README.md

In osrm.backend: Bindings for 'Open Source Routing Machine'

osrm.backend

The goal of osrm.backend is to be a companion to {osrm} R package https://github.com/riatelab/osrm:

• provide single line quick start with osmr_start() function that does everything automatically to run local OSRM backend server, no other setup is required;

• easily install osrm.backend on major operating systems (Linux, Windows, MacOS);

• provide wrapper functions to prepare data for osrm routing;

• provide wrapper to start/stop local OSRM backend server.

Installation

Install the latest stable release of osrm.backend from CRAN with:

install.packages("osrm.backend")

You can install the development version of osrm.backend from R Universe with:

install.packages('osrm.backend',
 repos = c('https://e-kotov.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org')
)

or from GitHub repo with:

# install.packages("pak")
pak::pak("e-kotov/osrm.backend")

You can prepare the OpenStreetMap data for routing with one function osrm_start(<path_to_osm_file_or_folder_with_osm_file>), set the osrm.server option to http://localhost:5001/ and use all the {osrm} functions as usual. You do not need to have osrm-backend installed or have Docker to run osrm-backend from a container, everything is handled automatically an all major operating systems. Just follow the Get started guide. For advanced control over each step of the process, see the full function reference.

OSRM Graphical User Interface demo

osrm.backend documentation built on April 26, 2026, 9:06 a.m.