⚡ Operating Systems in Tanzania

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

Tanzania is an East African country with a population of over 67 million people.

According to our research, operating systems are detected on 12.9% of websites from Tanzania.

Statistics based on 776 analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Linux, which dominates the market with a substantial 86% share.
It is followed by Ubuntu with 32% and Windows with 14%.

Linux 86%
Ubuntu 32%
Windows 14%
CentOS 9%
Rocky Linux 2%
Debian 1%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. Ubuntu ^(-1)
4. CentOS ^(-1)
5. Rocky Linux ^(-4)

✨ Best Operating Systems

Below is a more detailed list of 6 operating systems used on sites from Tanzania, 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	86%
2	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	32%
3	Windows Redmond, Washington, United States A family of proprietary operating systems from Microsoft used on personal computers, servers, and virtualized environments. $1,176+	14%
4	CentOS Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A discontinued open-source Linux distribution compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Legacy	9%
5	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	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	1%

👉 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 776 websites from Tanzania.
We currently track the presence of 22 operating systems across the web.
Of these, 6 were detected on websites from Tanzania.
Statistics were last calculated on June 20, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.