Alternatives and competitors
Sites like centos.org
The 20 closest Linux distribution alternatives to centos.org, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 7 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to centos.org? The closest matches are Linux kernel, Fedora Project and Red Hat. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About centos.org
centos.org
The CentOS Project
Wikidata: Linux distribution
Summary by Claude
Community project that develops and distributes CentOS Stream, a free Linux distribution that tracks just ahead of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, along with Special Interest Groups that package additional software such as virtualization, storage and cloud stacks.
- Who it’s for
- Linux system administrators, developers and contributors
- Business model
- Nonprofit open source project sponsored by Red Hat
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to centos.org’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to centos.org
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to centos.org, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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The Linux Kernel Archives
Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems
Very close cos 0.911 - 02
Red Hat - We make open source technologies for the enterprise
Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source solutions, including high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies.
Very close cos 0.894 - 03
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open-source desktop environment software project
Close cos 0.887 - 04
The FreeBSD Project
free Unix-like operating system
Close cos 0.886 - 05
Debian -- The Universal Operating System
Debian is an operating system and a distribution of Free Software. It is maintained and updated through the work of many users who volunteer their time and effort.
Close cos 0.883 - 06
Kubernetes
Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery. Kubernetes builds upon 15 years of experience of running production workloads at Google, combined with best-of-breed ideas and practices from the community. Planet scaleDesigned on the same principles that allow Google to run billions of containers a week, Kubernetes can scale without increasing your operations team.
Close cos 0.881 - 07
Arch Linux
Linux distribution
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Zenodo
research data repository
Close cos 0.880 - 09
The GNU Operating System and the Free Software Movement
Since 1983, developing the free Unix style operating system GNU, so that computer users can have the freedom to share and improve the software they use.
Close cos 0.879 - 10
Welcome to The Apache Software Foundation | Apache Software Foundation
American nonprofit open-source software community
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openSUSE - Free Linux operating systems for desktops, servers and containers
openSUSE makes open source Linux operating systems, available for free in several flavors.
Close cos 0.877 - 12
Home - KDE Community
KDE is an open community of friendly people who want to create a world in which everyone has control over their digital life and enjoys freedom and privacy.
Close cos 0.877 - 13
Syncthing
open source continuous file synchronization software
Close cos 0.875 - 14
RustDesk: Open-Source Remote Desktop with Self-Hosted Server Solutions
RustDesk is open-source remote desktop software for your own self-hosted server, a TeamViewer and AnyDesk alternative for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.
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Welcome – Gentoo Linux
The website of Gentoo, a flexible Linux distribution.
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XAMPP Installers and Downloads for Apache Friends
XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MariaDB, PHP and Perl.
Close cos 0.871 - 18
Client Challenge
free and open-source web content management system
Close cos 0.874 - 19
OSF
tools that make open science practice easier
Close cos 0.874 - 20
The enterprise Linux for open source innovation | Ubuntu
Ubuntu is the modern, enterprise Linux operating system for servers, desktop, cloud, and IoT. Supported for up to 15 years
Close cos 0.870
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to centos.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones centos.org uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What centos.org is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CSS & UI
- Bootstrap asset https://www.centos.org/assets/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js
- Font Awesome asset https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.7.1/css/all.min.css
- Fonts
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/
- CDN
- Web servers
- Apache HTTP Server header server: Apache
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=xFWz31gRBrIYS5zOQLeT6oY88Z2UPuW031lo3iGaXBI
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what centos.org adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 15/20
- Apache HTTP Server 8/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on centos.org 8/20
- nginx · not on centos.org 4/20
- Matomo · not on centos.org 4/20
- Google Workspace · not on centos.org 3/20
- jQuery · not on centos.org 3/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on centos.org 3/20
- Mimecast · not on centos.org 2/20
- Atlassian · not on centos.org 2/20
- NS1 · not on centos.org 2/20
- Font Awesome 2/20
- Google Analytics · not on centos.org 2/20
- Hetzner DNS · not on centos.org 2/20
- cdnjs 2/20
- Bootstrap 2/20