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Martin vs Tippecanoe: catalog facts
Martin	Tippecanoe
Best for: Self-hosting vector map tiles for your own web or mobile maps	Best for: Preparing large geographic datasets as vector tiles for web maps
Free Free and open source, developed under the MapLibre organisation.	Free Free and open source.
Self-hosted, Command line	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	Handles very large GeoJSON collections Produces vector tiles for many zoom levels All 3 strengths for Tippecanoe Handles very large GeoJSON collections Produces vector tiles for many zoom levels Actively maintained repository
Needs some GIS and server knowledge to set up A backend only, with no map viewer for end users	Command line only, with no graphical interface Requires some knowledge of map tiles and GIS data
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: BSD-2-Clause
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 Tippecanoe github.com/felt/tippecanoe Catalog checked October 1, 2026

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