Mapbox.js vs MapLibre GL JS
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
Mapbox.js · MapLibre GL JS · how many of each technology's sites sit in the web's highest authority tiers
Open Page Rank scores 0 to 10 from the open web link graph; 9+ covers only a few hundred domains worldwide.
By country
Mapbox.js · MapLibre GL JS · share of sites in each country using one or the other
United States
7,507
1,340
France
1,720
1,878
United Kingdom
2,204
635
Germany
1,216
1,039
India
1,309
513
Canada
1,330
419
Australia
1,147
437
Spain
1,034
533
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | Mapbox.js | MapLibre GL JS |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 2.2 s | 1.8 s |
| INP | 100 ms | 75 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 800 ms | 800 ms |
Median site's p75 values from the Chrome UX Report, Sep 2026. Lower is better; green meets Google's "good" threshold. This describes the sites that use each technology, not the technology's own overhead.
Sites that switched
Domains that dropped one technology and adopted the other within about a year, data nobody else gives away free.
Mapbox.js to MapLibre GL JS
| Domain | When |
|---|---|
| eat-tracker.com | Jul 2026 |
| copperhill.gov | Apr 2026 |
MapLibre GL JS to Mapbox.js
| Domain | When |
|---|---|
| lewisforleader.ca | Jul 2026 |
| suburbtrends.com | Apr 2026 |