler. AdventureLog aims to be the opposite: simple, beautiful, and open to everyone.

### Open Source (GPL-3.0)

AdventureLog is open-source software, licensed under the GPL-3.0 license. This means that you are free to use, modify, and distribute AdventureLog as you see fit. The source code is available on GitHub, and contributions are welcome from anyone who wants to help improve the project.

## About the Maintainer

Hi, I'm [Sean Morley](https://seanmorley.com), the creator of AdventureLog. I'm an Electrical Engineering student at the University of Connecticut, and I'm passionate about open-source software and building modern tools that help people solve real-world problems. I created AdventureLog to solve a problem: the lack of a modern, open-source, user-friendly travel companion. Many existing travel apps are either too complex, too expensive, or too closed-off to be useful for the average traveler. AdventureLog aims to be the opposite: simple, beautiful, and open to everyone.

I hope you enjoy using AdventureLog as much as I enjoy creating it! If you have any questions, feedback, or suggestions, feel free to reach out to me via the email address listed on my website. I'm always happy to hear from users and help in any way I can. Thank you for using AdventureLog, and happy travels! 🌍

If you want to check out the origins of AdventureLog and the timeline, process, and story of its development, check out the [Development Timeline](/docs/changelogs/development_timeline.md).
