OSOR has published an update to the Croatia Country Intelligence report, highlighting recent trends and developments in the use of open source software (OSS) in the country. You can find the report here and the factsheet here.

Since 2020, the use and development of open source software (OSS) has increased in certain areas in Croatia, including open data portals, open science, blockchain, and environment. While there is no national policy for the public sector to use open source software, the government has generally supported its use in order to implement digitalisation and transparency projects. The Ministry of Justice, Public Administration and Digital Transformation oversees digital transformation efforts, ICT projects, and policies related to open source software. The Central State Office for the Development of Digital Society, which was integrated into the ministry in 2024, supports digital policies and e-government services.

To promote digital transformation and open source adoption, the National Roadmap for the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030 sets out goals including the use of an open source blockchain solution for public sector applications. The Digital Croatia Strategy for the period until 2032 prioritises the development of an open source platform integrating AI analytics to support both private and public sector innovations. However, the Croatian government has neither updated nor promoted its 2015 Linux guidance document, nor continued the work of the dedicated open source working group set up in 2013.