Web-logbook

This is a simple, free and opensource EASA-style logbook application written in golang and react.

You can clone the repo and compile the binaries yourself, or just download the latest ones for your operating system from the releases.

Once you start the app it automatically creates an SQLite local DB and starts listening on port 4000 by default. So you can open it in your standard web browser at http://localhost:4000

You also can easily export all flight records into EASA style pdf format, print it, sign and use it as a usual paper logbook.

Changelog

[3.21.1] - 04.01.2026

Fix: Corrected expiry date calculation for landing-based rules.

[3.21.0] - 31.12.2025

New: Added a Sign menu item to the Flight Record page, allowing flight records to be signed by an instructor or examiner. The signature now appears in the PDF logbook.
Update: Some code optimization, added error page.
Update: Person Role selector now uses the dynamic roles listed from the database instead of static defaults or manual settings.
New: Added Tags field to flight records. Tags are visible in the logbook table and available as filters on the Map and Dashboard pages.

[3.20.0] - 25.12.2025

Update: Golang and npm packages/security patches.
Update: Added another option (dd/mm/yy) for date autorecognition during the import.
Update: Added a circular progress indicator during database download.
Update: Hide columns in the PDF export if the field size is set to 0.
New: Added option to update aircraft type in Aircrafts table, which also will update all logbook entries.

The full changelog is here

Old v2.x version

If you still would like to use v2.x version:

Latest v2 release https://github.com/vsimakhin/web-logbook/releases/tag/v2.45.0
Docker docker pull vsimakhin/web-logbook:v2.45.0

Usage

Download the latest release from https://github.com/vsimakhin/web-logbook/releases
Extract the archive to some folder/directory
Run:

Windows:
- Double-click on the web-logbook.exe file. It will show you some warning about how unsafe it can be (I don't digitally sing the binary), but just run it.
Linux/MacOS:
- Open a terminal and navigate to the directory
- Run ./web-logbook

Open your browser, type http://localhost:4000 and the application is ready to use
To close the application, use Ctrl+C in the terminal window or just close it

CLI options

$ ./web-logbook -h
  -cert string
      certificate path (default "certs/localhost.pem")
  -disable-authentication
      Disable authentication (in case you forgot login credentials)
  -dsn string
      Data source name {sqlite: file path|mysql: user:password@protocol(address)/dbname?param=value} (default "web-logbook.sql")
  -enable-https
      Enable TLS/HTTPS
  -engine string
      Database engine {sqlite|mysql} (default "sqlite")
  -env string
      Environment {dev|prod} (default "prod")
  -key string
      private key path (default "certs/localhost-key.pem")
  -port int
      Server port (default 4000)
  -url string
      Server URL (default empty - the app will listen on all network interfaces)
  -version
      Prints current version

Supported Operating Systems and Requirements

Since it's written in Golang, it can run on any system after compiling the sources. Currently, on the Release page, there are binaries available for Linux, MacOS, and Windows.

You can use any modern browser with JavaScript enabled to access the app.

Interface

Logbook

Flight records table with filter for all fields and global search through all data
Customized set of columns
Quick export to CSV for all and filtered data
Export to PDF (A4, A5) formats
Automatic totals and subtotals calculation

Dark mode and mobile friendly

Flight Records

Flight record data
Attachments for the flight records
Automatic night-time calculation
Custom/user defined fields
Flight map
- KML and GPX track attachments support for SkyDemon and FlightRadar24 (check this tool fr24-kml-splitter for flightradar24 tracks)
Persons tracking
Instructor/Examiner signature

Licensing & Certification

List of licenses, certificates and endorsements
Document attachments and preview
Expiration tracking

Map

Flight map
Date filters
Routes and airports filters
Aircraft filters
Simple overal stats

Aircrafts

Aircraft list recorded in the logbook
Types & user defined categories

Airports

Standard airports database (3 sources)
Custom user defined airports and airfields
Filters

Persons

Persons list for the recorded flight records
Flight list for each person
Custom user defined roles (Captain, First officer, Crew etc)

Stats

Dashboard with custom filters
Stats by Year, Type and Category
User defined fields support

Currency

Tracking currency and flight exprerience
Different time frames: days, calendar months, calendar years, since date and all time

Export

Export to EASA PDF format (A4 and A5)
PDF export formats with custom title pages (for example, include your CV automatically)
Adjustable settings for each export format
Instructor/Examiner signatures also included in the PDF export

A4

A5

So in real life the logbook could look like

Import

CSV support
Predefined formats
- WebLogbook
- Leon application (via export to CrewLounge link)

Settings

Owner name, license and address, signature for the PDF exports
Signature pad to automatically include signatures to the PDF exports
Enable/Disable authentication (in case you need to expose the app to the public internet)
Some interface settings
Custom names for the standard flight record fields
Custom fields for the Flight record

Airports Databases

The app supports 3 sources:

https://github.com/mwgg/Airports/raw/master/airports.json - main JSON database of 28k+ airports.
(default) https://github.com/vsimakhin/Airports/raw/master/airports.json - my local fork of the main JSON database, to ensure that the app remains functional even if there are any breaking changes in the upstream.
https://davidmegginson.github.io/ourairports-data/airports.csv - an alternate set of airports from https://ourairports.com/, which contains over 78k records, including small airfields and heliports.

If you enable the No ICAO codes filter option, the app will ignore ICAO airport codes that contain numbers and dashes, which are not commonly used ICAO codes. By default, this option is unchecked, which makes the database slightly smaller and cleaner.

Advanced Configuration

Docker & Kubernetes

Check readme for dockerized app for more details.

HTTPS enable

You can generate your own certificate and key and store it in the different directories in your operating system. For that use --key and --cert parameters to specify the exact location and wun app with --enable-https flag.

MySQL database

Disclaimer: the main development is based on SQLite engine, so MySQL can potentially have some bugs. If you find one, please report in the issues.

To store all data, you can use MySQL database. To get started, create a database and a user with access to it. On the first run, the application will create all necessary tables and views. If you want to migrate your data from SQLite to MySQL, you can use the export to CSV function first and then import from CSV.

The DSN format for MySQL connections

user:password@protocol(address)/dbname?param=value

For example,

./web-logbook -engine mysql -dsn "web-logbook-user:pwd@tcp(192.168.0.222)/web-logbook"

API

The backend exposes a REST (sort of) API for access to all logbook functionality. You can find the full list of the endpoints here https://github.com/vsimakhin/web-logbook/blob/main/app/routes.go#L26

Authentication

If authentication is enabled you need to use Bearer token

# get token
TOKEN=$(curl -s -X POST http://127.0.0.1:4000/api/login -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"login": "login", "password": "password"}' | jq -r '.token')

# run request
curl http://127.0.0.1:4000/api/export/A4 -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" --output logbook.pdf

Powershel for Windows (generated by ChatGPT)

$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://127.0.0.1:4000/api/login" `
  -Method POST `
  -Headers @{ "Content-Type" = "application/json" } `
  -Body '{"login": "login", "password": "password"}'

$token = $response.token

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "http://127.0.0.1:4000/api/export/A4" `
  -Headers @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer $token" } `
  -OutFile "logbook.pdf"

API examples

Download PDF A4 logbook

curl http://127.0.0.1:4000/api/export/A4 --output logbook.pdf

Get distance between LKPR and EDDM airports in nautical miles

curl http://127.0.0.1:4000/api/distance/LKPR/EDDM

Get night time in minutes for the flight from LKPR departed at 1600 UTC to the EDDM with arrival at 2012 UTC on 27/09/2025

curl -s -X POST http://localhost:4000/api/logbook/night \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "date": "27/09/2025",
    "departure": {
      "place": "LKPR",
      "time": "1600"
    },
    "arrival": {
      "place": "EDDM",
      "time": "2012"
    }
  }' | jq -r '.data'

New features/Issues

In case you'd like to add some other features to the logbook or you found a bug, please open an "issue" here https://github.com/vsimakhin/web-logbook/issues with a description. I cannot promise I'll implement it or fix it at a reasonable time but at least I can take a look.

Contributors

Thanks for bug reports, testing, improvements, and feature suggestions:

Used libraries

Backend:

go-pdf https://codeberg.org/go-pdf/fpdf
chi web-server https://github.com/go-chi/chi
go-solar https://github.com/mstephenholl/go-solar
sqlite https://modernc.org/sqlite
mysql https://github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql
golang-jwt https://github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/
testify https://github.com/stretchr/testify

Frontend:

ViteJS https://vite.dev/
React https://react.dev/
Material UI https://mui.com/material-ui/
Material Toolpad core https://mui.com/toolpad/core/introduction/
Material React Table https://material-react-table.com
Openlayers https://openlayers.org/
dayjs https://github.com/iamkun/dayjs
TanStack Query https://tanstack.com/query/
export-to-csv https://github.com/alexcaza/export-to-csv
Signature Pad https://github.com/szimek/signature_pad
PapaParse https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse
arc.js https://github.com/springmeyer/arc.js
compare-versions https://github.com/omichelsen/compare-versions
file-type https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-type
mapbox/togeojson https://github.com/mapbox/togeojson

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