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Romania

EDRIX Score

5.19

Tier

Specialized Contender

EDRIX Pillar Scores (normalized 0–10)

Developer Ecosystem 0.89 / 10
Grassroots Adoption 4.15 / 10
Private sector resilience 5.73 / 10
Public sector resilience 10.00 / 10

Raw metrics

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

GitHub developers (per-capita index) 1.91
Linux share on desktops and laptops 4.20%
Sovereign browser share (Firefox + Opera) 14.90%
Domain sovereignty rating — all (national TLD) 0.455
Domain sovereignty rating — public sector 1.000

See the surveyed domains and their hosting details →

Narrative updated for the September 2026 edition.

Romania stays 18th at 5.19 (June: 5.28). Its public-sector pillar is perfect: presidency, government and Bucharest city hall are all hosted, mailed and resolved by the Special Telecommunications Service and the city itself. Everything else is weak: developer density 1.91 (24th), grassroots adoption 4.15 (17th), and a private-sector pillar down 0.33 to 5.73 (15th). 55% of the 493 measured .ro domains are hosted outside the EU, 40% on Cloudflare, and Romania is among the four countries where the most high-traffic sites moved to non-EU providers since June.

Strengths

  • Public sector (perfect 10) on state infrastructure (STS).
  • Desktop Linux up to 4.20% (10th).

Weaknesses

  • Developer density (1.91, 24th).
  • Private-sector hosting (5.73, 15th), drifting. Domestic hosting is led by Cyber_Folks, GTS Telecom and ROMARG.
  • Sovereign browser share of 14.90% (16th).

Outlook

Romania's public pillar shows the model works; the private pillar is moving the other way each quarter.

Historical context

2020 baseline

In 2020, Romania was an "emerging" country where a geopolitically motivated strategic agenda was completely mismatched with its very weak domestic software and OSS policies.

2024 progression

Romania's vibrant community of OSS enthusiasts continues to be the main driver of adoption. While a central government entity for OSS is still lacking, associations like ROSI and Code4Ro continue to work with the government to advocate for OSS solutions.

Historical reference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.