Features
Wintertrace is one piece of software with one job: documenting winter service operations. Everything below runs today — there is no roadmap item mixed into this list.
The three sources the operation record is built from. They run while the driver works, without anything to fill in.
Location data is captured through the free, open-source OwnTracks app on the driver phone — sent directly to your installation over HTTPS, not through any third-party cloud.
Temperature, precipitation, and snow depth are fetched automatically at the start and end of every operation from independent providers — and stored permanently with the operation record.
Drivers attach photos to operations from the app. Each photo carries timestamp and the operation GPS fix as metadata.
The output side: the formal document, the place clients look it up themselves, and the message that tells them it exists.
Every operation is exported as a formal PDF with company header, GPS track as vector graphic, weather data, and photos. Printable, archivable, and intended as documentation in liability cases.
Clients receive their own login and can see when service was performed, what the weather was like, and (optionally) the GPS track for each operation.
Configurable email notifications for operation start, end, and exceptions. A notification log records what was sent, when, and to whom.
Drivers, vehicles, hours and totals — the administrative half, kept deliberately small.
Add drivers, generate OwnTracks credentials via QR code, and assign vehicles. Built for one-person operations through to small teams.
Drivers start and end shifts in the app. Hours are captured automatically and can be exported to CSV for payroll or invoicing.
Daily, monthly, per-driver, and per-customer summaries. The dashboard is built for review, not for surveillance.
How the installation stays current and how the data stays yours. Both are core software, not paid add-ons.
Anonymisation, configurable retention, and full data export are built into the core software — not bolt-on plugins or premium features.
Updates are downloaded in the browser at the admin click and verified against a root key embedded in the code — tampering is mathematically excluded as long as the key is safe.
Upload one small file to your web hosting, open it in your browser, and the installer puts the latest signed Wintertrace core on your webspace. About ten minutes — no FTP client needed.
install.php · Ed25519-signed core · GNU AGPLv3
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