Delivery · Saint-Gaudens
A commune dossier from 12 department-wide layers
Select the commune once, filter every thematic layer, then export one styled GeoPackage with its QGIS project.
- 12,380
- buildings kept
- < 1 s
- recorded filtering time
Open-source QGIS plugin
Filter a whole QGIS project from one place.
Choose a feature, a list or a QGIS expression. FilterMate applies the spatial rule to every target layer at once — on GeoPackage, PostGIS, SpatiaLite and other vector sources, without writing SQL.
FilterMate 4.9.2 · QGIS 3.22–4.x · Qt5 and Qt6
BD TOPO® 3.5 © IGN, Haute-Garonne. Recorded in QGIS 4.2 with FilterMate 4.9.2.
Filter in placeYour source data stays where it is.
One action, many layersApply the same geographic scope consistently.
Undo and replayKeep history and reusable favorites in the project.
The workflow
One selection. Every relevant layer.
FilterMate turns a recurring multi-layer GIS operation into three explicit steps. You can inspect the selection and settings before anything changes.
- 01
Choose the source
Pick one feature, tick several, mirror a map selection or write a QGIS expression.
- 02
Set the spatial rule
Select the target layers, predicate and optional buffer. Check the source selection before applying the filter.
- 03
Use the result
Review counts on the map, undo or save the filter, then export the scoped layers when needed.
Try a small dataset.
Four layers around Toutens, a styled QGIS project, an importable favorite and instructions in English and French. Extract the ZIP before opening the project.
Download the demo (ZIP, 203 KB)Verified examples
Real questions, visible results.
These examples use the complete 2.9 GB BD TOPO GeoPackage for Haute-Garonne. The published counts were checked independently on the same data.
Planning · Muret
Buildings near roads with a variable buffer
A QGIS expression sets 300 m or 250 m according to each road category.
1,999 buildings and 74 public buildings
See settings and resultStructures · Toulouse Métropole
Find crossings of permanent watercourses
The Cross predicate excludes roads that merely run alongside the water.
1,112 road segments and 190 structures
See settings and resultRoad proximity · Aspet
Hamlets far from a paved road
Disjoint plus a 200 m buffer finds what lies outside the buffer.
22 hamlets beyond 200 m
See settings and result
The FilterMate dock stays beside the map and the Layers panel, so the source, rule and result remain visible together.
Daily QGIS work
From exploration to a deliverable.
FilterMate keeps the full workflow in one dock instead of scattering it across temporary layers and one-off queries.
- ExploreSearch, select on the map, track and zoom to the reference features.
- FilterUse eight spatial predicates, numeric or expression-based buffers and attribute filters.
- RecoverUndo and redo filter states, including after reopening the QGIS project.
- ReuseSave complete configurations as favorites and share them with a team.
- ExportWrite filtered layers, styles and an embedded project to GeoPackage, or use other QGIS formats.
- AutomateApply one expression to several layers from Processing, a model or Python.
Measured, not implied
Large source data can stay large.
FilterMate chooses a backend for each vector layer and uses native spatial indexes where available. These figures describe the documented Haute-Garonne example, not a universal benchmark.
PostgreSQLSpatiaLiteOGRMemory
Read the benchmark context - 2.9 GB
- source GeoPackage used for the examples
- 1,173,829
- buildings in the source department
- 12 layers
- filtered to Saint-Gaudens in under one second in the recorded run
Free and open source
Install FilterMate in QGIS.
FilterMate is published in the official QGIS plugin repository under GPL-3.0.
- Open the plugin managerPlugins › Manage and Install Plugins…
- Search for FilterMatein the All tab
- Click Install Pluginthen open FilterMate from its toolbar button
Open on plugins.qgis.org
- 3.22–4.x
- QGIS compatibility
- 34
- interface languages
- GPL-3.0
- open-source licence