⚡ Open-Source Licenses in Austria

Software licenses are legal agreements that explain how software can be used, modified, and redistributed by others.

Austria is a Central European country with a population of over 9 million people.

According to our statistics, open-source licenses are detected on 0.3% of websites from Austria.

Statistics based on 34K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top licenses on websites in Austria in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Creative Commons, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 76.2% share.
It is followed by GNU with 17.2% and MIT with 2.5%.

Creative Commons 76.2%
GNU 17.2%
MIT 2.5%
Apache 2.5%
BSD 1.6%

✨ Top Licenses

Below is a more detailed list of 5 licenses used on sites from Austria, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Creative Commons Mountain View, California, United States A set of standardized copyright licenses that let creators share their works with the public while clearly defining how others may use, remix, or redistribute them under specific conditions.	76.2%
2	GNU Boston, Massachusetts, United States The GNU General Public Licenses are a family of free, copyleft software licenses created to guarantee users the freedom to run, study, share, and modify software while ensuring those freedoms are preserved when the software is distributed.	17.2%
3	MIT Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A permissive software license that allows reuse, modification, distribution, and commercial use without requiring source code disclosure.	2.5%
4	Apache Wilmington, Delaware, United States A permissive software license that allows use, modification, distribution, and commercial use without requiring source code disclosure.	2.5%
5	BSD Boulder, Colorado, United States A family of permissive free software licenses that allow software to be used, modified, and redistributed with minimal restrictions.	1.6%

👉 See Also

🌎 Licenses in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 34,961 websites from Austria.
We currently track the presence of 6 licenses across the web.
Of these, 5 were detected on websites from Austria.
Statistics were last calculated on September 15, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.