Protomaps
The open source map that's just one file
protomaps.com Source★ 3MITTravel & Transportation / Maps, Navigation & Transit
- Monthly visits
- 31.6K
- Down23.2%MoMOct 2026
- Public revenue
- Undisclosed
- No public revenue evidence yet
- Entry price
- Unknown
- Freemium model, plan pricing not identified yet
- Launched
- 18mo ago
- 2025-05-26 · Est.
Traffic
Marketing moves
Launches, search & content, referrals, promotions- 3 different sketches open with slightly different shots of a church in Oakland 回复原帖 @rtwlz: One sketch opens with a shot of a hotel in the middle of China, but has absolutely nothing to do with China
@rtwlz · 2026-10-26 · 51 likes · 0 reposts · 4,988 views
Launched on Show HN (1 pts · 1 comments)Launch
A tool to post-process MVT vector tiles quickly — I'm a big fan of Protomaps' OSM vector tiles [0], but I wanted to tweak them just a bit (removing features and tags based on some conditio…
May 26, 2025 · 18mo agoLaunch page
Third-party reviews & case dossiers
Acquisition breakdowns, engineer reviews & open-source metrics- Post excerpt:
- I'm a big fan of Protomaps' OSM vector tiles [0], but I wanted to tweak them just a bit (removing features and tags based on some conditions). Instead of regenerating the tiles from scratch using Planetiler, I made a tool that takes an input PMTiles archive and a filter GeoJSON, and spits out the filtered tiles. Filtering is performed by a mapbox/maplibre st
Open Source & Self-Hosting
- GitHub Stars
- ★ 3
- Forks
- —
- License
- MIT
- Primary language
- Rust
Traffic sources
Traffic breakdown
Channels
- Direct41%
- Organic Search37%
- Referrals12%
- Social3%
- Other7%
Countries
- United States50%
- India8%
- France7%
- Indonesia7%
- Germany5%
Search
Domain authority —Domain registered 2018-12-16
| Keyword | Monthly volume |
|---|---|
| protomaps | 1,660 |
| pmtiles | 990 |
| open source protomap server | 190 |
| protomaps pricing | 130 |
| how to downlaod protomaps 129gb | 70 |
Traffic data: Vaneform
Pricing
Website does not list public plan prices.
Trial: None · Observed 2026-11-04 · Source page
Pages & changes
Key pages
Weekly snapshotsDesign
Minimal Monochrome (Light canvas, balanced density) featuring centered headline + cta layout and product ui screenshot / component visuals.
First-screen preview · click to zoom
First-screen pitch & conversion flow
“The open source map that's just one file”
Centered Headline + CTA hero structure paired with start free / sign up CTA and no explicit trust bar.
Conversion path: Centered Headline + CTA + Product UI Screenshot / Component → Start Free / Sign Up
- Pain Relief & Replacement
- Floating Multi-Cards
Palette · click to copy
- Typography
- 7.0
- Color & Contrast
- 8.0
- Layout & Spacing
- 7.0
- Craft & Polish
- 8.0
- Distinctiveness
- 8.0
Structure
- Fonts
- sans-serif
- Hero layout
- Centered Headline + CTA
- Primary visual
- Product UI Screenshot / Component
- Conversion CTA
- Start Free / Sign Up
- Social proof
- No Explicit Trust Bar
- Navigation
- Full-Width Top Bar
- Theme & density
- Light · Balanced
- Corners & depth
- Medium Radius · Hairline borders
Preview full AI design brief (includes :root CSS variables & layout rules)Style tokens only; never copy brand names, logos, copy, or images
# Design Brief: Minimal Monochrome (with Soft & Friendly)
Monochrome palette with a single accent color, hairline dividers, and generous whitespace.
## Design Tokens
```css
:root {
--background: #f8f9fd;
--surface: #ffffff;
--foreground: #111827;
--muted-foreground: #4b5563;
--accent: #2534d4;
--radius: 8px;
--font-heading: "sans-serif", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
--font-body: "sans-serif", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
}
```
Color area ratio: Background #F8F9FD (~65%) · Surface #FFFFFF (~15%) · Text #111827 (~10%) · Muted Text #4B5563 (~5%) · Accent #2534D4 (~5%). Background and surface dominate the canvas; reserve the accent color for primary buttons and active states.
## Layout & Conversion Structure
- Hero layout: Centered Headline + CTA
- Navigation: Full-Width Top Bar
- Theme & density: Light · Balanced
- Border radius & elevation: Medium Radius; no drop shadows—separate layers with hairline borders and whitespace
- Primary visual medium: Product UI Screenshot / Component
- Conversion CTA: Start Free / Sign Up
- Headline hook: Pain Relief & Replacement
- Hero components: Floating Multi-Cards
- Spatial layout notes: Centered Headline + CTA hero structure paired with start free / sign up CTA and no explicit trust bar.
- Visual summary: Minimal Monochrome (Light canvas, balanced density) featuring centered headline + cta layout and product ui screenshot / component visuals.
## Avoid
- Multi-stop neon gradients
- Heavy drop shadows
- More than one competing accent color
Implement the UI following the design tokens and layout specifications above: use only these color variables, and reserve the accent color strictly for primary actions and active states. Adopt only this visual style—never copy any reference product’s brand name, logo, copy, or imagery.
Questions & evidence
- How much website traffic does Protomaps get?
- Vaneform estimates 31.6K website visits in 2026-10. Visits can include repeat visits; this estimate measures web traffic separately from paying customers or revenue.Source
- What is Protomaps and what platforms does it support?
- Protomaps is catalogued under Maps, Navigation & Transit: The open source map that's just one file. Supported platforms: API.
- Is Protomaps open source?
- Protomaps has a public repository (https://github.com/KotobaMedia/mvt-wrangler) under the MIT license, recording 3 GitHub stars.Source
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