A crowdsourced database of interesting aircraft (governments, military, historic, distinctive) formatted as CSV for use with plane tracking software.
Plane Alert DB is an open-source database of interesting aircraft, formatted as CSV files and categorized for easy use with plane tracking software like Planefence. It solves the problem of manually curating lists of notable aircraft by providing a centralized, community-maintained resource with over 15,000 entries across governments, military, historic, and distinctive categories.
Aviation enthusiasts, plane spotters, SDR (Software-Defined Radio) users, and developers integrating aircraft data into tracking or alerting systems.
Developers choose Plane Alert DB for its extensive, categorized aircraft lists ready for integration, its seamless compatibility with popular tools like Planefence, and its active community that ensures data freshness and accuracy.
A list of interesting aircraft - Governments, Dictators, Military, Historic and just plain odd.
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The database includes over 15,000 unique aircraft across 53 categories, from military to historic, providing a broad dataset for enthusiasts and developers.
Designed specifically for the Planefence Docker container, with clear configuration examples in the README for easy real-time alert setup.
Open for contributions with guidelines, ensuring the database stays current through crowd-sourced additions, as highlighted in the contributing section.
Data is provided in CSV files, allowing for easy parsing and integration with external tools, and derivative lists are auto-generated via GitHub Actions.
The README explicitly disclaims absolute accuracy, noting potential errors in aircraft models and reliance on unverified community sources, which limits reliability for professional use.
Users must edit only specific CSV files (e.g., plane-alert-db.csv) as others are auto-generated, and editing in Excel is discouraged, adding overhead to contributions.
Focuses on static aircraft lists without live flight tracking capabilities, so it's unsuitable for applications needing up-to-the-minute positional data.