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MapProxy vs TileServer GL: catalog facts
MapProxy	TileServer GL
Best for: GIS teams that need to cache and serve existing map services faster	Best for: Developers hosting their own vector and raster map tiles
Free Free and open source.	Free Free to download and run from the GitHub repository.
Linux, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Supports WMS, WMTS, TMS and ArcGIS REST sources Many cache backends including MBTiles, S3 and Redis All 3 strengths for MapProxy Supports WMS, WMTS, TMS and ArcGIS REST sources Many cache backends including MBTiles, S3 and Redis Reprojection, merging and clipping of sources	Serves both vector and raster tiles Server-side rendering with MapLibre GL Native All 4 strengths for TileServer GL Serves both vector and raster tiles Server-side rendering with MapLibre GL Native Works with MapLibre, Leaflet, OpenLayers and WMTS clients Docker images including a light variant
Configured through YAML with no graphical interface Aimed at GIS administrators rather than casual users	Needs your own tile data and some server setup Aimed at developers rather than casual map users
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for MapProxy mapproxy.org Catalog checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for TileServer GL github.com/maptiler/tileserver-gl Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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