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Leaflet
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Leaflet
Free
Open-source JavaScript library; use your own map tiles or a third-party tile service
Read 4 Oct 2026 · leafletjs.com
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- Browser support
- The site lists desktop browser support for Chrome, Firefox, Safari 5+, Opera 12+, IE 9–11, and Edge, and mobile support for iOS Safari 7+, mobile Chrome and Firefox, and IE10+ on Windows 8 devices.leafletjs.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Contributor and origin
- The project says it was originally created by Volodymyr Agafonkin and is now developed by a community of contributors.leafletjs.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Customisation
- Leaflet supports restyling popups and controls, custom layers and controls, custom projections, and extending classes.leafletjs.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The stable release is available through unpkg, cdnjs, jsDelivr, direct downloads, and the npm package manager.leafletjs.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Interactions
- Map interactions include drag panning, wheel and pinch zoom, keyboard navigation, events, and draggable markers.leafletjs.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Lightweight
- The site describes Leaflet as about 42 KB of JavaScript gzipped, plus 3.5 KB of CSS gzipped.leafletjs.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Map data integrations
- Leaflet can use OpenStreetMap tiles in its example and does not require a particular tile provider; tutorials cover WMS and TMS services.leafletjs.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Map layers
- Built-in layers include tile layers, WMS, markers, popups, vector shapes, image overlays, and GeoJSON.leafletjs.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Notable scope limit
- Leaflet says it focuses on making basic mapping features work well and suggests checking for a plugin when a feature is missing.leafletjs.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Leaflet is an open-source JavaScript library for building mobile-friendly interactive maps.leafletjs.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Release versions
- The download page lists 1.9.4 as stable and 2.0.0-alpha.1 as prerelease, and cautions that the main development version may contain incompatible changes.leafletjs.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Security
- The CDN example includes integrity hashes, which the page says are included for security when loading Leaflet from a CDN.leafletjs.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Support and learning
- The site points users to tutorials, API documentation, a FAQ, GitHub issues, Stack Overflow, and GIS Stack Exchange for guidance and questions.leafletjs.com · read 4 Oct 2026
