What Is Hikyaku
Hikyaku is an open source logistics operating system designed to streamline management, optimization, and day-to-day operations for transport teams.
It brings package tracking, fleet coordination, warehouse operations, and route optimization into one platform so teams can ship faster with fewer manual handoffs.
Why Choose Hikyaku
- Developer Friendly: Built on Supabase and a modern Next.js stack for fast iteration and clear data workflows.
- Security First: Authentication plus role and permission-aware access patterns for safer operations.
- Open Source: Deploy in cloud or on-premise based on your operational and compliance needs.
- Smart Assignment and Dispatch Support: Use dashboard workflows and optimization data to assign work more effectively.
Why It Exists
Hikyaku was born from real transport operations where teams still relied on paper at critical points.
Those workflows caused repeated inefficiencies:
- Suboptimal routing and underused equipment
- Rising fuel and labor waste
- Delays and avoidable delivery errors
Hikyaku is focused on reducing that waste with better planning, visibility, and execution.
What Hikyaku Does Today
| Area | Capability |
|---|---|
| Intake | Add packages with weight, size, deadline and required skills. Print labels with a branded QR code. |
| Dispatch | Put each package on a driver's shift in seconds, then solve the full route again in the background. |
| Territories | Draw service areas and attach drivers to them. See the reason for each assignment. |
| Fleet | Keep vehicles with capacity and skills, for example refrigeration or a tail lift. Record maintenance. |
| Driver safety | Limit the working time, driving time, distance and stops of each shift. |
| Visibility | See each shift on a weekly calendar and on a map, with live driver locations and location history. |
| Team | Give each person only the permissions that they need. Use two-factor authentication. |
| Driver app | Scan packages into the van, drive the route, and record a photo and a signature at each stop. Add packages, vehicles and warehouses from an Android phone. |
| Integrations | Connect n8n workflows through OAuth. |
Where To Start
- Product managers and dispatchers: start with the Web Dashboard Overview, then read Dispatch and Operations.
- Drivers: start with the Driver App Overview, then read Run a Shift.
- Administrators: read Access Control.
- Developers and operators: read Architecture, then Self-Hosting Hikyaku.