openstreetmap/iD

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🆔 The easy-to-use OpenStreetMap editor in JavaScript.

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Forks: 1.5k
Open beginner issues: 3
Indexed issues: 848
Avg merge: 5d 3h
Merged PRs (30d): 44

Dominant language: JavaScript
License: ISC
Last GitHub push: Sep 16, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted

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848 open issues indexed

Better support for combinations of guard_rail and embankment Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

openstreetmap/iD#12901 · Opened Sep 19, 2026
Missing icon on kindergarten preset Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

openstreetmap/iD#12896 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 18, 2026
Parcel locker with NSI entry has unwanted name= field shown by default Open

waitfor-upstream

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

openstreetmap/iD#12893 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 17, 2026
First point of an area may be placed in a different area of where the cursor was Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

openstreetmap/iD#12889 · Opened Sep 17, 2026
Add a warning to stop new users permanently doxxing themselves in the OSM database Open

enhancement validation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

openstreetmap/iD#12882 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 16, 2026
Tag value field suggestions don't recognize text already typed Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

openstreetmap/iD#12877 · Opened Sep 15, 2026
Show imagery age (if metadata exists) Open

new-feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

openstreetmap/iD#12875 · 4 comments · Opened Sep 15, 2026
Optimize loading of OSM map data during first start of iD Open

performance

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

openstreetmap/iD#12869 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 15, 2026
Changes in property text box lost when selecting other feature Open

field

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

openstreetmap/iD#12860 · Opened Sep 13, 2026
Tags table should reduce width of the key column to avoid overflowing values Open

usability

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

openstreetmap/iD#12859 · Opened Sep 13, 2026
render railway=platform_edge with dedicated style more visible than typical line Open

map-renderer

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

openstreetmap/iD#12858 · Opened Sep 12, 2026
Left sidebar lacks clearly visible scrollbar Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

openstreetmap/iD#12856 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 11, 2026
Feature Request: Safeguards against accidental road dragging / Treat newly created crossing ways as blocking errors Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

openstreetmap/iD#12853 · Opened Sep 11, 2026
iD allows freeform text input in number and integer fields, it should not Open

enhancement field

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

openstreetmap/iD#12834 · 6 comments · Opened Sep 5, 2026
One can accidentally enter a shortcut (e.g. "q" for squaring) into the input fields of properties Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

openstreetmap/iD#12831 · 8 comments · Opened Sep 5, 2026
Support `integer` type field by complaining on non-integer values Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

openstreetmap/iD#12827 · Opened Sep 4, 2026
Remove colouration of area when roof:colour input has focus Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

openstreetmap/iD#12808 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 30, 2026
Add visible "exit wireframe mode" button Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

openstreetmap/iD#12805 · 8 comments · Opened Aug 29, 2026
Change "street level" to "street-level" Open

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 92/100

openstreetmap/iD#12792 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 26, 2026
When creating a line and selecting a preset boost connected linear features Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

openstreetmap/iD#12781 · 7 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 25, 2026
Suggest making ways tagged barrier=yes more specific Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

openstreetmap/iD#12766 · Opened Aug 20, 2026
Diacritic folding should be language-aware Open

localization

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

openstreetmap/iD#12759 · Opened Aug 19, 2026
Outdated tags validator removes wiki tags from protected area boundary Open

bug validation

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 62/100

openstreetmap/iD#12756 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 19, 2026
right-click menu icon state are not updated in obscure cases Open

bug low priority operation

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

openstreetmap/iD#12754 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 18, 2026
Prefer most recent imagery option when multiple imagery layers flagged as best Open

usability

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

openstreetmap/iD#12752 · 11 comments · Opened Aug 18, 2026
Z-index issue when highway=construction and any other highway share a node which is then unglued Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

openstreetmap/iD#12743 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 14, 2026
Additional behavior for Follow command Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

openstreetmap/iD#12738 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 12, 2026
Only use existing nodes when Circularising Open

operation

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

openstreetmap/iD#12726 · 9 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 11, 2026
Panoramax: Tag this photo button does not always show up on certain images when object is selected first Open

streetlevel

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

openstreetmap/iD#12705 · Opened Aug 9, 2026
on railway x footway intersections be more clear what "connect features" does Open

usability

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

openstreetmap/iD#12700 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 7, 2026
Limit preset selection when changing preset of an existing feature Open

preset usability

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

openstreetmap/iD#12680 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 5, 2026
When closing a way using Follow (F) command, don't immediately enter the feature search field Open

operation usability

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

openstreetmap/iD#12671 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 3, 2026
New feature: "distribute nodes evenly along axis" Open

operation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

openstreetmap/iD#12669 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 3, 2026
Hillshade layer and elevation panel Open

bluesky

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

openstreetmap/iD#12660 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 2, 2026
Document how to test changes that require edit being made Open

documentation

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

openstreetmap/iD#12651 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 31, 2026
Autoload incompletely loaded and displayed areas, except very very large ones Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

openstreetmap/iD#12648 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 31, 2026
Railway platforms are not visible on light background imagery Open

map-renderer

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

openstreetmap/iD#12646 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 30, 2026
Remove review_requested checkbox Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

openstreetmap/iD#12645 · 8 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Jul 30, 2026
Always convert trivial multipolygons to closed ways Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

openstreetmap/iD#12643 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 29, 2026
show why a search result matched? Open

usability waitfor-consensus

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

openstreetmap/iD#12638 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 29, 2026
UI text stays selected and impacts clipboard behavior Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

openstreetmap/iD#12632 · 5 comments · Opened Jul 28, 2026
Allow Users to Specify Max Zoom Level Open

usability

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

openstreetmap/iD#12595 · Opened Jul 22, 2026
Unlikely default suggestion for sidewalk crossing a waterway via a ford Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

openstreetmap/iD#12568 · 12 comments · Opened Jul 14, 2026
Make on-the map icons larger, especially on higher zooms Open

low priority map-renderer

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

openstreetmap/iD#12562 · Opened Jul 14, 2026
Crash after cancelling two node building part Open

bug operation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

openstreetmap/iD#12552 · Opened Jul 11, 2026
Error with persistent crosshair when using extract tool on crossing Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

openstreetmap/iD#12550 · Opened Jul 11, 2026
Remember left sidebar width Open

usability

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

openstreetmap/iD#12548 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 11, 2026
"Merge" tool creates invalid multipolygons when merging touching objects Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

openstreetmap/iD#12547 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 10, 2026
make waterway=dam line more visible Open

map-renderer

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

openstreetmap/iD#12540 · Opened Jul 8, 2026
Wait before loading icons for area objects Open

bug map-renderer

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

openstreetmap/iD#12539 · Opened Jul 8, 2026

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