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.

Last updated:

30 Days 3 Months
Operating Systems Desktop Environments

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Last 30 Days

Operating Systems

Rank OS Status Page Views
1 NixOS → 60
2 Puppy Linux → 53
3 Starbuntu → 46
4 CachyOS → 31
5 Raspberry Pi OS ↑ 23
6 Clover OS or CloverOS ↓ 22
7 EndeavourOS → 20
8 ROSA Linux → 19
9 PorteuX Linux ↑ 18
10 Ubuntu ↓ 18
11 Chakra Linux ↑ 15
12 ↓ 14
13 antiX ↑ 14
14 Sparky Linux ↑ 14
15 Lubuntu ↓ 13
16 Netrunner ↓ 13
17 Tiny Core Linux ↑ 13
18 AerynOS (formerly Serpent OS) ↑ 12
19 GhostBSD ↓ 12
20 Kali Linux ↑ 12
21 Kodachi Linux ↑ 12
22 Oracle Linux ↑ 12
23 Solus Linux ↑ 12
24 Trisquel GNU/Linux ↓ 12
25 Ultimate Edition ↓ 12
26 Apricity OS ↑ 11
27 Korora ↑ 11
28 Mauna Linux ↓ 11
29 Vanilla OS ↓ 11
30 Archman ↓ 10
31 CutefishOS ↓ 10
32 Slax Linux ↓ 10
33 Elive Linux ↑ 9
34 openSUSE ↓ 9
35 Ubuntu MATE ↓ 9
36 Zorin OS ↓ 9
37 deepin ↑ 8
38 Mageia ↑ 8
39 MX Linux ↑ 8
40 NetBSD ↓ 8
41 Peppermint OS ↑ 8
42 Q4OS ↓ 8
43 Tails ↑ 8
44 Antergos ↑ 7
45 Arch Linux ↓ 7
46 Devuan GNU+Linux ↓ 7
47 DragonFly ↓ 7
48 Maui Linux ↑ 7
49 Pardus ↓ 7
50 PCLinuxOS ↑ 7
51 Pop!_OS ↓ 7
52 RedCore Linux ↑ 7
53 RefreshOS ↑ 7
54 Arya Linux ↑ 6
55 Debian ↓ 6
56 Damn Small Linux (DSL) ↓ 6
57 Endless OS ↑ 6
58 feren OS ↑ 6
59 FreeBSD ↑ 6
60 KITE GNU/Linux ↓ 6
61 Linux From Scratch ↑ 6
62 MidnightBSD ↑ 6
63 Nitrux ↑ 6
64 Pentoo ↑ 6
65 ReactOS ↑ 6
66 SolydXK ↑ 6
67 SpiralLinux ↑ 6
68 Ubuntu Unity ↑ 6
69 ArchLabs ↓ 5
70 Bodhi Linux ↓ 5
71 Enso OS → 5
72 Gnoppix AI Linux ↑ 5
73 KDE neon ↓ 5
74 Linux Mint ↓ 5
75 MakuluLinux ↓ 5
76 Neptune ↓ 5
77 Redox OS ↓ 5
78 Shark Linux → 5
79 Siduction → 5
80 ArchBang ↓ 4
81 ArcoLinux ↑ 4
82 Calculate Linux ↓ 4
83 Fedora Linux ↓ 4
84 Linux Lite ↑ 4
85 Manjaro Linux ↓ 4
86 Raspbian ↑ 4
87 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ↑ 4
88 Salix ↑ 4
89 Slackel ↓ 4
90 Ubuntu Budgie ↓ 4
91 Uruk GNU/Linux ↓ 4
92 CRUX ↑ 3
93 elementary OS ↓ 3
94 Gentoo Linux ↑ 3
95 Kubuntu ↓ 3
96 NomadBSD ↓ 3
97 OpenMandriva ↑ 3
98 Parsix GNU/Linux ↑ 3
99 Porteus ↓ 3
100 Sabayon Linux ↑ 3
101 Trident ↓ 3
102 TrueOS ↑ 3
103 Ubuntu Cinnamon ↑ 3
104 BackBox Linux ↓ 2
105 KaOS ↓ 2
106 UbuntuDDE Remix ↑ 2
107 Ubuntu GNOME → 2
108 Voyager Live ↑ 2
109 Xubuntu ↓ 2
110 4MLinux ↓ 1
115 ↓ 0

Desktop Environments

Rank Desktop / WM Status Page Views
1 Budgie Desktop → 38
2 LXQt Desktop Environment → 30
3 GNOME Desktop Environment → 27
4 MATE Desktop → 21
5 helloSystem → 17
6 Pantheon Desktop → 17
7 Xfce → 15
8 Cinnamon Desktop → 14
9 Enlightenment ↑ 14
10 Cutefish Desktop ↓ 13
11 Lumina Desktop → 12
12 KDE Plasma → 11
13 Trinity Desktop → 9
14 Deepin Desktop → 7
15 Regolith Desktop ↑ 7
16 Moksha Desktop ↓ 6
17 LXDE → 2

Last 3 Months

Operating Systems

Rank OS Status Page Views
1 Starbuntu → 193
2 CachyOS → 127
3 Clover OS or CloverOS → 113
4 Puppy Linux → 108
5 EndeavourOS → 90
6 Raspberry Pi OS → 85
7 ROSA Linux → 75
8 Ultimate Edition → 70
9 → 68
10 CutefishOS ↑ 64
11 deepin ↑ 64
12 Lubuntu ↓ 63
13 antiX ↑ 62
14 Arch Linux ↑ 60
15 NixOS ↑ 60
16 Linux Mint ↓ 58
17 Solus Linux ↑ 58
18 Tails ↑ 56
19 Apricity OS ↑ 55
20 Archman → 55
21 Damn Small Linux (DSL) ↓ 55
22 Q4OS ↓ 55
23 Kali Linux ↓ 54
24 KITE GNU/Linux ↓ 53
25 Nitrux ↑ 53
26 Pentoo → 53
27 Sparky Linux ↑ 53
28 elementary OS ↓ 51
29 PorteuX Linux ↑ 51
30 Raspbian ↑ 51
31 Redox OS ↓ 51
32 Slax Linux ↓ 51
33 Vanilla OS ↑ 51
34 Chakra Linux ↓ 50
35 MX Linux ↓ 50
36 Arya Linux ↑ 49
37 Devuan GNU+Linux ↑ 49
38 NetBSD ↑ 49
39 Oracle Linux ↓ 49
40 Linux Lite ↓ 48
41 feren OS ↓ 47
42 CRUX ↑ 46
43 Endless OS ↑ 46
44 Sabayon Linux ↑ 46
45 Trisquel GNU/Linux ↓ 46
46 Zorin OS ↓ 46
47 Calculate Linux ↓ 45
48 Debian ↓ 45
49 DragonFly ↑ 45
50 FreeBSD ↑ 45
51 Netrunner ↓ 45
52 Peppermint OS ↑ 45
53 Pop!_OS ↓ 45
54 Tiny Core Linux ↓ 45
55 Ubuntu MATE ↓ 45
56 Gnoppix AI Linux ↓ 44
57 Kodachi Linux ↑ 43
58 Mageia → 43
59 GhostBSD ↓ 42
60 Neptune ↓ 42
61 Pardus ↓ 42
62 Ubuntu Cinnamon ↓ 42
63 Korora ↑ 41
64 OpenMandriva ↑ 41
65 SolydXK ↑ 41
66 Fedora Linux ↓ 40
67 Linux From Scratch ↓ 40
68 Shark Linux ↑ 40
69 Ubuntu Budgie ↓ 40
70 Antergos ↑ 39
71 Gentoo Linux ↓ 39
72 PCLinuxOS ↑ 39
73 Ubuntu Unity ↓ 39
74 Voyager Live ↓ 39
75 Bodhi Linux ↑ 38
76 Manjaro Linux ↓ 38
77 Porteus ↓ 38
78 RedCore Linux ↑ 38
79 TrueOS ↑ 38
80 BackBox Linux ↓ 37
81 Elive Linux ↑ 37
82 Maui Linux ↑ 37
83 Trident ↓ 37
84 Uruk GNU/Linux ↓ 37
85 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ↑ 36
86 Slackel ↓ 36
87 SpiralLinux ↓ 36
88 openSUSE ↑ 35
89 ArchBang ↓ 34
90 KDE neon ↓ 34
91 MakuluLinux ↑ 34
92 Xubuntu → 34
93 MidnightBSD ↓ 33
94 Parsix GNU/Linux → 33
95 ArcoLinux ↑ 32
96 Salix → 32
97 ArchLabs ↓ 31
98 NomadBSD ↑ 31
99 Siduction → 31
100 KaOS ↓ 30
101 ReactOS ↓ 30
102 Enso OS ↓ 29
103 Kubuntu ↓ 29
104 RefreshOS ↑ 27
105 ↑ 27
106 Ubuntu GNOME ↓ 26
107 AerynOS (formerly Serpent OS) ↑ 25
108 UbuntuDDE Remix ↓ 25
109 Mauna Linux → 11
111 4MLinux → 1
112 Ubuntu → 1

Desktop Environments

Rank Desktop / WM Status Page Views
1 Budgie Desktop → 102
2 GNOME Desktop Environment → 82
3 Cinnamon Desktop ↑ 72
4 LXQt Desktop Environment ↓ 72
5 MATE Desktop ↓ 72
6 KDE Plasma → 69
7 Xfce → 67
8 helloSystem → 66
9 Lumina Desktop → 54
10 Cutefish Desktop → 53
11 Pantheon Desktop → 53
12 Trinity Desktop → 49
13 Enlightenment → 46
14 Deepin Desktop ↑ 45
15 LXDE ↓ 43
16 Moksha Desktop → 39
17 Regolith Desktop → 37
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