Protomaps

aid: protomaps
name: Protomaps
description: 'Protomaps is an open-source map system that delivers an interactive map of the world as a single PMTiles file
  hosted on cloud storage. It provides a hosted vector tile API powered by Cloudflare CDN, plus tools for converting, serving,
  and delivering map tiles without servers using HTTP range requests. The PMTiles format enables self-hosting on S3, Cloudflare
  R2, Azure Blob, and Google Cloud Storage at a fraction of the cost of commercial map APIs.

  '
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/protomaps/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: 2026-06-13
modified: 2026-06-13
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Maps
- Tiles
- Geospatial
- PMTiles
- Vector Tiles
- Open Source
- Self-Hosted
- OpenStreetMap
apis:
- name: Protomaps Hosted Tile API
  description: 'CDN-backed hosted basemap tile API serving OpenStreetMap-derived vector tiles in MVT format. Provides Style
    JSON, TileJSON, and ZXY tile endpoints. Free for non-commercial use; commercial use requires GitHub Sponsorship. API keys
    required for all requests.

    '
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://protomaps.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.protomaps.com
  tags:
  - Maps
  - Vector Tiles
  - Basemap
  - CDN
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.protomaps.com
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://protomaps.com/api
  contact:
  - FN: Protomaps
    email: hi@protomaps.com
    url: https://protomaps.com
- name: PMTiles CLI
  description: 'Single-binary command-line tool for working with PMTiles archives. Supports show, tile, verify, extract, merge,
    serve, convert, cluster, upload, and edit operations. Can serve PMTiles as a ZXY tile endpoint via HTTP. Works with local
    files and remote cloud storage (S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud Storage, Cloudflare R2).

    '
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.protomaps.com/pmtiles/cli
  baseURL: https://github.com/protomaps/go-pmtiles/releases
  tags:
  - CLI
  - PMTiles
  - Tools
  - Self-Hosted
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.protomaps.com/pmtiles/cli
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/protomaps/go-pmtiles
  contact:
  - FN: Protomaps
    email: hi@protomaps.com
    url: https://protomaps.com
- name: Protomaps Basemap Downloads
  description: 'Daily OpenStreetMap planet builds in PMTiles format available for download and self-hosting. Provides the
    full planet tileset as well as tools for extracting regional subsets by bounding box or GeoJSON region at any zoom level.

    '
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://maps.protomaps.com/builds
  baseURL: https://build.protomaps.com
  tags:
  - Maps
  - OpenStreetMap
  - Downloads
  - PMTiles
  - Self-Hosted
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.protomaps.com/basemaps/downloads
  contact:
  - FN: Protomaps
    email: hi@protomaps.com
    url: https://protomaps.com
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/protomaps-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://protomaps.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.protomaps.com
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/protomaps
- type: Blog
  url: https://protomaps.com/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://github.com/sponsors/protomaps
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/protomaps
- type: Plans
  url: plans/protomaps-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/protomaps-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/protomaps-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com