freedesktop.org
freedesktop.org
Who runs freedesktop.org, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest open-source software project alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Couldn’t check
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
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- Closest alternative
- X Window System
Measured from freedesktop.org’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit freedesktop.org01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs freedesktop.org
freedesktop.org
Wikidata: open-source desktop environment software project
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
02 · Privacy
What freedesktop.org tracks
We couldn’t read freedesktop.org’s homepage (HTTP 418), so we can’t say what it loads.
03 · Alternatives
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.
- 01
xorg
graphics controller and network protocol for UNIX-like systems
Very close - 02
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.
Very close - 03
desktop environment and graphical user interface
Very close - 04
The Linux Kernel Archives
Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems
Very close - 05
Xfce Desktop Environment
Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems. It aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly.
Very close - 06
The FreeBSD Project
free Unix-like operating system
Very close - 07
Enlightenment Main
window manager for Unix-like operating systems
Very close - 08
The NetBSD Project
Very close - 09
sourceware.org: Free software! Get your fresh hot free software!
Sourceware free software
Close - 10
Welcome to The Apache Software Foundation | Apache Software Foundation
American nonprofit open-source software community
Very close - 11
OpenBSD
the main OpenBSD page
Very close - 12
Linux Foundation - Decentralized innovation, built with trust
Helping open technology projects build world class open source software, communities and companies.
Close - 13
OpenInfra Foundation: We build communities who write software that runs in production - OpenInfra Foundation
The OpenInfra Foundation is an open source foundation supporting a global community of 110,000 individuals to build and operate open infrastructure software.
Close - 14
Open Source Cloud Computing Infrastructure - OpenStack
Deployed by thousands. Proven production at scale. OpenStack is a set of software components that provide common services for cloud infrastructure.
Close - 15
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 - 16
BeagleBoard - open hardware computers for makers, educators and professionals
Built on the proven BeagleBoard.org® open source Linux approach, BeagleBone® AI fills the gap between small SBCs and more powerful industrial computers.
Close - 17
AlmaLinux OS - Forever-Free Enterprise-Grade Operating System
An Open Source, community owned and governed, forever-free enterprise Linux distribution.
Very close - 18
Open Source Security Foundation – Linux Foundation Projects
industry forum for the improvement of the security of open source software
Close - 19
development and dissemination of internet software and tools
Close - 20
OpenJDK
Java development kit
Close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles freedesktop.org’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones freedesktop.org uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what freedesktop.org adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.
05 · Details
How we measure
Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.
The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 2 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,192
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 47 ms
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). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
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
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 12/20
- Apache HTTP Server 6/20
- Font Awesome · not on freedesktop.org 5/20
- Google Workspace · not on freedesktop.org 5/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on freedesktop.org 4/20
- nginx · not on freedesktop.org 4/20
- Bootstrap · not on freedesktop.org 4/20
- Google Fonts · not on freedesktop.org 4/20
- jQuery · not on freedesktop.org 4/20
- Cloudflare · not on freedesktop.org 4/20
- jsDelivr · not on freedesktop.org 4/20
- Matomo · not on freedesktop.org 3/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on freedesktop.org 3/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on freedesktop.org 3/20
- Fastly · not on freedesktop.org 2/20
- GlobalSign · not on freedesktop.org 2/20