Alternatives and competitors
Sites like openSUSE
The 20 closest Linux distribution alternatives to openSUSE, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 2 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to openSUSE? The closest matches are RustDesk, Fedora Project and Linux kernel. 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 openSUSE
openSUSE opensuse.org
openSUSE - Free Linux operating systems for desktops, servers and containers
openSUSE makes open source Linux operating systems, available for free in several flavors.
Wikidata: Linux distribution
Summary by Claude
openSUSE is a community project that develops free, open-source Linux distributions for desktops, servers and containers, including the Tumbleweed rolling release, the Leap stable release, and immutable variants.
- Who it’s for
- Linux users, developers and system administrators
- Business model
- Free, non-commercial; funded by sponsors (notably SUSE) and donations
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to openSUSE’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 openSUSE
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to openSUSE, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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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 0.901 - 02
The Linux Kernel Archives
Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems
Very close cos 0.899 - 03
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 0.893 - 04
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 0.886 - 05
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 0.884 - 06
Free and private office suite, no forced AI — LibreOffice
LibreOffice is a free office suite
Close cos 0.885 - 07
MySQL
Open-source relational database management system
Close cos 0.883 - 08
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 - 09
Client Challenge
free and open-source web content management system
Close cos 0.883 - 10
Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS | WordPress.org
Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.
Close cos 0.882 - 11
The FreeBSD Project
free Unix-like operating system
Close cos 0.880 - 12
Arch Linux
Linux distribution
Close cos 0.879 - 13
The CentOS Project
Linux distribution
Close cos 0.877 - 14
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 0.878 - 15
Git
distributed version control system
Close cos 0.876 - 16
Supabase | The Postgres Development Platform
Build production-grade applications with a Postgres database, Authentication, instant APIs, Realtime, Functions, Storage and Vector embeddings. Start for free.
Close cos 0.873 - 17
LVFS: Home
firmware update management software for Linux
Close cos 0.872 - 18
Welcome – Gentoo Linux
The website of Gentoo, a flexible Linux distribution.
Close cos 0.874 - 19
Compare B2B Software, Download, & Develop Open Source & Business Software - SourceForge
SourceForge is the complete software discovery platform. SourceForge is the largest B2B software review and comparison site in the world, and features the largest business software directory, as well as free & fast open source software downloads and development.
Close cos 0.873 - 20
Open Source ERP and CRM | Odoo
From ERP to CRM, eCommerce and CMS. Download Odoo or use it in the cloud. Grow Your Business.
Close cos 0.873
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to opensuse.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones openSUSE uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What openSUSE is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Analytics
- Matomo page source: _paq.push(
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=lSkTjo9mv48fTfzd-vZiZ2Yih6b8CJ-ek4Xij9v7KTY
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what openSUSE adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 16/20
- Apache HTTP Server · not on opensuse.org 6/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on opensuse.org 5/20
- nginx · not on opensuse.org 5/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on opensuse.org 4/20
- Google Workspace · not on opensuse.org 4/20
- Amazon SES · not on opensuse.org 3/20
- Cloudflare · not on opensuse.org 3/20
- Google Analytics · not on opensuse.org 2/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on opensuse.org 2/20
- Hetzner DNS · not on opensuse.org 2/20
- jQuery · not on opensuse.org 2/20
- Fastly · not on opensuse.org 2/20
- Google Fonts · not on opensuse.org 2/20
- Font Awesome · not on opensuse.org 2/20