⚡ Operating Systems in Pakistan

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

Pakistan is a South Asian country with a population of over 242 million people.

According to our research, operating systems are detected on 10.5% of websites from Pakistan.

Statistics based on 7K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Windows with an impressive share of 51.5%, followed by Linux with 45.6% and Ubuntu with 15.5%.

Windows 51.5%
Linux 45.6%
Ubuntu 15.5%
Unix 2.9%
CentOS 2%
Debian 0.5%
AlmaLinux 0.1%
Oracle Linux 0.1%

🚀 Highlights

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

1. Windows ^(-1)
4. Unix ^(-2)
7. AlmaLinux ^(-1)
8. Oracle Linux ^(-6)

✨ Best Operating Systems

Below is a more detailed list of 8 operating systems used on sites from Pakistan, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Windows Redmond, Washington, United States A family of proprietary operating systems from Microsoft used on personal computers, servers, and virtualized environments. $1,176+	51.5%
2	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	45.6%
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	15.5%
4	Unix San Francisco, California, United States A family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems.	2.9%
5	CentOS Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A discontinued open-source Linux distribution compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Legacy	2%
6	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	0.5%
7	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	0.1%
8	Oracle Linux Austin, Texas, United States A Linux distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux source code, freely distributed by Oracle.	0.1%

🗃️ 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 7,582 websites from Pakistan.
We currently track the presence of 22 operating systems across the web.
Of these, 8 were detected on websites from Pakistan.
Statistics were last calculated on June 20, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.