NextGIS Web
Web GIS server for geospatial data management, web map publishing, and QGIS-centered collaborative workflows.
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Commit activity more than 39% of tracked projects; popularity more than 15%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 289 |
|---|---|
| Latest release | — |
| Repo updated | 27 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Docker |
Is NextGIS Web actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 160 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 160 of them.
No tagged releases are published, so there is no stable version to pin to — you would deploy from the default branch or a container image built from it.
NextGIS Web ranks #15 of 20 tracked maps and global positioning system (gps) projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What NextGIS Web actually does
NextGIS Web is a self-hosted map server designed to store geospatial data and publish interactive web maps. It facilitates collaborative workflows that centre around the QGIS desktop geographic information system, allowing teams to share and manage spatial layers. The application is packaged using Docker for containerised deployment.
Best fit: Teams and organisations that already rely heavily on QGIS for spatial data creation and need a central web repository to publish and share maps internally or publicly.
Worth knowing: The project currently lacks tagged releases and has a relatively small community footprint alongside slowing maintenance activity, which may introduce risks for long-term production use.
Deployment notes
Because it runs via Docker, you will typically need to configure persistent volumes for your geospatial data storage, set up a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination, and potentially provision a separate database container depending on the exact stack requirements.
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