TileServer GL
TileServer GL is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Maps & GPS category, licensed BSD-2-Clause and written mainly in JavaScript. It ships a Docker image. It has 2,912 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 23, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Maps & GPS
- JavaScript
- BSD-2-Clause
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 2,912
- Forks
- 713
- Open issues
- 228
- Commits, last 12 months
- 499
- Last commit
- Oct 23, 2026
- Latest release
- v5.7.0Oct 23, 2026
- Created
- Feb 29, 2016
- License
- BSD-2-ClauseOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 23, 2026, 499 commits in 12 months.
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 23, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 499 |
| Latest release | v5.7.0 (Oct 23, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 2 |
| Releases, all time | 117 |
| Open issues | 228 |
| Open pull requests | 39 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Feb 29, 2016 |
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About TileServer GL
Vector and raster maps with GL styles. Server side rendering by Mapbox GL Native. Map tile server for Mapbox GL JS, Android, iOS, Leaflet, OpenLayers, GIS via WMTS, etc.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/maptiler/tileserver-gl.
Topics
- tileserver
- wmts
- raster-map
- docker
- vector-tiles
- tileserver-gl
- gl-styles
- openmaptiles
- mapbox-gl-js
- maplibre-gl-js
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Is TileServer GL free and open source?
Yes. TileServer GL is open-source software released under the BSD-2-Clause license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run TileServer GL with Docker?
Yes. TileServer GL provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to TileServer GL?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to TileServer GL include Dawarich, Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) and GraphHopper.
Is TileServer GL actively maintained?
The most recent commit to TileServer GL was on Oct 23, 2026 with 499 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v5.7.0, published Oct 23, 2026. It had 228 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.