felt/tippecanoe
Build vector tilesets from large collections of GeoJSON features. observed · 2026-10-14
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 96
- Release rhythm 40
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 5.5
- age_days: 1527
- days_rel: 453
- days_push: 24
- n_releases_24m: 15
Adoption not part of the score
1619 stars · 139 forks observed · 2026-10-14
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Tippecanoe is a C++ command-line tool that builds vector tilesets (MBTiles) from large collections of GeoJSON, FlatGeobuf, or CSV features. It produces scale-independent views of geographic data so density and texture remain visible at every zoom level.
Use cases
- convert large geojson files into vector tilesets
- generate mbtiles from csv point data
- create zoomable map tiles for millions of building footprints
- prepare vector tiles for maplibre or mapbox gl rendering
- build scale-independent tilesets from openstreetmap data
When to choose
- you need to serve large geospatial datasets as vector tiles at any zoom level
- you want to preserve data density rather than simplify or aggregate features
- you work with GeoJSON, FlatGeobuf, or CSV geographic data in a Unix pipeline
When to avoid
- you need a hosted or API-driven tiling service without managing tooling yourself
- you only need small static map images or raster tiles
- you require a GUI-based GIS workflow
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
geospatial cli data-visualization developer-tools cli cpp vector-tiles mbtiles geojson mapbox-vector-tiles flatgeobuf gis maps geospatial macos linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/felt/tippecanoe · fetched 2026-10-14 · c6decae159db
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| felt/tippecanoe | main | 77 |
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