⚡ Operating Systems in Hungary

Server operating systems are designed for computers that provide network services, such as hosting websites or storing data.

Hungary is a Central European country with a population of around 9.6 million people.

According to our research, operating systems are detected on 14.2% of websites from Hungary.

Statistics based on 20K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top operating systems on websites in Hungary in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Linux, which dominates the market with a substantial 85.4% share.
It is followed by Debian with 28.9% and Ubuntu with 25.2%.

Linux 85.4%
Debian 28.9%
Ubuntu 25.2%
Windows 11.9%
CentOS 2.7%
Unix 1.9%
FreeBSD 0.9%
Rocky Linux 0.7%
Fedora 0.4%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 0.2%
AlmaLinux 0.2%
Amazon Linux 0.1%
SUSE Linux 0.1%
Oracle Linux 0.03%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top systems that are more popular in Hungary than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

2. Debian ^(-2)
7. FreeBSD ^(-3)
8. Rocky Linux ^(-1)
9. Fedora ^(-3)
13. SUSE Linux ^(-3)

✨ Best Operating Systems

Below is a more detailed list of 15 operating systems used on sites from Hungary, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Linux San Francisco, California, United States A family of open-source, Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, originally created by Linus Torvalds and now maintained by a global community of contributors. FreeOpen source	85.4%
2	Debian New York, United States A free and open-source Linux distribution that provides a stable operating system with a strong focus on reliability, security, and universal compatibility across multiple hardware architectures. FreeOpen source	28.9%
3	Ubuntu London, United Kingdom A free operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux, designed for desktops, servers, cloud, and IoT environments. FreeOpen source$500+/year	25.2%
4	Windows Redmond, Washington, United States A family of proprietary operating systems from Microsoft used on personal computers, servers, and virtualized environments. $1,176+	11.9%
5	CentOS Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A discontinued open-source Linux distribution compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Legacy	2.7%
6	Unix San Francisco, California, United States A family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems.	1.9%
7	FreeBSD Boulder, Colorado, United States An open source Unix-like operating system designed for reliability, performance, and advanced networking across servers, desktops, and embedded systems. FreeOpen source	0.9%
8	Rocky Linux Albany, California, United States An open-source enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. FreeOpen source	0.7%
9	Fedora Raleigh, North Carolina, United States An open-source operating system developed by the Fedora Project that serves as the upstream community distribution for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. FreeOpen source	0.4%
10	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A commercial enterprise Linux distribution designed for hybrid cloud deployments across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. $383.90+	0.2%
11	AlmaLinux Estero, Florida, United States An open-source enterprise Linux distribution focused on long-term stability and binary compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. FreeOpen source	0.2%
12	Amazon Linux Seattle, Washington, United States A supported and maintained Linux image provided by Amazon Web Services for use on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud. Free	0.1%
13	SUSE Linux Nuremberg, Germany A Linux-based operating system developed by SUSE. FreeOpen source€477.24+/year	0.1%
14	Oracle Linux Austin, Texas, United States A Linux distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux source code, freely distributed by Oracle.	0.03%
15	Gentoo Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States A Linux distribution built using the Portage package management system.	0.03%

👉 See Also

🌎 Operating Systems 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 20,473 websites from Hungary.
We currently track the presence of 22 operating systems across the web.
Of these, 15 were detected on websites from Hungary.
Statistics were last calculated on June 20, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.