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GeoLibre passed 5,000 GitHub stars within two months after going public on May…

2026-08-03 · 16:10 UTC ·@kyle_e_walker ·2 min read

Brief

GeoLibre, created by Dr. Qiusheng Wu, is a free open-source, cloud-native GIS platform launched May 27 that reached over 5,000 GitHub stars and 500+ forks within two months. It runs in browsers, native desktop, Android and Jupyter, supports modern geospatial formats and in-browser spatial SQL, has shipped 25 releases (latest v2.4.0), and is being hailed as industry-changing.

Why it matters

GeoLibre passed 5,000 GitHub stars within two months after going public on May 27; the project reports 5,100+ stars, 500+ forks and has shipped 25 releases so far (latest v2.4.0).

Key details

  • GeoLibre is a free, open-source, cloud-native GIS that runs as a web app, native desktop app, Android app and Jupyter widget; it supports GeoJSON, GeoParquet, GeoPackage, Shapefile, COG, LiDAR, 3D Tiles, offers in-browser spatial SQL (DuckDB Spatial, PostGIS via PGlite, Apache Sedona), is built on MapLibre GL JS, DuckDB-WASM Spatial, deck.gl, Tauri, React and TypeScript, and includes 12 planetary basemaps.
Source evidence

In case you haven't seen this: Dr. Qiusheng Wu (@giswqs) - the most important geographer working today, in my opinion - has built GeoLibre, a modern, web-native Geographic Information Systems platform.

It's free, open-source, and available across platforms.

It incorporates the latest innovations in both data formats and web mapping tech.

It's the best example of "modern software" I've seen in the post-LLM world. This is industry-changing stuff.

If you are technical, there are a couple paths you can take given the rapid pace of technological change.

You can either throw your hands up and feel defeated about the commoditization of your skills.

Or, you can choose to build on your skills and take on more ambitious projects than you ever thought possible.

Dr. Wu's work should inspire you to choose the latter.

Qiusheng Wu (@giswqs)

🚀 GeoLibre just passed 5,000 stars on GitHub, in only two months!

GeoLibre went public on May 27, and the community has already pushed it past 5,100 stars and 500+ forks. Thank you to everyone who starred, forked, filed issues, opened pull requests, and shared the project.

For those just discovering it: GeoLibre is a free and open-source, lightweight, cloud-native GIS platform for visualizing, exploring, and analyzing geospatial data. It runs everywhere you do, in the web browser, on the desktop, on mobile, and inside Jupyter notebooks, all while keeping your data local and private.

Key features of GeoLibre:

  • Runs anywhere: the same app ships as a native desktop app, a browser web app, a native Android app, and a Jupyter widget.
  • Local and private by default: load and analyze GeoJSON, GeoParquet, GeoPackage, Shapefile, COG, LiDAR, 3D Tiles, and more, right in the browser.
  • Powered by open source: built on MapLibre GL JS, DuckDB-WASM Spatial, deck.gl, Tauri, React, and TypeScript.
  • Spatial SQL in the browser: query your data with DuckDB Spatial, PostGIS via PGlite, and Apache Sedona.
  • Extensible: a growing plugin system for cloud data, federal web services, and custom tools.
  • Supports 12 planetary basemaps: Earth, Mars, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, and more.

Two months in, we have already shipped 25 releases, the latest being v2.4.0. There is a lot more to come, and the best way to shape it is to jump in.

Try it out

  • Launch GeoLibre Web: web.geolibre.app
  • GitHub: github.com/opengeos/GeoLibre
  • Documentation: geolibre.app
  • Release notes: github.com/opengeos/GeoLibre…

If GeoLibre is useful to you, a star on GitHub and a share here go a long way. Thank you for an incredible first two months.

geospatial #opensource #MapLibre #GeoLibre

Video

— https://nitter.net/giswqs/status/2084299611422822827#m