About Austrian.rocks

The Project

Austrian.rocks is a non-profit project, managed by volunteers.

Our goal is to make discovering bouldering in Austria fun and respectful of nature.

The team

  • Max

    Mapping, development, data collection

Original Boolder team

Austrian.rocks is a fork of Boolder, the excellent bouldering app for Fontainebleau created by Nicolas, Romain, Cyril, and Emile. We're grateful for their work in creating an open source platform that makes bouldering more accessible.

  • Nicolas

    Dev, mapping

  • Émile

    Mapping

  • Cyril

    Climbing lover

  • Romain

    Climbing lover

A collaborative platform

The code and data of the apps are available in open source on GitHub.

You can also contribute by mapping missing problems or by reporting mistakes.

Know how to code?

We are actively looking for a Rails and an iOS dev. Come and join us!

Contact

For any questions, you can contact us at hello@austrian.rocks.

The story

Max discovered Boolder on climbing trips to Fontainebleau. It was the first outdoor climbing app that worked well - good data quality and open source (meaning the code is freely available for anyone to use and modify).

The idea to fork it (create a modified version) for other areas came up, then got shelved for two years.

It came back during a trip to Maltatal, Austria. Twelve people, one guidebook (Max had forgotten his at home). Trying to share a single book between that many climbers doesn't work. The existing apps weren't good enough for anyone to want to use them.

So Max forked Boolder, adapted it for Austria, and started mapping bouldering areas. That's Austrian.rocks. A modified version of Boolder's open source project for Austrian bouldering.

Thanks

We extend our thanks to everyone who has contributed to the Austrian bouldering community: the route setters and all those who have contributed to the maintenance and cleaning of boulders, and preservation efforts.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the data come from?
Photos and geographical data (GPS) were collected by the Austrian.rocks team.
Some of the boulder drawings (in top view) are inspired by existing guidebooks. We are working to replace them with original drawings.
Why is the app free?
Because we want as many people as possible to enjoy it!
By building on the open source Boolder codebase, the cost to adapt and maintain Austrian.rocks for Austria has remained very low. We plan to keep this momentum going in the future thanks to volunteering and open source.
Do you collect personal data?
You can consult our Privacy policy.