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Best Cross-Platform Maps & GIS for self-hosting

The 19 best Cross-Platform maps & gis you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

Leaflet

Lightweight JavaScript library for interactive maps

Replaces Google Maps JavaScript API

★ 45.5k Easy setup BSD-2-Clause

deck.gl

WebGL-powered framework for large-scale data visualization on maps

Replaces Mapbox visualization, ArcGIS

★ 14.4k Medium setup MIT

QGIS

Free and open-source geographic information system

Replaces ArcGIS

★ 14.2k Medium setup GPL-2.0

OpenLayers

High-performance library for all kinds of web maps

Replaces Google Maps JavaScript API

★ 12.5k Medium setup BSD-2-Clause

kepler.gl

Open-source geospatial data visualization tool

Replaces Tableau, ArcGIS

★ 12k Medium setup MIT

MapLibre GL JS

Open-source interactive vector map library for the web

Replaces Mapbox GL JS, Google Maps JavaScript API

★ 11.3k Medium setup BSD-3-Clause

GraphHopper

Fast and flexible open-source routing engine

Replaces Google Directions API

★ 6.6k Medium setup Apache-2.0

Valhalla

Open-source routing engine with multimodal support

Replaces Google Directions API

★ 6k Hard setup MIT

React Leaflet Maps

React components for embedding Leaflet maps

Replaces Google Maps React, Mapbox React

★ 5.6k Easy setup Hippocratic-2.1

Headway

Self-hostable maps stack you can run yourself

Replaces Google Maps

★ 3k Hard setup Apache-2.0

OpenTripPlanner

Multimodal trip planning and transit routing engine

Replaces Google Maps Transit

★ 2.7k Hard setup LGPL-3.0

Tangram

Flexible WebGL map rendering engine

Replaces Mapbox GL JS, Google Maps

★ 2.3k Medium setup MIT

openrouteservice

Routing, isochrones, and matrix API on OpenStreetMap

Replaces Google Directions API

★ 1.9k Hard setup GPL-3.0

OpenStreetMap Carto

The standard map style for OpenStreetMap rendering

Replaces Google Maps

★ 1.7k Hard setup CC0-1.0

MapServer

Open-source platform for publishing spatial data

Replaces ArcGIS Server, Google Maps Platform

★ 1.2k Hard setup MIT

MapTiler SDK

Open-source JavaScript library for interactive maps

Replaces Google Maps Platform, Mapbox GL JS

★ 144 Medium setup BSD-3-Clause

Bicimon

Bike Speedometer as Progressive Web App

★ 62 Medium setup MIT

Mapeo

Offline-first collaborative mapping for communities

Replaces ArcGIS, Google My Maps

★ 25 Medium setup MIT

MapTiler Server

Host OpenStreetMap vector tiles, satellite imagery, own geodata and

Medium setup ⊘ Proprietary

Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Cross-Platform within the maps & gis category. Compare them on the individual app pages for setup difficulty and resource requirements.