maplibre/maplibre-native
MapLibre Native - Interactive vector tile maps for iOS, Android and other platforms. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 3.0
- age_days: 2112
- days_rel: 10
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 123
Adoption not part of the score
2169 stars · 596 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
MapLibre Native is a free, open-source C++ library for rendering interactive, GPU-accelerated vector tile maps in mobile and desktop applications. It is a community-led fork of Mapbox GL Native, supporting Android, iOS, and other platforms via OpenGL, Metal, or Vulkan.
Use cases
- embed an interactive map in an android app
- display vector tile maps in an ios application
- render offline maps in a native mobile app
- add a map view with custom styling to a cross-platform app
- replace mapbox gl native with an open-source alternative
- show gps location on a map in a desktop application
- build a navigation or tracking app with live map rendering
When to choose
- you need open-source, permissively licensed (BSD-2-Clause) map rendering without Mapbox's proprietary license
- you are building native Android, iOS, or desktop apps and need fast GPU-accelerated vector tile maps
- you want to use the MapLibre Style Specification and ecosystem tools like Maputnik
- you need offline or self-hosted tile sources
When to avoid
- you only need maps in a web browser - use MapLibre GL JS instead
- you need a full-featured turnkey mapping product with hosted tiles and services
- your project requires Mapbox-specific proprietary features or their hosted APIs
Facets
library · maturity stable
graphics geospatial ui-components sdk mobile-development cross-platform web-development cpp cross-platform vector-tiles maps gpu-accelerated maplibre openstreetmap map-rendering opengl metal vulkan geospatial android ios mobile desktop
8 sources
- readme: https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-native · fetched 2026-08-28 · 5a781dc53dde
- homepage: https://maplibre.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · c16f98447a75
- site_page: https://maplibre.org/maplibre-gl-js/docs/plugins · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3ea6bb1e63d0
- site_page: https://maplibre.org/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 74b68d263b8c
- site_page: https://maplibre.org/maplibre-gl-js/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 022796c9ba64
- site_page: https://maplibre.org/maplibre-native/docs/book · fetched 2026-08-29 · 41da1ddf3919
- site_page: https://maplibre.org/maplibre-native/ios/latest/documentation/maplibre · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7973b4f27160
- site_page: https://maplibre.org/about/reports · fetched 2026-08-29 · f7444a3491d5
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| maplibre/maplibre-native | main | 95 |
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