Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Linux kernel
The 20 closest open-source software repository alternatives to Linux kernel, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 2 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Linux kernel? The closest matches are Arch Linux, Gentoo Linux and git-scm.com. 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.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 4,032
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 17 ms
01 · Entity
About Linux kernel
Linux kernel kernel.org
The Linux Kernel Archives
Wikidata: Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems
Summary by Claude
Official distribution site for the Linux kernel source code, providing stable, mainline and longterm kernel releases, git repositories, patches and related documentation.
- Who it’s for
- Kernel developers, Linux distribution maintainers, system programmers
- Business model
- Nonprofit, donation and sponsor funded
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Linux kernel’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 Linux kernel
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Linux kernel, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Arch Linux
Linux distribution
Very close cos 0.923 - 02
Welcome – Gentoo Linux
The website of Gentoo, a flexible Linux distribution.
Very close cos 0.917 - 03
Git
distributed version control system
Very close cos 0.914 - 04
The CentOS Project
Linux distribution
Very close cos 0.911 - 05
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.
Very close cos 0.910 - 06
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.
Very close cos 0.909 - 07
Zenodo
research data repository
Very close cos 0.903 - 08
The FreeBSD Project
free Unix-like operating system
Very close cos 0.901 - 09
Doxygen homepage
Source code documentation and analysis tool
Very close cos 0.900 - 10
openSUSE - Free Linux operating systems for desktops, servers and containers
openSUSE makes open source Linux operating systems, available for free in several flavors.
Very close cos 0.899 - 11
PostgreSQL: The world's most advanced open source database
The official site for PostgreSQL, the world's most advanced open source database
Very close cos 0.897 - 12
Michael Kerrisk - man7.org
writer, Computer programmer
Close cos 0.893 - 13
R: The R Project for Statistical Computing
programming language for statistical analysis
Very close cos 0.894 - 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.
Very close cos 0.894 - 15
Welcome to Python.org
The official home of the Python Programming Language
Very close cos 0.895 - 16
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 0.892 - 17
curl
command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax
Close cos 0.891 - 18
Google Open Source
Google <3 Open Source
Close cos 0.891 - 19
Client Challenge
free and open-source web content management system
Close cos 0.893 - 20
Checking you are not a bot
open-source desktop environment software project
Close cos 0.890
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to kernel.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Linux kernel uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Linux kernel is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=nb4Wx5xBQM3b-a3OV2KSlPL786714Y7M6GfBtJf1opQ
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Linux kernel adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 15/20
- nginx 7/20
- Apache HTTP Server · not on kernel.org 6/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on kernel.org 6/20
- jQuery · not on kernel.org 5/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on kernel.org 5/20
- Bootstrap · not on kernel.org 4/20
- Font Awesome · not on kernel.org 4/20
- Google Workspace · not on kernel.org 4/20
- Fastly · not on kernel.org 3/20
- Cloudflare · not on kernel.org 3/20
- cdnjs · not on kernel.org 2/20
- Matomo · not on kernel.org 2/20
- OpenAI · not on kernel.org 2/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on kernel.org 2/20
- Google Analytics · not on kernel.org 2/20