🆚 MapLibre GL JS vs. OpenLayers
- 📈 OpenLayers is much more popular than MapLibre GL JS.
- 🌎 OpenLayers is more popular in Germany, the United States, and France.
- 🌍 MapLibre GL JS is more popular in Canada.
Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data
Type
JavaScript library
JavaScript library
About
MapLibre GL JS is an open-source 
TypeScript library forked from MapBox GL JS.
OpenLayers is an open-source, feature-packed library for creating interactive maps on the web.
Pricing
Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source
Categories
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #252
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #179
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The OpenLayers JavaScript library is 6 times more popular than MapLibre GL JS.
Total websites
Market share
JavaScript Libraries
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
OpenLayers is more popular in Germany, the United States, and France, while MapLibre GL JS is more popular in Canada.
Germany
United States
France
Italy
Spain
United Kingdom
Poland
Canada
Brazil
Netherlands
Awards
- ⬆️ 174th most popular in Canada in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 184th most popular in France in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 190th most popular in Poland in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 243rd most popular in Germany in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 244th most popular in the United States in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 77th most popular in Bulgaria in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 110th most popular in Germany in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 114th most popular in France in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 132nd most popular in Switzerland in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 135th most popular in Poland in the JavaScript Libraries category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
OpenLayers is more popular among sites focused on public information, business, and travel, while MapLibre GL JS is more commonly used on health sites.
Public Information
Business
Travel
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Real Estate
Sports
Blogs/Wiki
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
Compare alternatives
Technologies with similar characteristics.
Three.js
Mapbox GL JS
jQuery🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,375,483 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.