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Does anyone selfhost a tracker for a dog or cat? A reputable company charges 5€-13€ per month for it. I'm not sure I want to pay that for more than 10 years

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[–] vsis@feddit.cl 3 points 1 year ago

I don't know any product that matches your requirements.

If I had to deal with that today I'd buy a rasberry pi, a USB sim card dongle and some raspberry hat with GPS receiver.

You can write a small API that listens to the raspberries, who sends periodically their positions, and save it to a database.

But it's a quite large project. There's a lot of aspects to consider. The GUI, security, batteries, and a way to attach it to an animal without being lost or destroyed.

Sorry for not giving a useful answer lol. If you come out with an actual solution I'll be glad to hear it, so I can track my cats in case they get lost.