Hungary

Hungary scores 6.19, anchored by strong public-sector hosting (8.89) and excellent private-sector results (.hu raw 0.59 — top six in the EU27). The pillar holding Hungary down is developer density, at 1.57 — among the lowest in the EU27.

Strengths

Strong public-sector hosting — DR_PUB_SCT 8.89; the official domains we sampled are predominantly EU-hosted.
Top-tier private-sector hosting — .hu raw rating 0.59 places Hungary in the top six EU27.
Above-average sovereign browser share — 19.46% Firefox + Opera, top quartile.

Weaknesses

Very low developer density — 1.57 per-capita index, in the bottom third of the EU27.
Linux desktop share of 3.81% — slightly below the EU27 mean.

Outlook

Hungary's hosting infrastructure is genuinely strong. The constraint is the developer pipeline — without a larger per-capita pool, the country can't capitalise on its hosting strengths to grow a domestic SaaS or cloud sector. Public investment in technical education would be the lever.

Historical context

2020 baseline

In 2020, Hungary was an "emerging" country with a balanced, medium-level approach and clear political will, demonstrated through legally binding decrees promoting OSS.

2024 progression

The promotion of open source appears to have slowed since the mid-2010s. The national strategy that replaced the one for 2014-2020 does not mention open source. However, OSS continues to be used at the local level, for example by the Budapest City Council.

Référence historique

Fiche OSOR (PDF, 2024) — le rapport de politique Open Source par pays, utilisé dans le pilier Politiques publiques retiré d'EDRIX 1.0.

Développeurs GitHub (indice par habitant)	2.16
Part de Linux sur les ordinateurs de bureau et portables	3.81%
Part des navigateurs souverains (Firefox + Opera)	19.46%
Note de souveraineté des domaines — tous (TLD national)	0.612
Note de souveraineté des domaines — secteur public	0.889

Scores des piliers EDRIX (normalisés 0–10)

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