🆚 LibreSSL vs. OpenSSL

📈 OpenSSL is much more popular than LibreSSL.
🌍 OpenSSL is more popular in all countries.
⭐ LibreSSL is particularly popular in Hong Kong.

Statistics based on 3.8M+ analyzed websites. About this data

LibreSSL

OpenSSL

Type

Web server module

About

LibreSSL is a fork of OpenSSL 1.0.1g developed to modernize the codebase and improve security.

OpenSSL is an open-source software library that provides strong encryption using the SSL and TLS protocols.

Headquarters

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Newark, Delaware, United States

Website

libressl.org

openssl.org #284,874

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The OpenSSL web server module is 317 times more popular than LibreSSL.

Total websites

Market share

Web Server Modules

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

OpenSSL is more popular than LibreSSL in all countries.

Japan

United States

Germany

Korea

United Kingdom

Italy

Netherlands

Spain

Czech Republic

Brazil

Awards

🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Web Server Modules category.
🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Web Server Modules category.
🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Web Server Modules category.
🥇 Most popular in Korea in the Web Server Modules category.
🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Web Server Modules category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

OpenSSL is more popular than LibreSSL in all market segments.

Business

Education/Reference

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Internet Services

Entertainment

Software/Hardware

Travel

Health

Public Information

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#76,909

#104,421

#240,882

#490,618

#645,807

Name

Rank

#220

#611

#1,332

#1,529

#1,577