Velodok

Velodok is your digital ID for your bicycles. It is an unofficial replacement for a cancelled government app that was meant to help you register your bike and prove ownership in case of theft.

What it is

Why it exists

Core features

Vision

Velodok aims to be simple, secure and user-friendly. I don’t plan on doing crazy updates or big new features. It just does what it needs to do - which is being a digital ID. For other use cases and features, I have started with the Velobase project, which aims to be a service tracker for your bicycles.

Technical details

Stack

Engineering decisions

Local storage

UI Library

Get & use Velodok

Install (Android APK)

Velodok is not available on the Play Store, so you need to download the APK from the releases page. You can find it here.

First run

To install Velodok, you need to allow installation of apps from unknown sources in your settings. Google will warn you that the app is not verified, but you can just ignore this.

Build from source

Use eas to either build in the cloud or locally. You can find the instructions in the repository’s README.