Open Source Popularity Ranking

This page shows popularity rankings of open source operating systems and desktop environments based on OpenSourceFeed page hits.

Both short-term (last 30 days) and medium-term (last 3 months) trends are shown to make comparisons easier.

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30 Days 3 Months
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Last 30 Days

Operating Systems

Rank OS Status Page Views
1 Starbuntu → 70
2 CachyOS → 28
3 KITE GNU/Linux ↑ 22
4 Tiny Core Linux ↑ 22
5 FreeBSD ↑ 21
6 ROSA Linux ↓ 21
7 PureOS ↑ 18
8 Zorin OS ↑ 18
9 Clover OS or CloverOS → 17
10 GhostBSD ↑ 17
11 Lubuntu ↑ 15
12 AerynOS (formerly Serpent OS) ↑ 13
13 EndeavourOS ↓ 13
14 Kali Linux ↑ 13
15 NixOS ↓ 13
16 Raspbian ↑ 13
17 Tails ↑ 13
18 4MLinux ↓ 12
19 Kodachi Linux ↓ 12
20 Solus Linux ↓ 12
21 antiX ↓ 11
22 Raspberry Pi OS ↑ 11
23 Ubuntu ↓ 11
24 Debian ↑ 10
25 Maui Linux ↑ 10
26 Mauna Linux ↓ 10
27 Peppermint OS ↓ 10
28 PorteuX Linux ↑ 10
29 Redox OS ↑ 10
30 Archman ↓ 9
31 Nitrux ↑ 9
32 PCLinuxOS ↓ 9
33 RedCore Linux ↑ 9
34 Shark Linux ↑ 9
35 Sparky Linux ↓ 9
36 Xubuntu ↑ 9
37 CRUX ↑ 8
38 Damn Small Linux (DSL) ↓ 8
39 Endless OS ↓ 8
40 Korora ↓ 8
41 Linux Lite ↑ 8
42 Netrunner ↓ 8
43 ReactOS ↓ 8
44 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ↑ 8
45 Slackel ↓ 8
46 Trisquel GNU/Linux ↑ 8
47 Ultimate Edition ↑ 8
48 Vanilla OS ↓ 8
49 Chakra Linux ↓ 7
50 KaOS ↑ 7
51 MidnightBSD ↑ 7
52 OpenMandriva ↓ 7
53 Rhino Linux ↑ 7
54 Ubuntu GNOME → 7
55 Antergos ↓ 6
56 BackBox Linux ↓ 6
57 Devuan GNU+Linux ↑ 6
58 Enso OS ↑ 6
59 Mageia ↑ 6
60 Manjaro Linux ↑ 6
61 MX Linux ↑ 6
62 Neptune ↑ 6
63 openSUSE ↓ 6
64 Q4OS ↓ 6
65 UbuntuDDE Remix ↓ 6
66 Ubuntu Unity ↓ 6
67 Apricity OS ↑ 5
68 Arch Linux ↓ 5
69 Arya Linux ↓ 5
70 Fedora Linux ↓ 5
71 KDE neon ↓ 5
72 MakuluLinux → 5
73 Pentoo ↓ 5
74 Pop!_OS ↓ 5
75 Puppy Linux ↓ 5
76 RefreshOS ↑ 5
77 Sabayon Linux ↑ 5
78 Ubuntu Cinnamon ↑ 5
79 ArchLabs ↓ 4
80 Bodhi Linux ↓ 4
81 CutefishOS ↑ 4
82 Gentoo Linux ↓ 4
83 Gnoppix AI Linux ↑ 4
84 Linux Mint ↓ 4
85 Oracle Linux ↓ 4
86 Porteus ↑ 4
87 Salix ↓ 4
88 Ubuntu Budgie ↑ 4
89 Voyager Live ↑ 4
90 Linux From Scratch ↓ 3
91 NetBSD ↓ 3
92 Parsix GNU/Linux ↓ 3
93 Siduction ↑ 3
94 Trident ↑ 3
95 TrueOS ↓ 3
96 Ubuntu MATE ↓ 3
97 ArchBang ↓ 2
98 ArcoLinux ↓ 2
99 Calculate Linux ↓ 2
100 DragonFly ↓ 2
101 elementary OS ↑ 2
102 feren OS ↓ 2
103 Kubuntu ↑ 2
104 NomadBSD ↓ 2
105 Pardus ↓ 2
106 SolydXK ↑ 2
107 SpiralLinux ↓ 2
109 deepin ↓ 1
110 Elive Linux ↓ 1
111 Slax Linux ↓ 1
112 Uruk GNU/Linux ↓ 1
117 → 0
120 → 0

Desktop Environments

Rank Desktop / WM Status Page Views
1 GNOME Desktop Environment → 27
2 Budgie Desktop → 19
3 Pantheon Desktop → 16
4 Cinnamon Desktop → 15
5 Lumina Desktop ↑ 11
6 Regolith Desktop ↓ 11
7 Cutefish Desktop ↑ 10
8 Trinity Desktop ↑ 9
9 Moksha Desktop ↓ 8
10 KDE Plasma ↓ 8
11 Deepin Desktop ↓ 7
12 helloSystem ↑ 7
13 MATE Desktop ↑ 7
14 LXQt Desktop Environment ↓ 6
15 Xfce ↓ 6
16 Enlightenment ↓ 5
17 LXDE → 4

Last 3 Months

Operating Systems

Rank OS Status Page Views
1 Starbuntu → 171
2 Puppy Linux → 106
3 CachyOS → 95
4 NixOS → 91
5 ROSA Linux → 65
6 Clover OS or CloverOS → 61
7 EndeavourOS ↑ 55
8 Raspberry Pi OS ↓ 55
9 Tiny Core Linux ↑ 53
10 Ubuntu ↓ 47
11 antiX → 44
12 Zorin OS ↑ 42
13 Kali Linux ↓ 41
14 FreeBSD ↑ 38
15 Lubuntu ↓ 38
16 Kodachi Linux ↑ 36
17 Solus Linux ↑ 36
18 Sparky Linux ↑ 36
19 Tails ↑ 36
20 KITE GNU/Linux ↓ 35
21 PorteuX Linux ↓ 35
22 AerynOS (formerly Serpent OS) → 33
23 GhostBSD ↑ 33
24 Vanilla OS ↓ 33
25 Ultimate Edition ↑ 31
26 Chakra Linux ↓ 30
27 Netrunner ↑ 30
28 Trisquel GNU/Linux ↑ 29
29 Korora ↑ 28
30 PCLinuxOS ↑ 28
31 Peppermint OS ↑ 28
32 Debian ↑ 27
33 Fedora Linux ↓ 27
34 Oracle Linux ↓ 27
35 Linux Mint ↓ 26
36 Redox OS ↓ 26
37 Arch Linux ↓ 25
38 Mauna Linux ↑ 25
39 Archman ↓ 24
40 deepin ↓ 24
41 Linux Lite ↑ 24
42 openSUSE ↓ 24
43 Raspbian ↑ 24
44 RedCore Linux ↑ 24
45 Nitrux ↓ 23
46 ReactOS ↓ 22
47 RefreshOS ↑ 22
48 Endless OS ↓ 21
49 Mageia ↑ 21
50 Antergos ↑ 20
51 Maui Linux ↑ 20
52 Pop!_OS ↑ 20
53 Slackel ↓ 20
54 ↓ 19
55 Apricity OS ↓ 19
56 Pentoo ↓ 19
57 Q4OS ↓ 19
58 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ↓ 19
59 Ubuntu Unity ↓ 19
60 CutefishOS → 18
61 Devuan GNU+Linux → 18
62 Damn Small Linux (DSL) ↓ 18
63 MX Linux ↑ 18
64 NetBSD ↑ 18
65 PureOS ↑ 18
66 MidnightBSD ↑ 17
67 Salix ↑ 17
68 Shark Linux ↑ 17
69 CRUX ↑ 16
70 DragonFly ↑ 16
71 feren OS ↓ 16
72 MakuluLinux ↑ 16
73 Neptune ↑ 16
74 TrueOS ↑ 16
75 Ubuntu MATE ↑ 16
76 Xubuntu ↑ 16
77 Arya Linux ↓ 15
78 Elive Linux ↓ 15
79 Gentoo Linux ↓ 15
80 KaOS ↑ 15
81 OpenMandriva → 15
82 Slax Linux ↓ 15
83 Bodhi Linux ↑ 14
84 Gnoppix AI Linux ↑ 14
85 KDE neon ↓ 14
86 Linux From Scratch ↓ 14
87 Siduction ↑ 14
88 SolydXK ↓ 14
89 Ubuntu GNOME ↑ 14
90 ArchLabs ↑ 13
91 Calculate Linux ↓ 13
92 elementary OS ↓ 13
93 Enso OS ↓ 13
94 Manjaro Linux ↓ 13
95 Pardus ↓ 13
96 Porteus ↑ 13
97 Sabayon Linux ↓ 13
98 SpiralLinux ↓ 12
99 Ubuntu Budgie ↓ 12
100 Ubuntu Cinnamon ↑ 12
101 UbuntuDDE Remix ↓ 12
102 Voyager Live ↓ 12
103 Trident ↑ 11
104 ArchBang ↑ 10
105 BackBox Linux ↓ 10
106 Parsix GNU/Linux → 10
107 Uruk GNU/Linux ↓ 10
108 ArcoLinux → 8
109 Rhino Linux ↑ 7
110 Kubuntu ↑ 6
111 NomadBSD ↓ 6
112 4MLinux ↑ 1
120 → 0

Desktop Environments

Rank Desktop / WM Status Page Views
1 Budgie Desktop → 84
2 GNOME Desktop Environment → 69
3 LXQt Desktop Environment ↑ 46
4 Pantheon Desktop ↑ 46
5 Cinnamon Desktop ↓ 43
6 MATE Desktop → 39
7 Lumina Desktop ↑ 38
8 helloSystem ↓ 36
9 Cutefish Desktop ↑ 33
10 KDE Plasma ↓ 31
11 Regolith Desktop ↑ 30
12 Trinity Desktop ↑ 29
13 Xfce ↓ 29
14 Enlightenment ↓ 27
15 Moksha Desktop ↓ 26
16 Deepin Desktop → 25
17 LXDE → 14
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