# leaflet-extras/leaflet-providers

An extension to Leaflet that contains configurations for various free tile providers.

Repository: https://github.com/leaflet-extras/leaflet-providers
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/leaflet-providers
Homepage: https://leaflet-extras.github.io/leaflet-providers/preview/
Language: JavaScript
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: leaflet
Last push: 2026-06-11T11:55:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 71/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 87, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5262, "days_push": 83, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2378, forks 736 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:42.206839+00:00)

## What it is
A Leaflet plugin that provides ready-made configurations for tile layers from many free map providers such as OpenStreetMap, Esri, and OpenWeatherMap. It lets developers add basemaps with a single provider string via L.tileLayer.provider.

## Use cases
- add openstreetmap tiles to a leaflet map
- switch between multiple basemap providers in a web map
- add stamen watercolor style tiles to a map
- use mapbox or here tiles with an api key in leaflet
- preview all available free tile layers for leaflet
- embed weather map tiles in a web application

## When to choose
- you use Leaflet and want quick access to many tile providers without writing tile URL templates
- you need a maintained registry of free basemap configurations

## When to avoid
- you don't use Leaflet (e.g. MapLibre, OpenLayers, or native apps)
- you need vector tile styling rather than raster tile layers

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: ui-components, geospatial, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: leaflet, tile-layers, maps, openstreetmap, basemaps, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- leaflet-extras/leaflet-providers (main) score 71

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:42.206839+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:34:54.473693+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/leaflet-extras/leaflet-providers (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:42.206839+00:00, sha 68654b9afa70)
  - homepage: https://leaflet-extras.github.io/leaflet-providers/preview/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:16:06.715061+00:00, sha 8b6204fbd1db)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/leaflet-providers (fetched 2026-08-29T10:16:06.717423+00:00, sha 4a06b163a37c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.