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MapProxy

Tile cache and proxy for geospatial web services

Maps & GIS ★ 673 stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

MapProxy is an open-source proxy for geospatial data that caches, accelerates, and transforms map services. It can combine and reproject WMS, WMTS, and tile sources for faster and offline-capable maps.

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Key features

  • Tile caching and acceleration
  • Reprojection on the fly
  • WMS and WMTS support
  • Offline map seeding

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in Python

Is MapProxy secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect MapProxy's latest release (7.0.0). OSV.dev lists 1 past advisory for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2017-1000426, published 2018-01-02 (3207 days ago)

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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