Ramani
Built for travel beyond cell coverage.
No subscription. No account. Your data stays offline, on your computer, always.
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Offline by design
Your maps, waypoints, tracks, and routes live as plain files on your own Mac — not in someone else’s cloud, and not behind anyone’s account. Core functionality never depends on a connection.
One-time purchase. Free trial included.
No recurring account, no monthly check on whether you’re still allowed to see your own trip data.
Built for real overlanding maps
Native support for Tracks4Africa and OpenStreetMap-based Garmin maps — read the way they’re meant to be read.
Why Ramani exists
Garmin has stopped developing BaseCamp, and Apple’s move away from Rosetta means it will not open in future versions of macOS — the tool a generation of overlanders relied on to manage their GPS data is being left behind from both directions, with no real replacement in the works.
Ramani started as a personal project to fix that: a native Mac app that reads Garmin’s map formats directly, manages a real library of waypoints, tracks, and routes, and does it all without an internet connection or a subscription. It’s built by an overlander, for the overlanding community — shaped by real trips, real fuel logs, and real frustration with tools that assume you’re always online.
What’s inside
A look at Ramani as it stands today — mid-beta, actively being refined, and already doing the job BaseCamp used to.
Every map, rendered natively
Tracks4Africa and OpenStreetMap Garmin maps, drawn directly — no tile conversion, no lost detail. Fast panning and zooming, even across a full continent.
Route planning, faithful to the map
Automatic routing across both Tracks4Africa and OpenStreetMap data — built to respect the road data you’re actually driving on, not a generic routing guess.
A roadbook you can actually share
Build an itinerary from your routes and tracks, add layovers and delays, and export the whole thing as a table — paste straight into a spreadsheet for the rest of your group.
Fuel estimates that learn from you
Log real fill-ups and Ramani refines your vehicle’s consumption estimate over time — from your own driving, on your own roads.
At home on your Mac
Native menus, native dark mode, native everything — Ramani behaves like the rest of macOS, not like a port of something else.
Questions
Does Ramani work with OSM and Tracks4Africa maps?
Yes — T4A & OSM support is the primary focus of the app, not an afterthought. Ramani reads .IMG and .gmapp files directly
Is this a replacement for Garmin BaseCamp?
That’s the goal. Ramani already handles map viewing, library management, route planning, and automatic routing for both Tracks4Africa and OpenStreetMap maps.
Will my data be locked into Ramani?
No. Everything is stored as standard GPX files in a folder you choose, on your own computer. If you ever stop using Ramani, your data is just there, in a format every other GPS tool already understands.
Is there a subscription?
No. Ramani is planned as a one-time purchase with a free trial period. No recurring account, no ongoing fee to access your own trip data.
What devices does it work with?
Ramani reads and writes standard GPX files, compatible with any Garmin device. Direct USB sync is planned; in the meantime, GPX files transfer via USB mass storage or SD card, depending on your device.
When can I try it?
Ramani is in active development and not yet publicly available. Join the beta list below — invitations go out as testing expands.
Join the beta
Sign up to get early access as testing opens, and to help shape what Ramani becomes.
A few quick questions when you sign up — totally optional, but it helps:
- What Garmin device(s) do you use?
- Are you coming from BaseCamp?
- Where do you typically travel?
- What problem would you most want Ramani to solve?