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Marble vs GNOME Maps: catalog facts
Marble	GNOME Maps
Best for: Exploring geography on a desktop globe, in class or at home	Best for: Linux desktop users who want a simple OpenStreetMap-based map app
Free Free and open source from the KDE community.	Free Free to install from Flathub; donations go to the GNOME Foundation.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android	Linux
Zooms from a whole-globe view down to OpenStreetMap street level Place search with linked Wikipedia articles All 4 strengths for Marble Zooms from a whole-globe view down to OpenStreetMap street level Place search with linked Wikipedia articles Drag-and-drop route planning Extensible through plugins	Uses open OpenStreetMap data Pedestrian and public transit route planning All 4 strengths for GNOME Maps Uses open OpenStreetMap data Pedestrian and public transit route planning Integrates with the GNOME desktop Actively maintained with a 2026 release
Mobile apps are Android only Behaves like an atlas and globe, not a full turn-by-turn navigator	Linux only Fewer features than large commercial map services
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: LGPL-2.1	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Marble marble.kde.org Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for GNOME Maps apps.gnome.org/Maps Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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