# Blitzortung Lightning Monitor (open-source weather app)

> Blitzortung Lightning Monitor is a free, open-source weather app for Android. Get an overview of the current thunderstorm situation. It has 138 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.

Simple to use map based application, visualizing real time full area lightning data provided by the blitzortung.org lightning location network project. The current thunderstorm situation at your fingertips. Features: * realtime display of lightning data * display of historical lightning data of the last 24 hours * for regions Europe, North & South America, Asia, Africa and Australia/New Zealand * lightning strike time color coded * reduced data volume and fast response * current lightning strike time and lightning count * optional user location marker * alert function shows distance/direction of storms * background service for alerts * support for notifications, sound and vibration alarm *…

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/wuan/bo-android |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Kotlin |
| GitHub stars | 138 |
| License | Apache-2.0 (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/org.blitzortung.android.app/ (package org.blitzortung.android.app) |
| F-Droid anti-features | Relies on a non-free network service |
| Google Play | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.blitzortung.android.app |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | https://blitzortung.tryb.de/ |
| Official | no |
| Category | Weather |
| Latest release | 2.5.4_358 (Oct 2, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 8, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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