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Martin vs Tegola: catalog facts
Martin	Tegola
Best for: Self-hosting vector map tiles for your own web or mobile maps	Best for: Self-hosting vector tiles for a custom web map
Free Free and open source, developed under the MapLibre organisation.	Free Free and open source.
Self-hosted, Command line	Self-hosted, Command line
Serves tiles from PostGIS, MBTiles and PMTiles Includes tile generation and MBTiles tooling All 4 strengths for Martin Serves tiles from PostGIS, MBTiles and PMTiles Includes tile generation and MBTiles tooling Lightweight server that is quick to deploy Active project under the MapLibre organisation	Serves vector tiles from your own geospatial data Built-in cache seeding and purging All 3 strengths for Tegola Serves vector tiles from your own geospatial data Built-in cache seeding and purging Prebuilt downloads with documentation and tutorials
Needs some GIS and server knowledge to set up A backend only, with no map viewer for end users	Requires configuration and some GIS knowledge Serves tiles only; styling and display happen in a separate client
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Martin github.com/maplibre/martin Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Tegola tegola.io Catalog checked September 24, 2026

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