RustGIS¶

A fast, free and open-source GIS written in Rust for mapping, analyzing and sharing geospatial data.

RustGIS runs natively on Windows, macOS and Linux, and in your web browser. Local files are processed on your machine; web data sources, AI providers and plugins can use the network. Map operations are commands you can script from the command line, Python or the AI Assistant.

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RustGIS with the Home tab of the ribbon open over a world map in the Equal Earth projection, countries shaded by population — RustGIS with the World Atlas sample in the Equal Earth projection.

Highlights¶

Your data, any source

GeoJSON, Shapefile, GeoPackage, GeoParquet, GeoTIFF, LiDAR and Zarr; on the desktop, File Geodatabases and live PostGIS, MySQL, MariaDB and SQL Server; STAC catalogs, Overture Maps and open-data portals; saved connections and QGIS projects. Data · Web Data · Formats
Cartography and 3D

Graduated colours, symbols by expression, curved labels, stacked symbols, publication layouts and map series; a 3D globe, projection presets, terrain and extrusions, and maps of the Moon, Mars and other worlds. Cartography · Maps · Layouts
Analysis

SQL selection, overlay and proximity tools, guided workflows, ModelBuilder, imagery tools, spatial join, kriging, zonal statistics, data-cube time series and trends, and over 1,000 tools through the optional GeoLibre/Whitebox suite. Analysis · Expressions
Editing

Create features and edit their vertices with snapping and templates; move, rotate, merge, split and explode them; keep attributes valid with domains, subtypes and rules; check topology, and undo project edits. Editing · Data design
AI Assistant

Ask about your data or tell the map what to do. Choose a model provider or sign in with ChatGPT; add skills, or hand tasks to a coding agent on the desktop. File, network and plugin operations wait for your approval. AI Assistant · Skills
Scriptable and extensible

rustgis-cli and the rustgis Python package run commands and render maps; MCP connects AI agents to headless sessions or the open app. Plugins add tools, commands and assistant skills, sandboxed in WebAssembly or as unsandboxed desktop processes. Command Line · Python · MCP · Plugins

A tour¶

The Style tab and the Symbology pane, with the larger African countries selected — **Symbology and tables.** Graduated colours, with the selection synced to the table.

The AI Assistant selecting the five most populous African countries — **AI Assistant.** Ask about your data or tell the map what to do.

The Analyze tab's tool gallery and dissolved buffers around African cities — **Analysis.** A tool gallery, the Tools pane and 1,000+ GeoLibre tools.

ModelBuilder: a model of buffer, clip and dissolve after a run — **ModelBuilder.** Chain tools on a node canvas and run them in one go.

A shaded-relief elevation model with the Style tab — **Rasters.** GeoTIFF and COG, with stretch, RGB and shaded-relief styles.

The World Atlas on the 3D globe — **Globe and projections.** A 3D globe, Equal Earth, Robinson and supported EPSG/ESRI systems.

Mount Rainier in USGS imagery draped over terrain, tilted — **Terrain.** Tilt the map and drape it over elevation.

Mars on the 3D globe, on the Viking mosaic — **Other worlds.** The Moon, Mars and nine more bodies, on their own basemaps.

Countries extruded by population on a tilted map — **Extrusion.** Stand features up by a field, lit and shaded.

An OpenFreeMap vector style over Paris with the Basemap gallery — **Web basemaps.** XYZ, WMS and vector tiles, and MapLibre styles.

The Sentinel-2 Explorer in the Web Data pane, with scene footprints on the map — **Web Data.** STAC, Overture Maps, NASA and open-data portals, where the map is.

The Time Slider showing dated events through 2018 — **Time Slider.** Step dated features and imagery through time.

A page layout with a map frame, legend, north arrow and scale bar — **Layouts.** Map frames, legends, scale bars, map series and PDF export.

The Plugin Manager browsing the plugin registry — **Plugins.** Install tools, commands and assistant skills from plugins.rustgis.app.

Dark mode over Europe on the Midnight basemap — **Dark mode** and the View tab's effects, panes and linked views.

The Project backstage — **Projects.** Start blank, from the World Atlas sample, or open a project.