I-Leaflet iwumthombo ovulekile welabhulali ye-JavaScript esetshenziselwa ukwakha izinhlelo zokusebenza zemephu yewebhu. Ikhishwe okokuqala ngo-2011, isekela amapulatifomu amaningi eselula nawedeskithophu, esekela i-HTML5 ne-CSS3. Phakathi kwabasebenzisi bayo kukhona i-FourSquare, i-Pinterest ne-Flickr. Ipheshana livumela onjiniyela abangenayo ingemuva le-GIS ukuthi babonise kalula amamephu ewebhu anamathayela aphethwe kuseva yomphakathi, ngokumbondelana okunamathayela okuzithandela. Ingakwazi ukulayisha idatha yesici kusukela kumafayela e-GeoJSON, iyenze isitayela futhi idale izendlalelo ezisebenzisanayo, ezifana nezimaka ezinama-popups uma ichofozwa.