Tile servers

This page lists tile server software, for online instances of tile servers, see Raster tile providers.

NameRaster tilesVector tilesData source Primary language License
mod_tile[1]yesnodepends on backend C++ GPL-2.0
TileSweep[2]yesnodepends on Mapnik XML C MIT
TileServer GL[3]yesyesMBTiles, tiles over HTTP JavaScript BSD-2-Clause
mbtileserveryesyesMBTiles Go ISC
MartinnoyesPostGIS, MBTiles, PMTiles Rust Apache-2.0/MIT
pg_tileservnoyesPostGIS Go Apache-2.0
TegolanoyesPostGIS, GeoPackage Go MIT
t-rexnoyesPostGIS, GDAL vectors Rust MIT

See also

  1. mod_tile depends on Apache and requires a rendering backend like renderd (which uses Mapnik) or Tirex (which supports several backends).
  2. TileSweep renders tiles with Mapnik via libmapnik.
  3. TileServer GL can render tiles with MapLibre GL Native, there is also a Light version which does not depend on the rasterization library.
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