Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Ubuntu
The 20 closest Linux distribution alternatives to Ubuntu, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 3 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Ubuntu? The closest matches are Debian, Fedora Project and Gentoo Linux. 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
- 12 ms
01 · Entity
About Ubuntu
Ubuntu ubuntu.com
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
Wikidata: Linux distribution developed by Canonical
Summary by Claude
Ubuntu is a free, Debian-based Linux operating system from Canonical for desktops, servers, public cloud and IoT devices, with paid enterprise support, security updates and compliance through Ubuntu Pro.
- Who it’s for
- Developers, sysadmins and enterprises
- Business model
- Enterprise support subscriptions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Ubuntu’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 Ubuntu
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Ubuntu, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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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 0.924 - 02
Fedora Linux | The Fedora Project
An innovative platform for hardware, clouds, and containers, built with love by you.
Very close cos 0.903 - 03
Welcome – Gentoo Linux
The website of Gentoo, a flexible Linux distribution.
Very close cos 0.897 - 04
Arch Linux
Linux distribution
Close cos 0.891 - 05
The Linux Kernel Archives
Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems
Close cos 0.888 - 06
openSUSE - Free Linux operating systems for desktops, servers and containers
openSUSE makes open source Linux operating systems, available for free in several flavors.
Close cos 0.884 - 07
The FreeBSD Project
free Unix-like operating system
Close cos 0.884 - 08
desktop environment and graphical user interface
Close cos 0.884 - 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 0.883 - 10
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 0.881 - 11
The World's Most Distributed Cloud Computing Platform | Akamai
Build and deliver low-latency, edge native applications on Akamai Connected Cloud.
- Google Search Console
- Adobe Experience Manager
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags
- Akamai
- Akamai Bot Manager
- Akamai Edge DNS
Close cos 0.881 - 12
Secure Authentication & Ship Faster | Auth0
Secure users, AI agents, and more with Auth0, a production-ready authentication and authorization platform built to help you ship faster and drive sign-ups.
Close cos 0.880 - 13
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 0.880 - 14
Red Hat - We make open source technologies for the enterprise
Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source solutions, including high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies.
Close cos 0.877 - 15
LVFS: Home
firmware update management software for Linux
Close cos 0.874 - 16
Git
distributed version control system
Close cos 0.876 - 17
µTorrent — Free Torrent Client for Windows, Mac & Android | Official Site
Download µTorrent — the world's #1 BitTorrent client. Lightweight, fast, and free for Windows, Mac, and Android. Stream while you download with uTorrent Web.
Close cos 0.873 - 18
Syncthing
open source continuous file synchronization software
Close cos 0.871 - 19
The CentOS Project
Linux distribution
Close cos 0.870 - 20
Ollama · Run AI models locally and in the cloud
Ollama is the easiest way to run and build with open AI models locally or in the cloud on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Close cos 0.870
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to ubuntu.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Ubuntu uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Ubuntu is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx/1.14.0 (Ubuntu)
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: ddh2iq7ZuKf1LpkL_gtM_T7DkKDVD7ibq6Ceue4a_3M
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Ubuntu adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 15/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on ubuntu.com 8/20
- Apache HTTP Server · not on ubuntu.com 5/20
- Google Workspace · not on ubuntu.com 5/20
- Bootstrap · not on ubuntu.com 4/20
- nginx 4/20
- Font Awesome · not on ubuntu.com 4/20
- Cloudflare · not on ubuntu.com 4/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on ubuntu.com 4/20
- Fastly · not on ubuntu.com 3/20
- jQuery · not on ubuntu.com 3/20
- Apple Business · not on ubuntu.com 3/20
- cdnjs · not on ubuntu.com 3/20
- Mimecast · not on ubuntu.com 2/20
- Hetzner DNS · not on ubuntu.com 2/20
- Google Fonts · not on ubuntu.com 2/20