 | | 🗺️ **Famous Attractions Pipeline** | OpenTripMap API surfaces well-known landmarks; supplemented by named OSM POIs for locally-famous sites OTM misses (e.g. Bareilly's 7 Nath temples) | | 💎 **Hidden Gems Pipeline** | Reddit posts + LLM extraction surfaces authentic local recommendations. Falls back to named OSM POIs when Reddit has no data | | 📍 **Smart Geocoding** | Nominatim-based geocoder with Indian city alias normalization (vanarasi→varanasi, bombay→mumbai, kashi→varanasi, allahabad→prayagraj etc.) and suffix-stripping fallback | | 👤 **User Authentication** | Full login/signup flow powered by Supabase Auth with profile management | | 🔖 **Saved Places & History** | Save your favorite hidden gems and revisit your past searches via your profile | | 🌙 **Production Dark Mode** | Complete Light/Dark/System theme support synced to user preferences via Supabase | | 📧 **Reliable Email Delivery** | Nodemailer integration for Contact Us and Community Error Reporting | | 📸 **Optimized Imagery** | Edge-cached imagery via Supabase Storage with Unsplash API fallback for new destinations | | 💬 **AI Chat Assistant** | Ask "Locoro AI" anything about travel in India — maintains conversation history across the session | | ⚡ **Crawl-on-Demand Caching** | Results cached in PostgreSQL for 7 days. Repeated searches load instantly. Canonical name dedup prevents cross-search )
🧠Locoro — Discover India's Hidden Gems
Skip the tourist traps. Find what locals actually recommend.
Locoro is an AI-powered travel discovery web app for India. It searches real traveler discussions on Reddit, maps areas with OpenStreetMap, and uses a large language model to extract and score off-the-beaten-path destinations. It features a complete user authentication system, saved places, search history, seamless dark mode, dynamic imagery, and an admin dashboard for live content editing.
✨ Features
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| 🔍 AI Destination Discovery | Search any Indian destination and get famous attractions + hidden gems powered by a dual-pipeline (OpenTripMap + Reddit LLM + OpenStreetMap) |
| 🗺️ Famous Attractions Pipeline | OpenTripMap API surfaces well-known landmarks; supplemented by named OSM POIs for locally-famous sites OTM misses (e.g. Bareilly's 7 Nath temples) |
| đź’Ž Hidden Gems Pipeline | Reddit posts + LLM extraction surfaces authentic local recommendations. Falls back to named OSM POIs when Reddit has no data |
| 📍 Smart Geocoding | Nominatim-based geocoder with Indian city alias normalization (vanarasi→varanasi, bombay→mumbai, kashi→varanasi, allahabad→prayagraj etc.) and suffix-stripping fallback |
| 👤 User Authentication | Full login/signup flow powered by Supabase Auth with profile management |
| đź”– Saved Places & History | Save your favorite hidden gems and revisit your past searches via your profile |
| 🌙 Production Dark Mode | Complete Light/Dark/System theme support synced to user preferences via Supabase |
| 📧 Reliable Email Delivery | Nodemailer integration for Contact Us and Community Error Reporting |
| 📸 Optimized Imagery | Edge-cached imagery via Supabase Storage with Unsplash API fallback for new destinations |
| 💬 AI Chat Assistant | Ask "Locoro AI" anything about travel in India — maintains conversation history across the session |
| ⚡ Crawl-on-Demand Caching | Results cached in PostgreSQL for 7 days. Repeated searches load instantly. Canonical name dedup prevents cross-search |