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MapServer vs MapProxy: catalog facts
MapServer	MapProxy

Best for: Organisations publishing their own spatial data as web maps	Best for: GIS teams that need to cache and serve existing map services faster
Free Free and open source; commercial support is available from third-party providers.	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
Long-established OSGeo project with regular releases Runs on Windows, Linux and macOS Permissive MIT-style license Suite includes MapCache and TinyOWS	Supports WMS, WMTS, TMS and ArcGIS REST sources Many cache backends including MBTiles, S3 and Redis Reprojection, merging and clipping of sources
Not a full GIS for editing or analysis Requires server setup and configuration	Configured through YAML with no graphical interface Aimed at GIS administrators rather than casual users
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	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 MapServer mapserver.org Catalog checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for MapProxy mapproxy.org Catalog checked October 1, 2026

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