Sites like Debian

01 · Entity

About Debian

Debian debian.org

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.

Wikidata: free operating system

Top 1K · #322 English 2 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026

Visit Debian

Summary by Claude

Debian is a free, volunteer-developed Linux distribution; the site provides downloads, documentation, security advisories, release news and information on contributing to the project.

Who it’s for

Linux users, system administrators, developers

Business model

Donations, nonprofit volunteer project

• Linux distribution
• Linux operating system download
• Debian stable releases
• security advisories (DSA)
• long term support
• apt package management
• DebConf conference
• Calamares installer
• server operating system

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Debian’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.

1. 01
   Ubuntu ubuntu.com Top 1K English

   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

   • Google Search Console
   • Google Tag Manager
   • nginx

   0 say Ubuntu is a good alternative to Debian 0 say Ubuntu isn’t a real alternative to Debian

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.924
2. 02
   Linux kernel kernel.org Top 10K English

   The Linux Kernel Archives

   Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems

   • Google Search Console
   • nginx

   0 say Linux kernel is a good alternative to Debian 0 say Linux kernel isn’t a real alternative to Debian

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.909
3. 03
   Fedora Project fedoraproject.org Top 10K

   Fedora Linux | The Fedora Project

   An innovative platform for hardware, clouds, and containers, built with love by you.

   • Apache HTTP Server
   • Google Search Console
   • Microsoft 365
   • Mimecast
   • Nuxt
   • Tailwind CSS

   0 say Fedora Project is a good alternative to Debian 0 say Fedora Project isn’t a real alternative to Debian

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.908
4. 04
   Arch Linux archlinux.org Top 10K English

   Arch Linux

   Linux distribution

   • Google Search Console
   • Hetzner DNS
   • nginx

   0 say Arch Linux is a good alternative to Debian 0 say Arch Linux isn’t a real alternative to Debian

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.907
5. 05
   GNU gnu.org Top 1K English

   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.

   • Apache HTTP Server

   0 say GNU is a good alternative to Debian 0 say GNU isn’t a real alternative to Debian

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.900
6. 06
   Gentoo Linux gentoo.org Top 10K English

   Welcome – Gentoo Linux

   The website of Gentoo, a flexible Linux distribution.

   • Google Search Console
   • Bootstrap
   • Fastly
   • jQuery
   • nginx

   0 say Gentoo Linux is a good alternative to Debian 0 say Gentoo Linux isn’t a real alternative to Debian

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.896
7. 07
   FreeBSD freebsd.org Top 10K English

   The FreeBSD Project

   free Unix-like operating system

   • Font Awesome
   • Microsoft 365
   • Plausible

   0 say FreeBSD is a good alternative to Debian 0 say FreeBSD isn’t a real alternative to Debian

   Comment
   Close cos 0.888
8. 08
   openSUSE opensuse.org Top 10K English

   openSUSE - Free Linux operating systems for desktops, servers and containers

   openSUSE makes open source Linux operating systems, available for free in several flavors.

   • Google Search Console
   • Matomo

   0 say openSUSE is a good alternative to Debian 0 say openSUSE isn’t a real alternative to Debian

   Comment
   Close cos 0.886
9. 09
   centos.org Top 10K English

   The CentOS Project

   Linux distribution

   • Apache HTTP Server
   • Google Search Console
   • Bootstrap
   • cdnjs
   • Font Awesome
   • Google Fonts

   0 say centos.org is a good alternative to Debian 0 say centos.org isn’t a real alternative to Debian

   Comment
   Close cos 0.883
10. 10
    Drupal drupal.org Top 10K English

    Client Challenge

    free and open-source web content management system

    • Google Search Console
    • Amazon SES
    • Atlassian
    • Fastly
    • GlobalSign
    • Mailchimp

    0 say Drupal is a good alternative to Debian 0 say Drupal isn’t a real alternative to Debian

    Comment
    Close cos 0.883
11. 11
    FreeTDS.org freetds.org Top 10K

    FreeTDS.org

    • Apache HTTP Server

    0 say FreeTDS.org is a good alternative to Debian 0 say FreeTDS.org isn’t a real alternative to Debian

    Comment
    Close cos 0.879
12. 12
    GNOME gnome.org Top 10K

    desktop environment and graphical user interface

    • Google Search Console
    • Microsoft 365

    0 say GNOME is a good alternative to Debian 0 say GNOME isn’t a real alternative to Debian

    Comment
    Close cos 0.880
13. 13
    fwupd fwupd.org Top 10K English

    LVFS: Home

    firmware update management software for Linux

    • Bootstrap
    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • GlobalSign

    0 say fwupd is a good alternative to Debian 0 say fwupd isn’t a real alternative to Debian

    Comment
    Close cos 0.876
14. 14
    zlib zlib.net Top 10K

    zlib Home Site

    lossless compression library

    • Apache HTTP Server

    0 say zlib is a good alternative to Debian 0 say zlib isn’t a real alternative to Debian

    Comment
    Close cos 0.878
15. 15
    git-scm.com Top 10K English

    Git

    distributed version control system

    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Fastly
    • jQuery

    0 say git-scm.com is a good alternative to Debian 0 say git-scm.com isn’t a real alternative to Debian

    Comment
    Close cos 0.878
16. 16
    freedesktop.org Top 10K English

    Checking you are not a bot

    open-source desktop environment software project

    • Apache HTTP Server
    • Google Search Console

    0 say freedesktop.org is a good alternative to Debian 0 say freedesktop.org isn’t a real alternative to Debian

    Comment
    Close cos 0.877
17. 17
    Syncthing syncthing.net Top 10K English

    Syncthing

    open source continuous file synchronization software

    • Bootstrap
    • cdnjs
    • Fastly
    • Font Awesome
    • GitHub Pages
    • Hetzner DNS

    0 say Syncthing is a good alternative to Debian 0 say Syncthing isn’t a real alternative to Debian

    Comment
    Close cos 0.875
18. 18
    CPAN cpan.org Top 10K English

    The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network - www.cpan.org

    Perl package repository

    • Apache HTTP Server
    • Google Search Console
    • Fastly
    • GlobalSign
    • Google Analytics

    0 say CPAN is a good alternative to Debian 0 say CPAN isn’t a real alternative to Debian

    Comment
    Close cos 0.875
19. 19
    nginx nginx.org Top 100

    nginx

    open source web server and a reverse proxy server

    • Google Search Console
    • nginx

    0 say nginx is a good alternative to Debian 0 say nginx isn’t a real alternative to Debian

    Comment
    Close cos 0.874
20. 20
    Moodle moodle.org Top 10K

    Moodle challenge

    e-learning platform

    • Google Search Console
    • Amazon SES
    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Google Workspace
    • Mailchimp Transactional

    0 say Moodle is a good alternative to Debian 0 say Moodle isn’t a real alternative to Debian

    Comment
    Close cos 0.875

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to debian.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Debian uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Debian is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.