TileServer GL
Vector and raster maps with GL styles. Server side rendering by Mapbox GL Native. Map tile server for Mapbox GL JS, Android, iOS, Leaflet, OpenLayers, GIS via WMTS, etc.
TileServer GL serves vector and raster map tiles using GL styles, rendering them server‑side with MapLibre GL Native. It can expose tiles to a variety of clients, including MapLibre GL JS, Android, iOS, Leaflet, OpenLayers, and GIS applications via WMTS. The software supports loading data from MBTiles files or a configuration that combines style JSON and tile sources, and it can generate raster images from vector tiles on demand.
The project is available as a self‑hostable, open‑source package under a BSD‑2‑Clause license. It can be installed globally through npm or run from a Docker image, with an alternative pure‑JavaScript “light” variant that omits native rasterization. Documentation covers installation, configuration, security mitigations such as host‑header handling, and deployment options including reverse‑proxy and caching setups.
TileServer GL is intended for developers and organizations that need to serve custom map tiles without relying on external services, offering a stable, subscription‑free solution that can be integrated into web, mobile, and desktop mapping stacks.
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