Software from Germany: 1006 vendors in 95 categories
Germany falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act apply directly and no foreign legislation can compel access to your data. Vendors with a foreign owner are marked separately.
- vendors scored
- 1006
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- 95
- open source
- 204
- foreign-owned
- 115
- last checked
- 11 October 2026
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Score per vendor: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign
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- Sovereignty score 94 out of 10052°NorthGIS & Geospatial · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceGerman research institute that develops open-source geospatial software
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100AGNITASMarketing · EU sovereign · open sourceMunich-based email marketing and marketing automation vendor (AGNITAS AG), founded 1999. ISO 27001/27017/27018 triple-certified, German-hosted cloud infrastructure. Offers SaaS, private cloud, and on-premise licensing, plus a free open-source edition (OpenEMM). Serves banking, insurance, energy, logistics, and public-sector clients; actively developed with a 25th-anniversary release noted in 2024.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100agorumDocument Management (DMS) · EU sovereign · open sourceopen-source DMS and ECM platform from Germany with modular architecture
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100AkkomaSocial Media · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceFork of Pleroma with extra features for federated social networks
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100AtroDAMDigital Asset Management · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceGerman fully open-source DAM system (Regensburg, GPLv3) with built-in product-information management, from AtroCore GmbH.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100AutomatischBPM & Workflow · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceGerman open-source workflow-automation alternative to Zapier.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100BareosStorage & Backup · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceGerman open-source enterprise backup solution forked from Bacula
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Benno MailArchivBusiness Email & Groupware · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceGerman, audit-proof enterprise email archiving system for GDPR/GoBD-compliant storage of millions of emails, integrable with any email/groupware system. Developed by LWsystems GmbH (Bad Iburg); core and web app under AGPLv3, some modules proprietary.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100BlockyDNS Privacy & Filtering · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceLightweight open-source DNS proxy and blocker written in Go
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100BlueSpiceDocument Management (DMS) · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceGerman enterprise wiki and knowledge base built on MediaWiki, open source.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100BorgBackupStorage & Backup · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source deduplicating archival backup program with compression and encryption
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100BorgBackupPersonal Backup & Sync · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceDeduplicating open-source backup tool with compression and encryption
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100BRouterMaps & Navigation · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source cycling route planner with offline routing based on OSM
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Calligra SuiteOffice & Productivity · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source office suite by KDE e.V. (Berlin).
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100CaptchaService (Stad München)Captcha & Bot Detection · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source framework by the City of Munich's IT department (it-at-m) wrapping ALTCHA in a secure, multi-tenant Spring Boot microservice for government portals.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100CheckmkNetwork & Monitoring · EU-hosted, non-EU parent · owner in United States · open sourceCheckmk is an open-source IT infrastructure monitoring platform developed by Checkmk GmbH (Munich, Germany). In February 2025, US growth-equity firm PSG Equity acquired a majority controlling stake, making PSG (US) the ultimate parent. The software itself remains open source, but the company is no longer EU-controlled.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100CheckmkDevOps · EU-hosted, non-EU parent · owner in United States · open sourceCheckmk is an open-source IT infrastructure monitoring platform developed by Checkmk GmbH (Munich, Germany). In February 2025, US growth-equity firm PSG Equity acquired a majority controlling stake, making PSG (US) the ultimate parent. The software itself remains open source, but the company is no longer EU-controlled.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Cockpit CMSCMS · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source headless CMS with JSON API and flexible content models
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100CodebergDevOps · EU sovereign · open sourceGerman non-profit Git hosting as an alternative to GitHub and GitLab
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100collectdNetwork & Monitoring · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceGerman (Nuremberg) open-source (GPL/LGPL) system-statistics collection daemon written in C, with 100+ plugins for gathering performance metrics from systems and applications since 2005.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100ContaoCMS · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceGerman CMS widely used in DACH region; self-hostable
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Conversations (XMPP)Messaging · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceXMPP chat client for Android with OMEMO encryption
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100CounterAnalytics · EU sovereign · open sourceOpen-source privacy-friendly web analytics with free plan
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100CryptomatorPersonal Backup & Sync · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceGerman open-source software for client-side encryption of files in cloud storage, with desktop and mobile apps and Hub for teams. From Skymatic GmbH (Bonn).
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100darktableDesign · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source RAW workflow tool.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100darktablePhoto & Video · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source RAW photo editing and workflow application for photographers
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Data Contract CLIData Governance & MDM · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source command-line tool (MIT licence) to create and validate 'data contracts', preventing changes in production systems from unexpectedly breaking downstream reports. Developed by consultants at INNOQ (Germany).
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Delta ChatMessaging · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceGerman open-source messenger via existing email infrastructure
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100deSECCDN, DNS & Domains · EU sovereign · open sourceFree DNS hosting with DNSSEC support run by a German non-profit
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100DiasporaSocial Media · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceDecentralised social network with focus on privacy and data ownership
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100digiKamPhoto & Video · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source photo management and editing application by the KDE project
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100DinoMessaging · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceModern XMPP desktop client with OMEMO encryption
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100EGroupwareOffice & Productivity · EU sovereign · open sourceGerman open-source groupware suite with CRM, project management, and collaboration tools
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100EGroupwareBusiness Email & Groupware · EU sovereign · open sourceGerman open-source groupware platform with email, CRM, project management and more
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Euro-OfficeOffice & Productivity · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source, Microsoft-compatible office suite from a EuroStack consortium (IONOS, Nextcloud, XWiki, OpenProject, Soverin, Abilian, BTactic); tech preview March 2026, stable release summer 2026.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100FalkonBrowser · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source KDE browser, lightweight and cross-platform
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100FilenCloud Storage (Personal) · EU sovereign · open sourceGerman zero-knowledge encrypted cloud storage with high security
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100FIWAREIoT & Embedded · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source EU platform for smart solutions in cities, industry and agriculture
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100FluffyChatCollaboration · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source Matrix chat client with focus on simplicity and privacy
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100ForgejoDevOps · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceCommunity-driven open-source Git forge, EU-governed fork of Gitea
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100FormbricksForms & Surveys · EU sovereign · open sourceGerman open-source survey and experience management
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100FreeCADCAD & Engineering · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source parametric 3D CAD modeler for product design and mechanical engineering
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100FreeFileSyncPersonal Backup & Sync · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source file synchronisation and backup tool with visual comparison
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Freifunk München DNSDNS Privacy & Filtering · EU sovereign · open sourceFree, filter-free DNS resolver run by the German non-profit Freifunk München, hosted entirely within the EU (Munich and Vienna) with DoH/DoT/DoQ support.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100FriendicaSocial Media · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceDecentralised social network with support for diverse protocols
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100FusioAPI Management · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source API management platform for building and managing REST APIs
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Garden.ioDevOps · EU-hosted, non-EU parent · owner in Israel · open sourceGerman DevOps platform for development and test environments in Kubernetes
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100GardenerVirtualisation & Containers · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source Kubernetes-as-a-Service for scalable cluster management, governed by the NeoNephos Foundation (Linux Foundation Europe) since 2025
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Giant SwarmVirtualisation & Containers · EU sovereign · open sourceGerman managed Kubernetes platform for enterprise cloud-native infrastructure
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100GIMPDesign · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source image editor.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100GiteaDevOps · EU sovereign · open sourceLightweight self-hosted Git service written in Go
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100gopassPassword Manager · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceGerman open-source team password management with GPG and git
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100GraphHopperMaps & Navigation · EU sovereign · open sourceGerman open-source routing engine with fast calculations
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100GreenboneCybersecurity · EU sovereign · open sourceGerman vulnerability management.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100HankoIdentity · EU sovereign · open sourceEU passkey-first authentication components for customer identity
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100HedgeDocCollaboration · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceMarkdown collaboration; self-host.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100HedgeDocNotes & Tasks · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceCollaborative Markdown editor for real-time collaboration on notes
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100HumHubCollaboration · EU sovereign · open sourceGerman open-source social intranet and collaboration platform
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100i-doitITSM · EU sovereign · owner in Netherlands · open sourceGerman CMDB.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100IcingaNetwork & Monitoring · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceGerman open-source monitoring framework, fork of Nagios with modern architecture
By category
- ERP & Finance29 vendors
- E-commerce27 vendors
- IoT & Embedded27 vendors
- AI24 vendors
- CAD & Engineering24 vendors
- Cybersecurity24 vendors
- Fintech & Neobanks24 vendors
- Healthcare23 vendors
- Marketing23 vendors
- Telephony & VoIP20 vendors
- Web Hosting20 vendors
- Supply Chain & Asset Management19 vendors
- Cloud IaaS18 vendors
- Analytics17 vendors
- Personal Health & DNA17 vendors
- CMS15 vendors
- Collaboration15 vendors
- Document Management (DMS)15 vendors
- ESG & Sustainability15 vendors
- HR15 vendors
- Storage & Backup15 vendors
- Education & LMS14 vendors
- Forms & Surveys14 vendors
- GIS & Geospatial14 vendors
- Identity14 vendors
- Legal Tech14 vendors
- Network & Monitoring14 vendors
- Compliance & GRC13 vendors
- ITSM13 vendors
- Notes & Tasks13 vendors
- Office & Productivity13 vendors
- Social Media13 vendors
- Time Tracking13 vendors
- DevOps12 vendors
- Maps & Navigation12 vendors
- Payments12 vendors
- Cloud PaaS11 vendors
- Design11 vendors
- Network & Firewall Management11 vendors
- Planning & EPM11 vendors
- Testing & QA11 vendors
- AI Cowork10 vendors
- Personal Backup & Sync10 vendors
- BPM & Workflow10 vendors
- Digital Asset Management10 vendors
- Domain Name Registrars10 vendors
- E-learning Authoring10 vendors
- Endpoint & Device Management10 vendors
- Messaging10 vendors
- Music Streaming10 vendors
- Project Management10 vendors
- Password Manager9 vendors
- Process Mining & RPA9 vendors
- Scheduling & Booking9 vendors
- Business Email & Groupware8 vendors
- Desktop OS8 vendors
- Recruitment & ATS8 vendors
- Translation & Localisation8 vendors
- Browser7 vendors
- Captcha & Bot Detection7 vendors
- Consent Management (CMP)7 vendors
- CRM7 vendors
- Email (Personal)7 vendors
- Photo & Video7 vendors
- Procurement & Spend Management7 vendors
- Video Streaming7 vendors
- Cloud Storage (Personal)6 vendors
- Data Governance & MDM6 vendors
- Data Integration & ETL6 vendors
- Low-code / No-code6 vendors
- Product Feedback & Roadmapping6 vendors
- Remote Desktop & Support6 vendors
- Search Engines6 vendors
- Virtualisation & Containers6 vendors
- Writing Assistance & Grammar6 vendors
- DNS Privacy & Filtering5 vendors
- Enterprise Search5 vendors
- E-signatures5 vendors
- API Management4 vendors
- Business Intelligence4 vendors
- Data Platform & Warehouse4 vendors
- Database & Data Management4 vendors
- Digital Signage3 vendors
- Error Tracking3 vendors
- Helpdesk & Customer Service3 vendors
- SMS APIs3 vendors
- CDN, DNS & Domains2 vendors
- Customer Data Platform (CDP)2 vendors
- FinOps & Cloud Cost Management2 vendors
- Tag Management2 vendors
- VPN2 vendors
- Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration2 vendors
- AI Coding1 vendor
- AI Security1 vendor
- Feature Flagging & Experimentation1 vendor
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