A lightweight MapLibre GL JS control that allows users to explore and modify VersaTiles map styles directly inside the map. It provides a sidebar with editable color palettes, recoloring tools, style options such as font and language selection, and an export function. Perfect for data journalism, demos, prototyping, or interactive style exploration.
- Interactive styling UI directly inside MapLibre
- Switch between vector style presets (colorful, eclipse, graybeard, shadow, neutrino) and satellite
- Edit individual colors and apply global recoloring (hue, saturation, brightness, contrast)
- Change fonts and map language
- Adjust satellite imagery options (opacity, hue, brightness, saturation, contrast)
- Export styles as
style.jsondownload or copy@versatiles/stylecode to clipboard - Works as a standard MapLibre control (
map.addControl) - CSS is injected automatically — no separate stylesheet needed
- Written in TypeScript, bundled with Vite
npm install maplibre-versatiles-stylerimport maplibregl from 'maplibre-gl';
import VersaTilesStylerControl from 'maplibre-versatiles-styler';
const map = new maplibregl.Map({
container: 'map',
});
map.addControl(new VersaTilesStylerControl({ open: true }));<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>MapLibre VersaTiles Styler Demo</title>
<!-- MapLibre -->
<link href="https://unpkg.com/maplibre-gl/dist/maplibre-gl.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://unpkg.com/maplibre-gl/dist/maplibre-gl.js" defer></script>
<!-- VersaTiles Styler -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/maplibre-versatiles-styler" defer></script>
<style>
body, html { margin: 0; padding: 0; height: 100%; }
#map { width: 100%; height: 100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>
<script defer>
window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
const map = new maplibregl.Map({
container: "map",
});
map.addControl(
new VersaTilesStylerControl({ open: true }),
"top-left"
);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>When using the UMD build, the control is available as the global VersaTilesStylerControl.
The VersaTilesStylerControl constructor accepts an optional config object:
| Option | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
origin |
string |
window.location.origin |
Base URL of the VersaTiles tile server |
open |
boolean |
false |
Whether the sidebar is open initially |
hash |
boolean |
true |
Persist the selected style in the URL hash fragment |