Cloud development — Technology data 2026 | Stack Overflow Developer Survey

Question

Which cloud platforms, containerization/orchestration tools, package managers, build tools, and infrastructure as code solutions have you done extensive development work in over the past year? Which do you want to work in over the next year? If you worked with the platform and want to continue to do so, please check both boxes in that row.

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	Respondents	Percent
Docker / Docker Compose	6,440	59.1%
npm	5,945	54.6%
pip	4,587	42.1%
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	4,549	41.8%
Vite	3,059	28.1%
Homebrew	2,978	27.3%
Kubernetes	2,836	26.0%
Microsoft Azure	2,737	25.1%
Cloudflare	2,680	24.6%
Google Cloud	2,663	24.5%
uv	2,534	23.3%
Make	2,479	22.8%
pnpm	2,065	19.0%
NuGet	2,026	18.6%
Terraform	1,998	18.3%
Yarn	1,823	16.7%
APT	1,813	16.6%
Cargo	1,770	16.3%
Maven	1,667	15.3%
CMake	1,626	14.9%
Gradle	1,611	14.8%
Webpack	1,603	14.7%
Podman	1,415	13.0%
Helm	1,352	12.4%
Ansible	1,302	12.0%
Winget	1,300	11.9%
MSBuild	1,286	11.8%
Firebase	1,204	11.1%
Vercel	1,166	10.7%
Chocolatey	1,053	9.7%
DigitalOcean	1,040	9.6%
Composer	1,002	9.2%
Pacman	995	9.1%
Bun	949	8.7%
Hetzner Cloud	849	7.8%
Poetry	801	7.4%
Supabase	756	6.9%
Conda	721	6.6%
Nix	622	5.7%
Netlify	615	5.6%
Ninja	573	5.3%
RubyGems / Bundler	503	4.6%
Rancher	480	4.4%
Other	459	4.2%
Heroku	397	3.6%
OpenTofu	388	3.6%
OVHcloud	361	3.3%
Fly.io	352	3.2%
OpenShift	345	3.2%
Render	330	3.0%
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)	308	2.8%
Bazel	291	2.7%
Railway	282	2.6%
Pulumi	218	2.0%
Vultr	170	1.6%
Scaleway	151	1.4%
IBM Cloud	145	1.3%

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|  | Respondents | Percent |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| Docker / Docker Compose | 6,440 | 59.1% |
| npm | 5,945 | 54.6% |
| pip | 4,587 | 42.1% |
| Amazon Web Services (AWS) | 4,549 | 41.8% |
| Vite | 3,059 | 28.1% |
| Homebrew | 2,978 | 27.3% |
| Kubernetes | 2,836 | 26.0% |
| Microsoft Azure | 2,737 | 25.1% |
| Cloudflare | 2,680 | 24.6% |
| Google Cloud | 2,663 | 24.5% |
| uv | 2,534 | 23.3% |
| Make | 2,479 | 22.8% |
| pnpm | 2,065 | 19.0% |
| NuGet | 2,026 | 18.6% |
| Terraform | 1,998 | 18.3% |
| Yarn | 1,823 | 16.7% |
| APT | 1,813 | 16.6% |
| Cargo | 1,770 | 16.3% |
| Maven | 1,667 | 15.3% |
| CMake | 1,626 | 14.9% |
| Gradle | 1,611 | 14.8% |
| Webpack | 1,603 | 14.7% |
| Podman | 1,415 | 13.0% |
| Helm | 1,352 | 12.4% |
| Ansible | 1,302 | 12.0% |
| Winget | 1,300 | 11.9% |
| MSBuild | 1,286 | 11.8% |
| Firebase | 1,204 | 11.1% |
| Vercel | 1,166 | 10.7% |
| Chocolatey | 1,053 | 9.7% |
| DigitalOcean | 1,040 | 9.6% |
| Composer | 1,002 | 9.2% |
| Pacman | 995 | 9.1% |
| Bun | 949 | 8.7% |
| Hetzner Cloud | 849 | 7.8% |
| Poetry | 801 | 7.4% |
| Supabase | 756 | 6.9% |
| Conda | 721 | 6.6% |
| Nix | 622 | 5.7% |
| Netlify | 615 | 5.6% |
| Ninja | 573 | 5.3% |
| RubyGems / Bundler | 503 | 4.6% |
| Rancher | 480 | 4.4% |
| Other | 459 | 4.2% |
| Heroku | 397 | 3.6% |
| OpenTofu | 388 | 3.6% |
| OVHcloud | 361 | 3.3% |
| Fly.io | 352 | 3.2% |
| OpenShift | 345 | 3.2% |
| Render | 330 | 3.0% |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) | 308 | 2.8% |
| Bazel | 291 | 2.7% |
| Railway | 282 | 2.6% |
| Pulumi | 218 | 2.0% |
| Vultr | 170 | 1.6% |
| Scaleway | 151 | 1.4% |
| IBM Cloud | 145 | 1.3% |

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