France
EDRIX-Wert
5.97
Stufe
Specialized Contender
EDRIX-Säulen-Werte (normalisiert 0–10)
Rohmetriken
Die zugrunde liegenden Werte vor der Min-Max-Normalisierung über die EU27.
| GitHub-Entwickler (pro-Kopf-Index) | 2.85 |
| Linux-Anteil auf Desktop- und Laptop-Computern | 3.82% |
| Anteil souveräner Browser (Firefox + Opera) | 18.44% |
| Domain-Souveränitätsbewertung — alle (nationale TLD) | 0.570 |
| Domain-Souveränitätsbewertung — öffentlicher Sektor | 0.667 |
France enters the top 10 at 5.93 — a meaningful rise from outside the top 10 in earlier publications. France's strength is private-sector hosting (.fr raw 0.58, fourth-best in the EU27, driven by OVHcloud, Scaleway, Gandi). All other pillars sit mid-tier. No catastrophic weakness; no dramatic strength either.
Strengths
- Strong private-sector hosting —
.frraw rating 0.58, with OVHcloud / Scaleway / Gandi well-represented. Among the largest EU27 economies, France has the best domestic-hosting ratio after Germany. - Solid sovereign browser share — 18.44% Firefox + Opera, top quartile.
- Public Sector Health at 6.67 —
gouvernement.frandbundespraesident-equivalents are EU-hosted; onlyparis.fr(Fastly) andelysee.fr(Cloudflare) hold the score below the perfect-10 cluster.
Weaknesses
- Per-capita developer density of 2.85 — mid-tier; despite a large absolute developer base, France's per-capita ratio is in the EU27 middle.
- Linux desktop share of 3.82% — at the EU27 mean; no grassroots edge.
Outlook
France's policy framing (national sovereignty, "EuroStack") is strong on paper, and the private-sector hosting numbers show real domestic-cloud investment. The pillar with the most headroom is developer density. Continued investment in OVHcloud / Scaleway is the lever to push France above 6.0.
Historical context
2020 baseline
In 2020, France was a "leader," characterized by an ambitious, proactive, and explicitly geopolitical agenda, backed by an extensive legal and institutional framework for open source software.
2024 progression
France has deepened its high-level commitment. The government's Open Source Software and Digital Commons Action Plan (2021) and the creation of the Free Software Council in 2022 institutionalize its strategy. It also championed the "European Initiative for Digital Commons" during its 2022 EU presidency.
Historischer Verweis
OSOR-Datenblatt (PDF, 2024) — der länderbezogene Open-Source-Politikbericht, der in der zurückgezogenen Säule „Öffentliche Politik“ von EDRIX 1.0 verwendet wurde.