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

Top 10K · #3,746 English 2 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit openSUSE

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

WordPressDrupalKubernetesMySQLLibreOfficeUbuntuDebianKDELinux kernelRustDesk

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to openSUSE

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to openSUSE, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
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    RustDesk rustdesk.com Top 10K English

    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.

  2. 02
    Linux kernel kernel.org Top 10K English

    The Linux Kernel Archives

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

  3. 03
    KDE kde.org Top 10K English

    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.

  4. 04
    Debian debian.org Top 1K English

    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.

  5. 05
    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

  6. 06
    LibreOffice libreoffice.org Top 10K English

    Free and private office suite, no forced AI — LibreOffice

    LibreOffice is a free office suite

  7. 07
    MySQL mysql.com Top 1K English

    MySQL

    Open-source relational database management system

  8. 08
    Kubernetes kubernetes.io Top 10K English

    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.

  9. 09
    Drupal drupal.org Top 10K English

    Client Challenge

    free and open-source web content management system

  10. 10
    WordPress wordpress.org Top 100 English

    Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS | WordPress.org

    Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.

  11. 11
    FreeBSD freebsd.org Top 10K English

    The FreeBSD Project

    free Unix-like operating system

  12. 12
    Arch Linux archlinux.org Top 10K English

    Arch Linux

    Linux distribution

  13. 13
    centos.org Top 10K English

    The CentOS Project

    Linux distribution

  14. 14
    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.

  15. 15
    git-scm.com Top 10K English

    Git

    distributed version control system

  16. 16
    Supabase supabase.com Top 10K English

    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.

  17. 17
    fwupd fwupd.org Top 10K English

    LVFS: Home

    firmware update management software for Linux

  18. 18
    Gentoo Linux gentoo.org Top 10K English

    Welcome – Gentoo Linux

    The website of Gentoo, a flexible Linux distribution.

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    SourceForge sourceforge.net Top 1K English

    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.

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    Odoo odoo.com Top 1K English

    Open Source ERP and CRM | Odoo

    From ERP to CRM, eCommerce and CMS. Download Odoo or use it in the cloud. Grow Your Business.

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.

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