⚡ Operating Systems in Poland

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

Poland is a Central European country with a population of around 38 million people.

According to our research, operating systems are detected on 8.1% of websites from Poland.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Linux, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 83.5% share.
It is followed by Ubuntu with 26.5% and Debian with 19.6%.

Linux 83.5%
Ubuntu 26.5%
Debian 19.6%
Windows 14%
CentOS 2.7%
Unix 2%
FreeBSD 0.6%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 0.5%
Rocky Linux 0.5%
Fedora 0.4%
Oracle Linux 0.2%
AlmaLinux 0.2%
Gentoo 0.2%
Mageia 0.09%
SUSE Linux 0.09%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. Ubuntu ^(-1)
3. Debian ^(-1)
7. FreeBSD ^(-2)
9. Rocky Linux ^(-1)
10. Fedora ^(-2)
11. Oracle Linux ^(-3)
14. Mageia ^(-7)
15. SUSE Linux ^(-1)

✨ Best Operating Systems

Below is a more detailed list of 17 operating systems used on sites from Poland, 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	83.5%
2	Ubuntu London, United Kingdom A free operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux, designed for use on desktops, laptops, servers, and mobile devices. FreeOpen source$500+/year	26.5%
3	Debian New York, United States A free and open source Linux distribution. FreeOpen source	19.6%
4	Windows Redmond, Washington, United States A family of proprietary operating systems from Microsoft used on personal computers, servers, and virtualized environments. $1,176+	14%
5	CentOS Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A discontinued open-source Linux distribution compatible with RHEL. Legacy	2.7%
6	Unix San Francisco, California, United States A family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems.	2%
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	0.6%
8	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A commercial Linux distribution developed by Red Hat for the enterprise market. $383.90+	0.5%
9	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	0.5%
10	Fedora A Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project. FreeOpen source	0.4%
11	Oracle Linux Austin, Texas, United States A Linux distribution based on RHEL source code, freely distributed by Oracle.	0.2%
12	AlmaLinux Estero, Florida, United States An open-source, community owned and governed, free enterprise Linux distribution focused on long-term stability. FreeOpen source	0.2%
13	Gentoo Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States A Linux distribution built using the Portage package management system.	0.2%
14	Mageia An open-source operating system forked from Mandriva Linux.	0.09%
15	SUSE Linux Nuremberg, Germany A Linux-based operating system developed by SUSE. FreeOpen source€477.24+/year	0.09%
16	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	0.07%
17	CloudLinux Estero, Florida, United States A commercial Linux distribution marketed to shared hosting providers. $7+/month	0.02%

👉 See Also

🌎 Operating Systems in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 55,518 websites from Poland.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.