Tofu Maps lets you create personal maps, save places, and share them by link — without signing up. Perfect for travel ideas, city guides, filming locations, or personal collections of places. Simple, fast, and privacy-first.
Hi! I’m Ruslan, the maker of Tofu Maps. The idea came from a simple frustration: I was constantly saving places everywhere — notes, chats, screenshots — but never in one simple map I could easily share. Most map tools felt too heavy: accounts, onboarding, cluttered interfaces. So I built Tofu Maps as a lightweight alternative — something that works instantly.
What I wanted to achieve: - no signup, no friction - create a map in seconds - share it with a single link - focus on places, not features
People already use it to: - collect travel ideas - share city guides with friends - save filming locations - keep personal place libraries
This is an indie project, built and designed by one person, and I’m actively improving it. I’d really love to hear your feedback — what works, what feels missing, and how you’d use it. Thanks for checking it out, and happy to answer any questions 🙌
Loved the concept! Tried it. The UI is very simple to use. The only problem I faced is that it uses OpenStreetMap places which unfortunately doesn't have a lot of Indian destinations marked. So, the manually pinning places is too tacky :]
Simple and fast, thats exactly what a map tool should be, great job on the launch, Ruslan! Does it work well on mobile browsers or is it better to use desktop?
Simple and easy to use! I just wonder something. Where does the name 'tofu' maps come from?
Love the no-signup approach, as friction kills good ideas. Can you add quick notes to each pin, or just save the location?
Congrats on the launch!
Finally a place to store all my favourite parking lots! Just kidding, I'll defo try this out to share city guides. Currently storing them as a link tree in Notion.
Btw, going account-less looks like a trend - I'm seeing more and more of this on Product Hunt.
Who is getting the most value today—travel planners, creators (filming/photo scouting), locals making city guides, or “personal place librarians”—and what patterns in their behavior tell you that segment is the best initial wedge?
The previous startup l worked at was exactly doing the same thing with additional features. I do not say your product is better or worse but if you dm me, l can share you the name of the app, it could be insightful for you maybe. What l've learned from that: no content no remaining users, you have to create thousands of contents(maps), do not wait any user to come and create
positioning this as a lightweight, privacy-first alternative to bloated map apps is a great wedge. since there's no cloud account syncing, does the data live entirely in local storage, and is there an easy way to export (like KML or GeoJSON) if I want to back up my list?
Congrats on the launch! Love the simple, link-first approach to personal maps—perfect for lightweight trip curation and sharing without account friction.
Hi! I’m Ruslan, the maker of Tofu Maps.
The idea came from a simple frustration: I was constantly saving places everywhere — notes, chats, screenshots — but never in one simple map I could easily share. Most map tools felt too heavy: accounts, onboarding, cluttered interfaces. So I built Tofu Maps as a lightweight alternative — something that works instantly.
What I wanted to achieve:
- no signup, no friction
- create a map in seconds
- share it with a single link
- focus on places, not features
People already use it to:
- collect travel ideas
- share city guides with friends
- save filming locations
- keep personal place libraries
This is an indie project, built and designed by one person, and I’m actively improving it.
I’d really love to hear your feedback — what works, what feels missing, and how you’d use it.
Thanks for checking it out, and happy to answer any questions 🙌