# Top 100 Linux Software 2026

> A current Linux application chart combining independent package-store popularity, trending activity, and search demand.

- Canonical chart: https://top100hub.com/charts/technology-and-software/linux-software
- 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. **Firefox** — 30-day installs · 185,574; FluxScore 85/100 (Good support); movement: unchanged.
2. **Sober** — 30-day installs · 196,833; FluxScore 85/100 (Good support); movement: unchanged.
3. **Discord** — 30-day installs · 175,772; FluxScore 85/100 (Good support); movement: unchanged.
4. **Brave** — 30-day installs · 172,391; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
5. **Google Chrome** — 30-day installs · 166,896; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
6. **Bottles** — 30-day installs · 141,882; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
7. **Spotify** — 30-day installs · 116,089; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
8. **VLC** — 30-day installs · 104,126; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
9. **Steam** — 30-day installs · 97,339; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
10. **My validation sets** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
11. **Flatseal** — 30-day installs · 96,308; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
12. **Heroic** — 30-day installs · 95,969; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
13. **OBS Studio** — 30-day installs · 91,270; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
14. **Flutter** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
15. **Telegram** — 30-day installs · 89,104; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
16. **MusicRadar - Identify music** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
17. **ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors** — 30-day installs · 83,877; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
18. **GNOME Boxes** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
19. **Prism Launcher** — 30-day installs · 80,109; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
20. **Obsidian** — 30-day installs · 75,138; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
21. **Chromium Web Browser** — 30-day installs · 31,199; FluxScore 85/100 (Good support); movement: unchanged.
22. **golangci-lint** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
23. **Convey** — 30-day installs · 2,530; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
24. **RetroArch** — 30-day installs · 67,486; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
25. **AICHE Desktop** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
26. **LocalSend** — 30-day installs · 67,085; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
27. **Deep Dive** — 30-day installs · 1,048; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
28. **ProtonUp-Qt** — 30-day installs · 66,326; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
29. **Extension Manager** — 30-day installs · 66,293; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
30. **Inscriptions** — 30-day installs · 296; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
31. **code-insiders** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
32. **GNU Image Manipulation Program** — 30-day installs · 61,658; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
33. **Era** — 30-day installs · 293; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
34. **Art and Design** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
35. **Dolphin Emulator** — 30-day installs · 61,412; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
36. **Zen** — 30-day installs · 60,357; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
37. **Books and Reference** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
38. **SWI-Prolog** — 30-day installs · 787; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
39. **Gear Lever** — 30-day installs · 59,743; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
40. **Development** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
41. **LibreOffice** — 30-day installs · 59,634; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
42. **Raspberry Pi Imager** — 30-day installs · 2,479; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
43. **qBittorrent** — 30-day installs · 57,559; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
44. **Devices and IoT** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
45. **Visual Studio Code** — 30-day installs · 57,532; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
46. **Cosmic Comics** — 30-day installs · 775; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
47. **Education** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
48. **Lutris** — 30-day installs · 55,758; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
49. **GeoGebra** — 30-day installs · 12,122; FluxScore 77/100 (Good support); movement: unchanged.
50. **Qobine** — 30-day installs · 566; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
51. **Entertainment** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
52. **PPSSPP** — 30-day installs · 55,626; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
53. **Proton VPN** — 30-day installs · 54,065; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
54. **Finance** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
55. **BMI Calculator** — 30-day installs · 414; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
56. **ProtonPlus** — 30-day installs · 48,723; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
57. **Parabolic** — 30-day installs · 16,170; FluxScore 77/100 (Good support); movement: unchanged.
58. **Games** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
59. **melonDS** — 30-day installs · 45,907; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
60. **gMTP** — 30-day installs · 106; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
61. **Mission Center** — 30-day installs · 44,872; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
62. **Health and Fitness** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
63. **Inkscape** — 30-day installs · 23,104; FluxScore 77/100 (Good support); movement: unchanged.
64. **Stremio** — 30-day installs · 44,797; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
65. **Jottr** — 30-day installs · 783; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
66. **Music and Audio** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
67. **Protontricks** — 30-day installs · 44,686; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
68. **OrcaSlicer** — 30-day installs · 21,077; FluxScore 77/100 (Good support); movement: unchanged.
69. **Memorado** — 30-day installs · 488; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
70. **News and Weather** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
71. **Bitwarden** — 30-day installs · 44,392; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
72. **xemu** — 30-day installs · 43,091; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
73. **Personalisation** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
74. **Helio** — 30-day installs · 1,061; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
75. **Bazaar** — 30-day installs · 42,490; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
76. **Photo and Video** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
77. **LibreWolf** — 30-day installs · 42,487; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
78. **Platen** — 30-day installs · 468; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
79. **Kdenlive** — 30-day installs · 39,017; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
80. **Productivity** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
81. **FreeTube** — 30-day installs · 38,017; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
82. **Constrict** — 30-day installs · 2,139; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
83. **Science** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
84. **Whatsie** — 30-day installs · 37,485; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
85. **GPU Screen Recorder** — 30-day installs · 16,231; FluxScore 81/100 (Good support); movement: unchanged.
86. **Fightcade** — 30-day installs · 8,287; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
87. **Security** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
88. **PrimeHack** — 30-day installs · 36,866; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
89. **Tor Browser Launcher** — 30-day installs · 36,783; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
90. **Server and Cloud** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
91. **Chorus** — 30-day installs · 1,580; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
92. **Fedora Media Writer** — 30-day installs · 36,450; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
93. **Social** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
94. **ScummVM** — 30-day installs · 35,754; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
95. **Curtail** — 30-day installs · 2,177; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
96. **Supermodel** — 30-day installs · 35,621; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
97. **Utilities** — FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
98. **Krita** — 30-day installs · 34,225; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
99. **Bobby** — 30-day installs · 1,517; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.
100. **Microsoft Edge** — 30-day installs · 33,288; FluxScore 63/100 (Developing support); movement: unchanged.

## Public source datasets

- [Flathub popular apps](https://flathub.org/en/apps/collection/popular)
- [Flathub trending apps](https://flathub.org/en/apps/collection/trending)
- [Flathub download statistics](https://flathub.org/en/statistics)
- [Snap Store popularity](https://snapcraft.io/store)
- [Debian Popularity Contest](https://popcon.debian.org/)
- [Arch Linux package statistics](https://pkgstats.archlinux.de/)
- [Repology package coverage](https://repology.org/)
- [GitHub release activity](https://github.com/trending)
- [GNOME application ecosystem](https://apps.gnome.org/)
- [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-software.