# Top 100 Linux Distros 2026

> A chart of 100 genuine, active Linux distributions ranked with release activity, Linux usage indicators, reputable coverage, and search interest.

- Canonical chart: https://top100hub.com/charts/technology-and-software/linux-distros
- Category: Technology & Software
- Ranking basis: Popularity ranking
- Entries: 100
- Last committed refresh: 2026-09-26T04:11:50.675523+00:00
- Methodology version: 2026.3
- Source checks: hourly; chart timestamps advance only after a completed crawl commits.

## How to interpret this chart

FluxScore is a whole-number rating showing how trustworthy the evidence behind an entry is. It considers how many reliable sources support it, whether they agree, how current they are, and where the information came from. For sports statistics, an official league or trusted statistics source may be enough. Each refresh tries every dataset listed for that chart, but only sources that actually support an entry can increase its FluxScore. FluxScore does not measure popularity or decide rankings, and community opinions cannot change it.

FluxScore describes evidence support, not popularity and not the reason for the ranking position. Use the canonical chart above for citations and links to readers.

## Current ranking

1. **Debian** — FluxScore 100/100 (Strong support); movement: unchanged.
2. **Linux Mint** — FluxScore 96/100 (Strong support); movement: unchanged.
3. **Ubuntu** — FluxScore 85/100 (Good support); movement: unchanged.
4. **Arch Linux** — FluxScore 85/100 (Good support); movement: unchanged.
5. **Fedora Linux** — FluxScore 85/100 (Good support); movement: unchanged.
6. **AlmaLinux** — FluxScore 85/100 (Good support); movement: unchanged.
7. **SteamOS** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
8. **CachyOS** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
9. **Bazzite** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
10. **Pop!\_OS** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
11. **Nobara Linux** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
12. **EndeavourOS** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
13. **MX Linux** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
14. **Puppy Linux** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
15. **Gentoo** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
16. **Slackware** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
17. **Raspberry Pi OS** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
18. **Bedrock Linux** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
19. **openSUSE** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
20. **Manjaro** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
21. **Kali Linux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
22. **Zorin OS** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
23. **elementary OS** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
24. **Rocky Linux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
25. **NixOS** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
26. **Garuda Linux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
27. **Void Linux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
28. **Tails** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
29. **Alpine Linux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
30. **Solus** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
31. **Mageia** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
32. **PCLinuxOS** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
33. **antiX** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
34. **Q4OS** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
35. **SparkyLinux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
36. **KaOS** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
37. **Oracle Linux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
38. **Amazon Linux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
39. **CentOS Stream** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
40. **Red Hat Enterprise Linux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
41. **SUSE Linux Enterprise** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
42. **EuroLinux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
43. **OpenMandriva Lx** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
44. **ROSA Linux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
45. **ALT Linux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
46. **Tiny Core Linux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
47. **Bodhi Linux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
48. **Peppermint OS** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
49. **deepin** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
50. **Ubuntu MATE** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
51. **Kubuntu** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
52. **Xubuntu** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
53. **Lubuntu** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
54. **Ubuntu Budgie** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
55. **Ubuntu Studio** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
56. **Edubuntu** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
57. **Ubuntu Unity** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
58. **Vanilla OS** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
59. **blendOS** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
60. **Rhino Linux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
61. **TUXEDO OS** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
62. **KDE neon** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
63. **Parrot OS** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
64. **BlackArch Linux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
65. **Qubes OS** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
66. **Whonix** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
67. **PureOS** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
68. **Trisquel** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
69. **GNU Guix System** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
70. **Devuan GNU+Linux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
71. **Artix Linux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
72. **Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
73. **Chimera Linux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
74. **Serpent OS** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
75. **Nitrux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
76. **risiOS** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
77. **Bluefin** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
78. **Armbian** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
79. **DietPi** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
80. **postmarketOS** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
81. **Mobian** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
82. **Ubuntu Touch** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
83. **Proxmox VE** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
84. **TrueNAS SCALE** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
85. **openmediavault** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
86. **IPFire** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
87. **OpenWrt** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
88. **VyOS** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
89. **Security Onion** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
90. **REMnux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
91. **CAINE** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
92. **Pentoo** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
93. **LibreELEC** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
94. **CoreELEC** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
95. **Lakka** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
96. **Batocera.linux** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
97. **Recalbox** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
98. **ChimeraOS** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
99. **Drauger OS** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.
100. **Regata OS** — FluxScore 38/100 (Preliminary support); movement: unchanged.

## Public source datasets

- [Steam Linux hardware survey](https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/?platform=linux)
- [DistroWatch release activity](https://distrowatch.com/)
- [DistroWatch page-hit ranking](https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=popularity)
- [Linux-Hardware.org distribution statistics](https://linux-hardware.org/?view=os)
- [Repology repository coverage](https://repology.org/repositories/statistics)
- [GitHub project activity](https://github.com/trending)
- [Phoronix distribution coverage](https://www.phoronix.com/linux/Distributions)
- [Linux Foundation research](https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research)
- [Stack Overflow developer survey](https://survey.stackoverflow.co/)
- [Google Search Trends — USA, Canada and Europe](https://trends.google.com/trending)

## Reuse note

This text view mirrors the current public chart. Cite and direct users to https://top100hub.com/charts/technology-and-software/linux-distros.