This is a light version of a more heavy-weight ML-based tracker.<p>README head:<p>Baltic Sea shadow fleet monitoring via live AIS data. Watches 1200+ vessels from the Ukrainian GUR War&Sanctions catalogue against the AISStream WebSocket feed, plots positions on a self-updating map, flags proximity to undersea cables, and detects Russia↔West transshipment patterns.<p>Free, open source, runs locally. No cloud, no subscription beyond a free AISStream API key.
by FormerLabFred
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Mar 21, 2026, 12:07:25 PM
AIS is the first thing nefarious vessels turn off when they do nefarious things. Or set it to show 100-1000 km off, AIS protocol is easy.
by deepsun
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Mar 21, 2026, 12:07:25 PM
Seems a bit deceptive to say "No cloud, no subscription, runs locally" when it still needs an api.
by dawnerd
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Mar 21, 2026, 12:07:25 PM
Screenshot or bust
by allanrbo
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Mar 21, 2026, 12:07:25 PM
Tried it. Doesn't work. Does not show any vessels for me, list (and map) stays empty, console is full of "WS closed: no close frame received or sent. Reconnecting in 10s"<p>HN hug of death?
by dark-star
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Mar 21, 2026, 12:07:25 PM
It would look nice on a Home Assistant dashboard
by Krasnol
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Mar 21, 2026, 12:07:25 PM