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TileServer GL vs pg_tileserv: catalog facts
TileServer GL	pg_tileserv

Best for: Developers hosting their own vector and raster map tiles	Best for: Publishing PostGIS data as vector tiles for a web map
Free Free to download and run from the GitHub repository.	Free Free and open source.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
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	Very small single-purpose server with little to configure Serves MVT tiles straight from PostGIS SQL Dockerfiles included for container deployment
Needs your own tile data and some server setup Aimed at developers rather than casual map users	Works only with PostGIS, no other data sources Serves tiles only; you need a separate map client to display them
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
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 TileServer GL github.com/maptiler/tileserver-gl Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for pg_tileserv github.com/CrunchyData/pg_tileserv Catalog checked September 24, 2026

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