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Lithuania

EDRIX Score

3.90

Tier

Untapped Potential

EDRIX Pillar Scores (normalized 0–10)

Developer Ecosystem 5.57 / 10
Grassroots Adoption 4.29 / 10
Private sector resilience 4.62 / 10
Public sector resilience 1.11 / 10

Raw metrics

The underlying values before min-max normalization across the EU27.

GitHub developers (per-capita index) 3.79
Linux share on desktops and laptops 3.64%
Sovereign browser share (Firefox + Opera) 16.25%
Domain sovereignty rating — all (national TLD) 0.419
Domain sovereignty rating — public sector 0.111

See the surveyed domains and their hosting details →

Lithuania scores 3.54, with notably high developer density (5.57) offset by the worst public-sector hosting score in the EU27 (1.11). Lithuanian government domains rely heavily on non-EU CDNs.

Strengths

  • Top-tier developer density — 5.57 per-capita index, top-5 in the EU27.
  • Above-average sovereign browser share — 16.25% Firefox + Opera.

Weaknesses

  • Worst public-sector hosting in the EU — DR_PUB_SCT 1.11. Lithuania's surveyed official domains include sites running on US-controlled CDN infrastructure.
  • Low private-sector hosting — .lt raw rating 0.39, bottom quartile.

Outlook

Lithuania has the technical talent but unusually weak public-sector hosting discipline. This is the most easily-correctable EDRIX position in the EU27 — a single policy directive moving government domains to EU-only hosting would lift Lithuania significantly. Worth a per-domain review of the underlying sites.

Historical context

2020 baseline

In 2020, Lithuania was a "laggard," with underdeveloped frameworks and one of the weakest OSS ecosystems in the EU, critically hampered by the absence of a civil society ecosystem.

2024 progression

Lithuania has advanced significantly. A new 2024 law mandates storing public code in a state-run repository and prioritizes open source solutions. The government has also begun sharing resources on GitHub, fostering a more open environment.

Historical reference

OSOR Fact Sheet (PDF, 2024) — the country-level Open Source policy report used by the retired Public Policy pillar in EDRIX 1.0.