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tilemill-project/tilemill

TileMill is a modern map design studio observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/tilemill-project/tilemill · homepage · JavaScript · BSD-3-Clause (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • 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: n/a
  • age_days: 5903
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1032
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3152 stars · 519 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

TileMill is an open-source map design studio powered by Node.js and Mapnik, used to style and render custom maps. It runs in server mode with a browser-based interface and can be deployed via Docker.

Use cases

  • design custom styled maps
  • render map tiles from OpenStreetMap data
  • style maps with CartoCSS
  • create basemaps for web applications
  • export maps for print or web

When to choose

  • you need a dedicated studio for designing map styles with Mapnik
  • you want to render custom tile sets from OSM or PostGIS data
  • you prefer a browser-based map design workflow

When to avoid

  • you need native desktop packages or Windows support
  • you want actively developed modern tooling (consider Mapbox Studio or QGIS)
  • you cannot pin to legacy Node.js 8.x versions

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

data-visualization gui image-processing web-development browser cartography map-design mapnik mapbox tile-rendering openstreetmap gis browser-ui maps geospatial linux macos nodejs docker web-server

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
tilemill-project/tilemillmain23

For agents

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