⚡ Open-Source Licenses in Russia

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

Russia is a Eurasian country with a population of around 144 million people.

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

Statistics based on 97K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Creative Commons, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 85.5% share.
It is followed by GNU with 12.3% and MIT with 1.9%.

Creative Commons 85.5%
GNU 12.3%
MIT 1.9%
Apache 1.2%
BSD 0.3%

✨ Top Licenses

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

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Creative Commons Mountain View, California, United States Creative Commons licenses are 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.	85.5%
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.	12.3%
3	MIT Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A permissive software license that allows reuse, modification, distribution, and commercial use without requiring source code disclosure.	1.9%
4	Apache Wilmington, Delaware, United States A permissive software license that allows use, modification, distribution, and commercial use without requiring source code disclosure.	1.2%
5	BSD Boulder, Colorado, United States BSD licenses are a family of permissive free software licenses that allow software to be used, modified, and redistributed with minimal restrictions.	0.3%

👉 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 97,306 websites from Russia.
We currently track the presence of 6 licenses across the web.
Of these, 5 were detected on websites from Russia.
Statistics were last calculated on May 14, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.