Oracle Solaris alternatives
As of 5 November 2026, 28 linux unix are named by companies instead of Oracle Solaris: Linux by 16,040 companies, Unix by 2,678, Red Hat Enterprise Linux by 2,275.
As of 5 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Oracle Solaris, companies in postings
- 340
- Most used alternative
- Linux · 16,040
- Fastest hiring, 90 days
- Linux
- Alternatives ranked
- 28
- Catalogue
- T-1.0.1-prov
linux unix companies choose instead of Oracle Solaris
Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.
| # | Alternative | Companies | companies | vs Oracle Solaris | postings, 90 d | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LinuxLinux Foundation | 16,040 | 4718% | 84,033 | Oracle Solaris vs Linux → | |
| 2 | UnixThe Open Group | 2,678 | 788% | 9,187 | Oracle Solaris vs Unix → | |
| 3 | Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat | 2,275 | 669% | 9,488 | Oracle Solaris vs Red Hat Enterprise Linux → | |
| 4 | UbuntuCanonical | 1,524 | 448% | 3,502 | Oracle Solaris vs Ubuntu → | |
| 5 | CentOSRed Hat | 774 | 228% | 1,667 | Oracle Solaris vs CentOS → | |
| 6 | DebianDebian Project | 727 | 214% | 1,325 | Oracle Solaris vs Debian → | |
| 7 | IBM AIXIBM | 384 | 113% | 844 | Oracle Solaris vs IBM AIX → | |
| 8 | eBPFLinux Foundation | 288 | 85% | 917 | Oracle Solaris vs eBPF → | |
| 9 | 262 | 77% | 417 | Oracle Solaris vs cron → | ||
| 10 | SUSE LinuxSUSE | 232 | 68% | 727 | Oracle Solaris vs SUSE Linux → | |
| 11 | Rocky LinuxRocky Enterprise Software Foundation | 210 | 62% | 532 | Oracle Solaris vs Rocky Linux → | |
| 12 | 179 | 53% | 445 | Oracle Solaris vs SELinux → | ||
| 13 | AlmaLinuxAlmaLinux OS Foundation | 144 | 42% | 204 | soon | |
| 14 | POSIXIEEE | 141 | 41% | 331 | Oracle Solaris vs POSIX → | |
| 15 | Oracle LinuxOracle | 99 | 29% | 353 | soon | |
| 16 | systemdsystemd project | 87 | 26% | 210 | soon | |
| 17 | Amazon LinuxAmazon Web Services | 66 | 19% | 250 | soon | |
| 18 | AppArmorCanonical | 59 | 17% | 110 | soon | |
| 19 | HP-UXHewlett Packard Enterprise | 53 | 16% | 119 | soon | |
| 20 | FreeBSDFreeBSD Foundation | 52 | 15% | 336 | soon | |
| 21 | FedoraFedora Project | 50 | 15% | 179 | soon | |
| 22 | NixOSNixOS Foundation | 50 | 15% | 223 | soon | |
| 23 | dmesgLinux Foundation | 45 | 13% | 73 | soon | |
| 24 | eXpress Data Path (XDP)Linux Foundation | 38 | 11% | 79 | soon | |
| 25 | journalctlsystemd project | 37 | 11% | 43 | soon | |
| 26 | ext4Linux kernel community | 24 | 7% | 52 | soon | |
| 27 | grepGNU Project | 23 | 7% | 36 | soon | |
| 28 | auditdLinux Foundation | 17 | 5% | 42 | soon |
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28 linux unix are named by companies instead of Oracle Solaris: Linux by 16,040 companies, Unix by 2,678, Red Hat Enterprise Linux by 2,275, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/oracle-solaris/alternatives)
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- RankingCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov. Editions are folded into their parent product.
- 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
- Not includedRatings, prices, feature claims, sponsored positions.
Oracle Solaris alternatives: questions
What is the most used alternative to Oracle Solaris?
Linux: 16,040 companies name it in their own job postings, against 340 for Oracle Solaris.
How is this list ranked?
By the number of companies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system (Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov), then by postings in the last 90 days. No ratings, no vendor input, no sponsored positions.
Does this say which is better?
No. It says who uses what, by company size, industry and country, so you can see which tools companies like yours choose. For features and prices, read the vendors.
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