Catervas tools library

VROOM

Route planning engine that builds crew routes around time windows and skills.

AI capabilities

Not LLM-based; uses optimization algorithms to solve vehicle routing (time windows, crew skills, capacities) in milliseconds.

Pricing

Free license. Hosting estimate: $10-40/mo VPS (map data for a metro/state region needs RAM)

Open source

  • Code: https://github.com/VROOM-Project/vroom
  • GitHub stars: 1910
  • Latest release: 2026-03-12
  • Hosting: Self-host only (engine plus vroom-express HTTP API and a routing engine such as OSRM, Valhalla or openrouteservice). No official consumer cloud verified.
  • Backing: Maintained by Verso (company) per README; open-source community
  • No published GitHub security advisories found; it is a backend engine, not internet-facing by itself.

Trust checks

  • Admin-verified listing: Pass · Reviewed by the Catervas team: links and prices checked Nov 5, 2026
  • License verified: Pass · BSD-2-Clause is on the license allow-list
  • Active maintenance: Fail · No release in 8 months
  • No open critical security advisories: Pass · No unpatched critical or high advisories found. Keep it on the latest release.
  • Privacy and data policy: Pass · Self-hosted: your data stays on your own hosting.
  • Company or foundation backing: Pass · Maintained by Verso (company) per README; open-source community

Problems it helps with

  • Rising costs make fast, accurate estimates and margins hard: Builds optimal daily routes for several crews/trucks respecting customer time windows and crew skills, and re-plans quickly after rain-outs; cuts drive time and fuel, which protects margins on low-price recurring mowing routes.
  • Admin overload: scheduling, dispatch, paperwork and job records: Builds optimal daily routes for several crews/trucks respecting customer time windows and crew skills, and re-plans quickly after rain-outs; cuts drive time and fuel, which protects margins on low-price recurring mowing routes.
  • Weather, seasons and crew scheduling and routing: Builds optimal daily routes for several crews/trucks respecting customer time windows and crew skills, and re-plans quickly after rain-outs; cuts drive time and fuel, which protects margins on low-price recurring mowing routes.

Data as JSON: /api/tools/vroom · Compare tools: /compare · llms.txt

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