Mainstream tech stack
Mainstream builds mostly with Bash, Python, PowerShell. Its stack also includes Linux, VMWare, MariaDB, MySQL. Linux is named in 4 of the 5 job postings Mainstream published in the last 12 months (80%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Mainstream, updated Oct 1, 2026.
What programming languages does Mainstream use?
Bash is named in 40% of job postings at Mainstream, followed by Python (40%), PowerShell (20%).
What databases does Mainstream use?
MariaDB is named in 60% of job postings at Mainstream, followed by MySQL (60%), Memcached (40%), PostgreSQL (40%).
What cloud and platforms does Mainstream use?
Linux is named in 80% of job postings at Mainstream, followed by VMWare (60%), Ubuntu (40%), Grafana (40%).
What developer tools does Mainstream use?
Apache HTTP Server is named in 60% of job postings at Mainstream, followed by Nginx (60%), Ansible (40%), Jenkins (40%).
Nginx
3 60%
Ansible
2 40%
Jenkins
2 40%
Terraform
2 40%
Docker
2 40%
HAProxy
2 40%
Nagios
2 40%
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Which engineering practices does Mainstream ask for?
DNS is named in 60% of job postings at Mainstream, followed by Incident Management (60%), TCP/IP (60%), CI/CD (40%).
Incident Management
3 60%
CI/CD
2 40%
Configuration Management
2 40%
AI Agents
1 20%
RAG
1 20%
What does each Mainstream team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
DevOps
3 postingsHow does your stack fit Mainstream?
How is the Mainstream stack changing?
Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.
How modern is the Mainstream stack?
Mainstream scores 66 out of 100 (Modern). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 0; legacy ones: 0.
How common is the Mainstream stack in its industry?
Share of the 332 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
Companies with a stack like Mainstream
Questions about the Mainstream tech stack
What programming languages does Mainstream use?
The languages named in Mainstream job postings are Bash (40%), Python (40%), PowerShell (20%), as a share of the 5 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Mainstream use Linux?
Yes. Linux is named in 4 of 5 job postings (80%) and required in 4 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Mainstream use?
The cloud and platforms named in Mainstream job postings are Linux (4), VMWare (3), Ubuntu (2) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a DevOps job at Mainstream?
DevOps postings at Mainstream most often require Linux (3), Ansible (2), Bash (2), Jenkins (2), out of 3 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Mainstream tech stack changing?
Yes. Ansible, Bash, CI/CD, Configuration Management first appeared in Mainstream job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Mainstream tech stack?
Mainstream scores 66 out of 100 (Modern). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 0; legacy ones: 0.
How does Alion know the Mainstream tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting Mainstream publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 5 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Oct 1, 2026.
Method and citation
Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count
Alion, "Mainstream tech stack: 35 technologies from 5 job postings", as of Oct 1, 2026. https://alion.io/company/mainstream/technologies