Introduction and Motivation Hi everyone, I have been working on DuckDB support for Martin as part of Google Summer of Code, under the mentorship of Frank Elsinga. Martin already serves vector tiles from PostGIS, from pre-generated archives
Welcome to the July 2026 edition of the MapLibre Newsletter! It’s been a big month. MapLibre GL JS v6 just shipped, barely eight months after v5 landed in December 2025. Additionally, MapLibre Native landed its first-ever style spec propert…
Welcome to the April 2026 edition of the MapLibre Newsletter! This month, we have exciting updates across all our projects. Key milestones include overhauls for React Native and Flutter, the transition toward MapLibre GL JS v6, and foundati…
As we close out 2025, the MapLibre ecosystem continues to move forward across platforms, tooling, and the broader open-source mapping community. While December is traditionally a quieter month, there’s still plenty to share about performanc…
We open this edition by acknowledging AWS for their continued support of MapLibre during 2023–2025. Their contribution plays an important role in sustaining the growth of our open-source ecosystem. Our gratitude goes to AWS for their contin…
Happy New Year, MapLibre Community! We are thrilled to share big updates for MapLibre Native (including Vulkan support), the official launch of MapLibre GL JS Version 5.0, new features in Martin Tile Server, and more. In January we will hol…
We are excited to announce the official release of MapLibre Android with Vulkan support! Vulkan is a modern graphics API which brings advantages such as improved performance, improved observability and better stability. Vulkan is poised to
We’d like to share a recent update regarding our team at MapLibre. One of our team members, who led our Marketing and Fundraising, has transitioned out of their role. We’re grateful for their efforts in fostering connections within our comm…
We’re delighted to begin the October newsletter with a gracious and hearty Thank You to Meta for their unwavering support as a sponsor of MapLibre in 2024! We look forward to what is to come. We have released versions 5.0.0-pre.2, 5.0.0-pre…
Mapme joins the MapLibre Sponsorship Program as a Silver Sponsor. The Silver tier donation of USD 10,000 will be used for general maintenance of the MapLibre codebases and project coordination. Mapme is the versatile tool for creating inter…
We want to thank each and every of our 92 (49 new!) Voting Members for their vote and are looking forward to a next great year with our vibrant community. The result of the election will be published separately next week. The new modularize…
We would like to thank JawgMaps for their trust. As you might have read in our previous announcement, JawgMaps has joined the MapLibre Sponsorship Program and supports us as a Silver Sponsor! As part of the effort to implement a Metal backe…