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Portugal

EDRIX Score

4.28

Tier

Specialized Contender

EDRIX Pillar Scores (normalized 0–10)

Developer Ecosystem 4.30 / 10
Grassroots Adoption 2.02 / 10
Private sector resilience 5.23 / 10
Public sector resilience 5.56 / 10

Raw metrics

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

GitHub developers (per-capita index) 3.28
Linux share on desktops and laptops 2.71%
Sovereign browser share (Firefox + Opera) 11.64%
Domain sovereignty rating — all (national TLD) 0.444
Domain sovereignty rating — public sector 0.556

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Portugal scores 4.57, with one above-average pillar (private-sector hosting, .pt raw 0.50) and three weaker ones. Portuguese end users skew heavily Apple/Chrome (sovereign browser 11.64%, Linux 2.71%), and developer density is mid-tier.

Strengths

  • Decent private-sector hosting — .pt raw rating 0.50, around the EU27 median.
  • Mid-tier developer density — 3.28 per-capita index, middle of the pack.

Weaknesses

  • Bottom-tier Linux desktop share — 2.71%, third-lowest in the EU27 after Malta and Cyprus.
  • Low sovereign browser share — 11.64%, below the EU27 mean.

Outlook

Portugal's tech scene (Lisbon Web Summit, Unbabel, Outsystems) is visible internationally, but those numbers don't translate to grassroots end-user adoption or per-capita developer leadership. The country's strength is its government's openness; the country's weakness is the consumer market's choices.

Historical context

2020 baseline

In 2020, Portugal was a "solid contender," with a balanced profile that featured a particularly strong and mature open source policy framework complemented by a dedicated government agency.

2024 progression

Portugal continues to advance its use of OSS. The "Common Model for Design and Development of Digital Services (Mosaico)" establishes the principle to "Make new code open source." The Administrative Modernization Agency (AMA) remains a key policymaker.

Historical reference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.