Debian
Debian is 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.
It includes a package-based system managed with APT, offers more than 70,000 tested software packages in its repositories, and serves as the foundation for over 120 derivative distributions including 
Ubuntu and Kali Linux.
According to our data, Debian is the 4th most popular operating system on the web.
It has 6.7% of the operating system market share and is detected on 0.9% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
- 🔗 Links
- </> Source code
- 👨👩👦👦 Community
Wikipedia
Reddit
Stack Overflow💸 Pricing
Debian is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Operating Systems
- Rank: 4
- Market share: 6.7%
🏆 Debian Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in France in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Hungary in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the Czech Republic in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Russia in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Poland in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Austria in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Ukraine in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Bulgaria in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Lithuania in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Estonia in the Operating Systems category.
⚡ Sites Using Debian
We have data on 29,818 websites that use the Debian operating system. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Debian is taz.de.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #2,481 | Germany | German | |
| 2 | #2,904 | Indonesia | Malay | |
| 3 | #3,438 | Germany | English | |
| 4 | #3,506 | France | French | |
| 5 | #3,766 | Russia | ||
| 6 | #3,841 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 7 | #4,551 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 8 | #4,733 | Turkey | Turkish | |
| 9 | #4,951 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 10 | #5,289 | Chile | Spanish | |
| 11 | #5,989 | France | English | |
| 12 | #6,353 | English | ||
| 13 | #6,440 | English | ||
| 14 | #6,505 | United States | English | |
| 15 | #6,957 | Poland | Polish | |
| 16 | #7,445 | American English | ||
| 17 | #7,598 | United States | English | |
| 18 | #7,644 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 19 | #7,749 | Sweden | Swedish | |
| 20 | #7,932 | Hungary | Hungarian |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Debian:
- are located in Germany
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Business category.
Most of the sites using Debian are from Germany, France, and the United States.
- Germany 17.3%
- France 11.5%
- United States 8.1%
- Czech Republic 7.8%
- Italy 4.9%
- United Kingdom 4.1%
- Russia 3.7%
- Spain 3.7%
- Netherlands 3.1%
- Other 35.8%
Most Debian users speak English, German, or French.
- English 35.3%
- German 15.3%
- French 10.7%
- Czech 6.7%
- Spanish 4.9%
- Russian 4.3%
- Italian 3.8%
- Polish 2.6%
- Hungarian 2.4%
- Other 14%
The Debian operating system is especially popular on .com, .de, and .org top-level domains.
- .com 25.9%
- .de 11.4%
- .org 7%
- .cz 6.1%
- .fr 4.2%
- .net 3.7%
- .it 3.3%
- .ru 2.9%
- .pl 2.1%
- Other 33.4%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Debian include business, education and reference, and marketing and merchandising.
- Business 14.4%
- Education/Reference 10.5%
- Marketing/Merchandising 7.8%
- Internet Services 6.6%
- Online Shopping 6.6%
- Travel 4.4%
- Software/Hardware 4.1%
- Blogs/Wiki 4%
- Entertainment 3.7%
- Other 37.9%
🔢 Debian Versions
The most popular version of Debian is 7, used by 40.9% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 24.1% of sites use Debian 8, and 15% use Debian 10.
- 7 40.9%
- 8 24.1%
- 10 15%
- 9 8.4%
- 11 6.8%
- 12 4.9%
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Where is Debian's headquarters?
Debian is located in New York, United States.
Can I use Debian for free?
Yes, it is a free operating system.
It is also an open-source solution and its code can be found on sources.debian.org.
Which country uses Debian the most?
The majority of Debian users are from Germany.
Who uses Debian?
According to our data, Debian is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as taz.de,
kemdiktisaintek.go.id, and
pdf24.org.
Is Debian used on government websites?
In total, we found Debian on 7 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Debian?
Yes. The most prominent of these are uw.edu.pl and
st-andrews.ac.uk. Overall, we know of 49 academic websites in the United States that use Debian.
How does Debian stack up against the competition?
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🗃️ 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 3,375,483 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.