osm2pgsql-dev/osm2pgsql

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

osm2pgsql is a command-line ETL tool that imports OpenStreetMap data in OSM, PBF, and O5M formats into a PostgreSQL/PostGIS database. It supports flexible Lua-configured table layouts, incremental updates from change files and replication diffs, and scales from small extracts to full planet imports.

Use cases

• import openstreetmap data into postgresql
• load osm pbf files into postgis
• set up a database for rendering map tiles
• keep an osm database up to date with replication diffs
• run a nominatim geocoder backend
• do geospatial analysis on osm data with postgis
• create a poi map from openstreetmap data
• export osm data to gis formats

When to choose

• you need OSM data in PostgreSQL/PostGIS for rendering, geocoding, or analysis
• you want configurable table layouts via Lua scripting
• you need incremental updates from OSM change files
• you need to scale from a city extract to a full planet import

When to avoid

• you need a general-purpose ETL tool for non-OSM data
• you want a GUI-based import tool
• your target database is not PostgreSQL/PostGIS
• you only need to view OSM data without a database

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

etl database geospatial databases developer-tools windows cli cross-platform openstreetmap postgis postgresql osm-pbf map-rendering nominatim geocoding data-import replication geospatial maps linux macos

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