We track 6 open-source Google Maps alternatives, of which 5 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 2 ship a Docker image. TileServer GL leads on health at 94/100 with 46 commits in the last 90 days; across all 6 projects you are choosing between Apache-2.0, BSD-2-Clause, GPL-2.0 and 2 other licences.
Showing 6 of 6 tools
Top pick · highest health
Vector and raster maps with GL styles. Server side rendering by Mapbox GL Native. Map tile server for Mapbox GL JS, Android, iOS, Leaflet, OpenLayers, GIS via WMTS, etc.
★ 2.9k · ⟳ 4 days ago · v5.6.0 · BSD-2-Clause
Route service with directions, isochrones, time-distance matrix, route optimization, etc.
★ 2k · ⟳ today · v9.10.0 · GPL-3.0
High performance routing engine designed to run on OpenStreetMap data and offering an HTTP API, C++ library interface, and Nodejs wrapper.
★ 8.1k · ⟳ yesterday · v26.9.0 · BSD-2-Clause
Server application for geocoding (address -> coordinates) and reverse geocoding (coordinates -> address) on OpenStreetMap data.
★ 4.5k · ⟳ 3 days ago · v5.3.2 · GPL-2.0
Fast routing library and server using OpenStreetMap.
★ 6.7k · ⟳ today · 11.0 · Apache-2.0
Host OpenStreetMap vector tiles, satellite imagery, own geodata and data from PostGIS database.
⊘ Proprietary
TileServer GL scores highest at 94/100, with 46 commits in the last 90 days, 2.9k GitHub stars and its latest release (v5.6.0) published 5 months ago. OpenRouteService has the most raw commit activity at 175 commits in 90 days.
3 of 6 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): TileServer GL (BSD-2-Clause), Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) (BSD-2-Clause), GraphHopper (Apache-2.0). 2 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.
2 of 6 publish a Docker image or Compose file: TileServer GL, OpenRouteService. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.