# mapbox/tippecanoe

Build vector tilesets from large collections of GeoJSON features.

Repository: https://github.com/mapbox/tippecanoe
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tippecanoe
Language: C++
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: c-plus-plus, geojson, vector-tiles
Last push: 2026-06-29T15:20:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 63/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 90, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4359, "days_push": 65, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3112, forks 431 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:43.950467+00:00)

## What it is
A C++ command-line tool that builds vector tilesets from large collections of GeoJSON, Geobuf, or CSV features. It creates scale-independent views of geographic data so density and texture remain visible at every zoom level.

## Use cases
- convert large geo files into vector tiles
- generate mbtiles tilesets from csv point data
- make a zoomable map of all building footprints
- tile millions of openstreetmap features for web maps
- create scale-independent map visualizations of dense geodata

## When to choose
- you need to tile very large GeoJSON datasets locally without a hosted service
- you want fine control over zoom levels, dropping, and feature density in tiles
- you are producing MBTiles/vector tiles for Mapbox GL, Leaflet, or similar renderers

## When to avoid
- you want a managed hosted tiling pipeline (consider Mapbox Tiling Service)
- you need actively developed features - the maintained fork is felt/tippecanoe
- you need raster tiles rather than vector tiles

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: geospatial, cli, data-science
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: vector-tiles, geo, mapbox, mbtiles, tileset-generation, maps, geospatial, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- mapbox/tippecanoe (main) score 63

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:43.950467+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 2026-08-29T18:46:00.099135+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mapbox/tippecanoe (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:43.950467+00:00, sha 2fe510a06533)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.