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Best Offline-First Maps & GIS for self-hosting

The 30 best Offline-First maps & gis you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

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

OSRM

High-performance routing engine for OpenStreetMap

Replaces Google Directions API

★ 8k Hard setup BSD-2-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

Nominatim

Geocoding and reverse geocoding for OpenStreetMap data

Replaces Google Geocoding API

★ 4.4k Hard setup GPL-3.0

Mapnik

Toolkit for rendering raster map tiles from spatial data

Replaces Google Maps, Mapbox

★ 3.9k Hard setup LGPL-2.1

OpenMapTiles

Toolset for generating vector tiles from OpenStreetMap

Replaces Mapbox

★ 3.1k Hard setup BSD-3-Clause

Protomaps

Serverless maps from a single PMTiles archive

Replaces Mapbox, Google Maps

★ 3k Medium setup BSD-3-Clause

Photon

Fast, typo-tolerant geocoder built on OpenStreetMap

Replaces Google Geocoding API

★ 3k Medium setup Apache-2.0

Headway

Self-hostable maps stack you can run yourself

Replaces Google Maps

★ 3k Hard setup Apache-2.0

TileServer GL

Serve vector and raster map tiles from MBTiles

Replaces Mapbox

★ 2.9k Medium setup BSD-2-Clause

OpenTripPlanner

Multimodal trip planning and transit routing engine

Replaces Google Maps Transit

★ 2.7k Hard setup LGPL-3.0

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

openstreetmap-tile-server

Dockerized OpenStreetMap raster tile server

Replaces Google Maps

★ 1.5k Medium setup MIT

TerriaJS

Web framework for geospatial data catalog explorers

Replaces ArcGIS Online, Esri Hub

★ 1.4k Medium setup Apache-2.0

Overpass API

Read-only query API for OpenStreetMap data

Replaces Google Places API

★ 911 Hard setup AGPL-3.0

BRouter

Self-hosted bike and hiking route planner

Replaces Komoot, Strava routes

★ 691 Medium setup MIT

MapProxy

Tile cache and proxy for geospatial web services

Replaces ArcGIS Server

★ 667 Medium setup Apache-2.0

Tileserver PHP

Lightweight PHP server for map tiles and UTFGrids

Replaces Mapbox, Google Maps tiles

★ 594 Easy setup BSD-2-Clause

Navitia

Open-source journey planner for public transit

Replaces Google Transit, Citymapper API

★ 454 Hard setup AGPL-3.0

Stadia Routing Engine

Self-hosted turn-by-turn routing stack

Replaces Google Directions API, Mapbox Directions

★ 318 Hard setup Apache-2.0

Tileserver Mapnik

Render and serve raster map tiles from a database

Replaces Mapbox Tiles, Google Maps tiles

★ 318 Hard setup MIT

GeoMoose

Web mapping framework for spatial applications

Replaces ArcGIS Online

★ 64 Medium setup MIT

Idunn

Geocoding and place API for self-hosted map frontends

Replaces Google Places API, Foursquare Places

★ 38 Hard setup Apache-2.0

Mapeo

Offline-first collaborative mapping for communities

Replaces ArcGIS, Google My Maps

★ 25 Medium setup MIT

Mimirsbrunn

Geocoding engine for autocomplete address search

Replaces Google Places API

★ 7 Hard setup AGPL-3.0

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