⚡ Tech Stack in South Africa

A technology stack, also known as a software stack or development stack, is a set of programming languages, technologies and tools that are used to build and run software or a website.

South Africa is an African country with a population of over 60 million people.

According to our statistics, tech stacks are detected on 41.9% of websites from South Africa.

Statistics based on 18K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top tech stacks on websites in South Africa in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is LAMP, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 66.2% share.
It is followed by LEMP with 18.4% and Microsoft with 11.1%.

LAMP 66.2%
LEMP 18.4%
Microsoft 11.1%
Jamstack 3.9%
WIMP 0.4%
MEAN 0.2%
MERN 0.2%
LAPP 0.2%
MEVN 0.1%
WAMP 0.07%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top tech stacks that are more popular in South Africa than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. LAMP ^(-1)
6. MEAN ^(-1)

✨ Best Tech Stacks

Below is a more detailed list of 10 tech stacks used on sites from South Africa, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	LAMP An open-source web application stack consisting of Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP, Perl, or Python.	66.2%
2	LEMP An open-source web application stack consisting of Linux, Nginx, MySQL, and PHP, Perl, or Python.	18.4%
3	Microsoft Redmond, Washington, United States A set of software products and technologies from Microsoft.	11.1%
4	Jamstack San Francisco, California, United States A web development architecture pattern and solution stack based on JavaScript, APIs, and Markup.	3.9%
5	WIMP A web application stack consisting of Windows, IIS, MySQL, and PHP, Perl, or Python.	0.4%
6	MEAN An open-source web application stack consisting of MongoDB, Express.js, Angular/AngularJS, and Node.js.	0.2%
7	MERN An open-source web application stack consisting of MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js.	0.2%
8	LAPP An open-source web application stack consisting of Linux, Nginx, PostgreSQL, and PHP, Perl, or Python.	0.2%
9	MEVN An open-source web application stack consisting of MongoDB, Express.js, Vue.js, and Node.js.	0.1%
10	WAMP A software stack consisting of Windows, Apache, MySQL, and PHP, Perl, or Python.	0.07%

👉 See Also

🌎 Tech Stack 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 18,108 websites from South Africa.
We currently track the presence of 10 tech stacks across the web.
Of these, 10 were detected on websites from South Africa.
Statistics were last calculated on April 11, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.