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Stack Overflow Dev Survey 2026

Cloud development

Cloud developmentAll Respondents · n = 10,889 · Desired = "Want to use" / Admired = "Have used" & "Want to use"All RespondentsCloud developmentDesiredAdmiredDocker38%59%AWS24%46%npm22%38%Kubernetes22%54%Vite18%56%uv17%61%pip17%38%Cloudflare17%53%Homebrew15%53%Google Cloud14%43%Cargo14%65%Microsoft Azure14%43%Terraform13%46%Make12%46%pnpm11%49%Podman11%55%NuGet10%50%APT10%55%Ansible9%47%Helm8%45%Hetzner Cloud8%64%CMake8%40%Maven7%39%Bun7%45%Gradle7%36%Pacman6%59%Nix6%61%Firebase6%39%Winget6%45%DigitalOcean6%44%Vercel6%39%MSBuild6%42%Yarn6%27%Supabase5%45%Composer5%47%OpenTofu5%61%Chocolatey4%33%Webpack4%22%Ninja4%50%Netlify3%39%Conda3%33%Fly.io3%49%Rancher3%41%Poetry3%25%OpenShift3%43%RubyGems / Bundler3%43%Pulumi3%49%OVHcloud3%47%Railway2%48%Oracle Cloud (OCI)2%41%Render2%44%Bazel2%39%Heroku2%26%Scaleway2%49%Vultr2%49%IBM Cloud2%39%10,889Desired = "Want to use" / Admired = "Have used" & "…Data licensed under Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0
All Respondents · n = 10,889 · Desired = "Want to use" / Admired = "Have used" & "Want to use"
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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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Data

DesiredAdmired
Docker / Docker Compose38.4%58.9%
Amazon Web Services (AWS)24.1%45.8%
npm21.7%37.9%
Kubernetes21.6%53.5%
Vite18.1%56.5%
uv17.2%60.9%
pip17.1%38.0%
Cloudflare16.7%53.2%
Homebrew15.3%52.5%
Google Cloud13.9%42.6%
Cargo13.9%65.4%
Microsoft Azure13.7%43.2%
Terraform13.0%45.7%
Make11.8%45.9%
pnpm11.3%49.3%
Podman10.7%54.9%
NuGet10.1%49.5%
APT10.1%55.2%
Ansible8.9%46.9%
Helm7.9%45.2%
Hetzner Cloud7.6%63.6%
CMake7.5%40.2%
Maven7.0%39.4%
Bun6.8%45.3%
Gradle6.6%35.6%
Pacman6.4%58.9%
Nix6.3%60.5%
Firebase6.3%38.6%
Winget6.3%44.7%
DigitalOcean6.2%44.1%
Vercel5.7%39.2%
MSBuild5.7%42.0%
Yarn5.6%27.3%
Supabase5.4%45.2%
Composer5.3%47.3%
OpenTofu4.7%61.1%
Chocolatey4.2%32.7%
Webpack4.1%21.7%
Ninja3.7%50.1%
Netlify3.2%38.9%
Conda3.2%32.7%
Fly.io3.1%48.9%
Rancher3.1%40.6%
Poetry3.0%25.3%
OpenShift2.8%42.9%
RubyGems / Bundler2.8%42.9%
Pulumi2.7%49.1%
OVHcloud2.6%47.1%
Railway2.4%47.9%
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)2.4%40.6%
Render2.3%44.2%
Bazel2.2%38.5%
Heroku2.1%25.9%
Scaleway1.7%49.0%
Vultr1.6%49.4%
IBM Cloud1.6%39.3%

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