v3.5
13 Jul 2026
Latest
Added support for marker lines in line symbol layers and polygon outline layers, including marker spacing, line offset, rotation, and size.
Improved predefined dash patterns (Dash, Dot, Dash Dot, etc.) for better rendering in the MapLibre viewer.
Fixed an issue where symbol opacity was not converted correctly.
v3.4
07 Jul 2026
Added automatic conversion of polygon outlines to line layers for better visual parity with QGIS.
Improved label halo width and fixed glyph text size calculations.
Changed web viewer popups to be disabled by default.
Set round line caps by default for smoother line rendering.
Added support for the GDAL SIMPLIFICATION parameter (default: 1) during vector tile generation.
Enabled icon-allow-overlap to better match QGIS label and symbol placement.
v3.3
01 Jul 2026
Added server-side generation of MapLibre glyphs (.pbf), removing dependency on client-installed fonts.
Optimized glyph generation to include only characters used in the current web map.
Improved vector tile rendering performance in QGIS using simplified client-side styling instead of complex QGIS styling.
Excluded unused calculated fields from output tiles to reduce size and improve efficiency.
Removed icon quality parameter; sprites are now exported in high resolution by default.
v3.2
18 Jun 2026
Added sprite quality parameter for sharper icon rendering.
Improved centroid fill marker placement to better match QGIS behavior.
Fixed rendering of symbols combining geometry generators and standard symbol layers.
v3.1
15 Jun 2026
Improved label placement to match QGIS (around/on point behavior).
Label priority now drives collision behavior in web rendering.
Added validation warnings for invalid geometry generators and filter expressions.
Adjusted sprite buffer to better match QGIS icon rendering (e.g. road shields).
Bug fixes and stability improvements.
v3.0
1 Jun 2026
Fixed temporal fields appearing in output tileset.
Updgrade icon.
v2.9
31 May 2026
Added support for Label largest part only labeling.
Limited maximum tileset zoom to 16 (≈ 1 m precision).
Fixed labeling zoom range when defined in labeling settings.
v2.8
25 May 2026
Added support for OpenLayers web viewer output.
Fixed Linux compatibility issues.
v2.7
14 May 2026
Added support for pop-ups in the MapLibre Viewer.
Redesigned output feature descriptions to improve style inspection capabilities.
v2.6
04 May 2026
Redesigned the rules export pipeline using multithreading (replacing QGIS tasks) for greater performance and stability.
Added support for polygon outlines.
Skip styles with No Brush, No Line Fill, or No Stroke.
v2.5
28 Apr 2026
Extended QGIS-to-MapLibre conversion with additional properties (symbol-placement, text-variable-anchor, and more).
Fixed export issues involving nested renderer and labeling rules.
Refactored codebase for improved maintainability and readability.
v2.4
19 Apr 2026
Export tiles into a single MBTiles file instead of XYZ directories.
Added optional NASA Blue Marble background layer in the MapLibre viewer.
Added alpha channel support in MapLibre style color properties, including data-defined properties.
Improved tile generation performance by switching from GDAL Python bindings to the GDAL CLI.
Fixed GeoPackage locking when exporting multiple layers from the same source.
Fixed issue causing layers from PostgreSQL connections to be skipped.
Fixed color conversion for data-defined properties.
v2.3
17 Mar 2026
Stability fixes for parallel rule export via the QGIS task manager.
v2.2
11 Mar 2026
Parallelized rule export to accelerate processing runtime.
v2.1
26 Feb 2026
Fixed sprite generation on Qt6.
v2.0
24 Feb 2026
Added Background Type parameter.
General bug fixes.
v1.9
22 Feb 2026
Bundled maplibre-gl.js locally for offline use.
Fixed conversion of layers containing empty renderers or labelings.
v1.8
19 Feb 2026
Silent HTTP server activation on Windows.
v1.7
16 Feb 2026
Implemented data-defined properties as fields inside the MapLibre style.json.
Removed MBTiles output option (not natively supported by MapLibre at the time).
Expanded documentation with a considerations section and additional demos.
v1.6
14 Feb 2026
Added experimental client-side MapLibre style package generation.
Fixed style conversion involving geometric transformations.
v1.5
08 Feb 2026
Added support for field-based properties.
Improved processing performance.
v1.4
08 Feb 2026
Improved rendering for Centroid Fill symbol layers.
Stabilized data-defined properties support on QGIS LTR (3.40.x).
v1.3
05 Feb 2026
Added Qt6 support.
Improved output rendering and processing performance.
Fixed issues on QGIS LTR (3.40.x).
v1.2
30 Dec 2025
Added Polygon Labels Base parameter.
v1.1
16 Dec 2025
Added support for data-defined properties (DDP).
General bug fixes.
v1.0
10 Dec 2025
Initial Release
🎉 Initial release of QGIS2VectorTiles.
QGIS2VectorTiles — Licensed under GNU GPL v2
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