maplibre/maputnik

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2613 stars · 469 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Maputnik is a free and open-source visual editor for the MapLibre Style Specification, built with TypeScript, React, and MapLibre GL JS. It lets developers and map designers visually create and edit map styles via a web app, Docker container, or CLI.

Use cases

• visually design map styles for MapLibre GL
• edit MapLibre style JSON without hand-writing it
• self-host a map style editor with Docker
• develop map styles locally with file watching via the CLI
• customize basemap colors, fonts, and layers for vector tiles

When to choose

• you need a GUI to author or tweak MapLibre GL styles
• you want an open-source alternative to Mapbox Studio for style editing
• you prefer designing map styles in the browser with local storage

When to avoid

• you need to edit raster tile styles or non-MapLibre style formats
• you want a full GIS desktop application for spatial analysis
• you need automated map rendering rather than interactive style editing

Facets

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editor gui data-visualization web-development developer-tools browser self-hosted cli maplibre map-design style-editor vector-tiles cartography gis maplibre-gl-js maps geospatial web-server docker nodejs

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