# MaxMind – Is there really no Open Source alternative?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/maxmind-is-there-really-no-open-source-alternative/305133>\
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**Created:** [April 23, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maxmind-is-there-really-no-open-source-alternative/305133 "2024-04-23T20:49:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maxmind-is-there-really-no-open-source-alternative/305133/4 "2024-05-03T01:12:51Z")

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> [@terraboss](#):
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> I haven’t looked at the code in detail yet, but it made me wonder why Discourse hasn’t implemented a similar solution for geolocation identification.

They use an old version of MaxMind database as well

> <https://github.com/cyberdefenders/email-header-analyzer/blob/dc0b3f0ae54491129b835597b46742372c795ad2/mha/static/data/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb>

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