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Martin vs TileServer GL: catalog facts
Martin	TileServer GL

Best for: Self-hosting vector map tiles for your own web or mobile maps	Best for: Developers hosting their own vector and raster map tiles
Free Free and open source, developed under the MapLibre organisation.	Free Free to download and run from the GitHub repository.
Self-hosted, Command line	Self-hosted
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 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
Needs some GIS and server knowledge to set up A backend only, with no map viewer for end users	Needs your own tile data and some server setup Aimed at developers rather than casual map users
Downloadable app, 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 Martin github.com/maplibre/martin Catalog checked September 23, 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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