Alternatives and competitors
Sites like freedesktop.org
The 20 closest open-source software project alternatives to freedesktop.org, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 2 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to freedesktop.org? The closest matches are FreeBSD, GNOME and Enlightenment. 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 freedesktop.org
freedesktop.org
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Wikidata: open-source desktop environment software project
Summary by Claude
freedesktop.org is an open-source project that hosts shared base technologies and interoperability specifications for Linux and Unix-like desktop environments on X11 and Wayland. It also hosts code repositories, mailing lists and documentation for projects such as Mesa, Wayland, PipeWire and systemd-related components.
- Who it’s for
- Linux desktop and graphics developers
- Business model
- Nonprofit, donations and sponsorship
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to freedesktop.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 freedesktop.org
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to freedesktop.org, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read freedesktop.org’s homepage (HTTP 418), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
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The FreeBSD Project
free Unix-like operating system
Very close cos 0.908 - 02
Enlightenment Main
window manager for Unix-like operating systems
Very close cos 0.895 - 03
JS.ORG - the JavaScript organization
Dedicated to JavaScript and its awesome community since 2015
Close cos 0.894 - 04
Doxygen homepage
Source code documentation and analysis tool
Close cos 0.894 - 05
Arch Linux
Linux distribution
Close cos 0.892 - 06
Codeberg.org
Codeberg is a non-profit community-led organization that aims to help free and open source projects prosper by giving them a safe and friendly home.
Close cos 0.891 - 07
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.
Close cos 0.890 - 08
The Linux Kernel Archives
Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems
Close cos 0.890 - 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 0.888 - 10
The CentOS Project
Linux distribution
Close cos 0.887 - 11
OSF
tools that make open science practice easier
Close cos 0.890 - 12 Close cos 0.884
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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 0.883 - 14
The FreeType Project
The FreeType Project: a free, high-quality and portable Font engine
Close cos 0.882 - 15
Syncthing
open source continuous file synchronization software
Close cos 0.881 - 16
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stock photography site
Close cos 0.881 - 17
Zenodo
research data repository
Close cos 0.881 - 18
R: The R Project for Statistical Computing
programming language for statistical analysis
Close cos 0.879 - 19
web.dev
Guidance to build modern web experiences that work on any browser.
Close cos 0.880 - 20
Canva
online graphic design platform
Close cos 0.880
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to freedesktop.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones freedesktop.org uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What freedesktop.org is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Web servers
- Apache HTTP Server header server: Apache
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=PRubDSHYW3DPvbxzo_6wvY-51tbn449pv9QVsf9O62c
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what freedesktop.org adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 11/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on freedesktop.org 6/20
- Apache HTTP Server 5/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on freedesktop.org 5/20
- Bootstrap · not on freedesktop.org 4/20
- Cloudflare · not on freedesktop.org 4/20
- nginx · not on freedesktop.org 4/20
- Font Awesome · not on freedesktop.org 3/20
- Google Workspace · not on freedesktop.org 3/20
- Google Fonts · not on freedesktop.org 2/20
- Hetzner DNS · not on freedesktop.org 2/20
- Amazon SES · not on freedesktop.org 2/20
- cdnjs · not on freedesktop.org 2/20
- Mailchimp · not on freedesktop.org 2/20
- Mailgun · not on freedesktop.org 2/20
- Mailchimp Transactional · not on freedesktop.org 2/20