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drawdbvsOpenMapTiles

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

drawdbOpenMapTiles
Score80/10065/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Diagramming#24 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars40 1613 211
Stars, last 30 days+463+40
Stable releases, 12 months01
Latest release—v3.16 · 18 Dec 2025
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0Other
Main languageJavaScriptPLpgSQL

Which one should you pick?

drawdb scores 80/100 against 65/100 for OpenMapTiles, so it is the safer default.

OpenMapTiles ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for drawdb.

If you want the quickest setup, drawdb is easier to run; OpenMapTiles needs more configuration.

drawdb is growing faster right now (+463 stars in 30 days).

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