EU Sovereignty Score

Software from Netherlands: 327 vendors in 80 categories

Netherlands 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: 327
categories: 80
open source: 39
foreign-owned: 78
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 100BaserowLow-code / No-code · EU sovereign · open sourceDutch open-source no-code database platform, alternative to Airtable
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100BlenderCAD & Engineering · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source 3D creation suite for modeling, animation, rendering and compositing
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Blender Video EditorPhoto & Video · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceBuilt-in video editor in Blender for editing, compositing and motion tracking
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Bolt CMSCMS · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source PHP CMS built on Symfony under the MIT licence; development backed by Two Kings, a web agency in The Hague.
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100ChirpStackIoT & Embedded · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceDutch open-source (MIT) LoRaWAN network server, community-driven.
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100CipherMailBusiness Email & Groupware · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceAmsterdam-developed open-source email encryption gateway that centrally enforces S/MIME, PGP and PDF encryption for all outgoing organisational traffic, acting as a mail proxy between the firewall and internal mail server.
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Deciso OPNsenseNetwork & Firewall Management · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceDutch; open source firewall and routing platform (OPNsense), with commercial appliances and support.
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100DevuanDesktop OS · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceFree Linux distribution derived from Debian without systemd; the Devuan trademark is held by the Dyne.org Foundation in Amsterdam.
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100DisrootEmail (Personal) · EU sovereign · open sourceDutch nonprofit collective offering privacy-focused, donation-funded email and services.
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100DuckDBData Platform & Warehouse · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceDutch open-source SQL OLAP database optimized for analytics
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100DuckDBDatabase & Data Management · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceIn-process analytical database, the SQLite for OLAP, developed in the Netherlands
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100EndeavourOSDesktop OS · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceArch-based Linux distribution with accessible installation and community
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100FreeScoutHelpdesk & Customer Service · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source helpdesk and shared mailbox, comparable to Help Scout
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Group-OfficeOffice & Productivity · EU sovereign · open sourceDutch open-source groupware with email, calendar, file sharing, and CRM modules
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Koko AnalyticsAnalytics · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceDutch open-source WordPress plugin for privacy-friendly statistics without cookies; data stays in your own WordPress database.
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100KritaDesign · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceDutch-led open-source painting/editor.
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100MonetDBData Platform & Warehouse · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceDutch open-source column-store database for analytics workloads
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100MoxBusiness Email & Groupware · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceModern, Go-based single-binary mail server (MIT licence) that sets up email authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) out of the box. Developed by Mechiel Lukkien (Amsterdam, Netherlands), co-funded by NLnet; no controlling company.
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100NixOSDesktop OS · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceDeclarative Linux operating system with reproducible system configuration
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100NSDCDN, DNS & Domains · Self-hosted / open source · open sourcePurely-authoritative, open-source nameserver by Dutch foundation NLnet Labs, designed for extreme reliability and speed. Used by various global root servers and TLDs.
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Office.euCollaboration · EU sovereign · open source100% European office suite from The Hague, built on open-source (Nextcloud), EU-only data centres
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100OsmAndMaps & Navigation · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOffline maps and navigation based on OpenStreetMap
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Pale MoonBrowser · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceDutch Goanna-based browser focused on customisability
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100PowerDNSCDN, DNS & Domains · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source DNS server software with authoritative and recursive capabilities
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100ProMProcess Mining & RPA · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceDutch; open-source process mining toolkit, developed by TU Eindhoven (version 6.15, GPL license).
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100SakaiEducation & LMS · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source learning management system widely adopted by European universities
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100SolydXKDesktop OS · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceDutch Debian-based Linux distribution with Xfce and KDE editions, developed by a community of users and developers.
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100SourceHutDevOps · EU sovereign · open sourceMinimalist Git hosting and development platform
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100The Things NetworkIoT & Embedded · EU sovereign · open sourceDutch open LoRaWAN network for IoT applications with worldwide reach
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100thirty beesE-commerce · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceCommunity-driven open-source e-commerce platform forked from PrestaShop
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100UnboundDNS Privacy & Filtering · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source validating, recursive and caching DNS resolver by NLnet Labs
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100WeaviateAI · EU sovereign · open sourceDutch open-source vector database for AI
Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Yoast SEOMarketing · Self-hosted / open source · owner in United States · open sourceWordPress search engine optimisation plugin from Yoast BV in Wijchen; the plugin is open source (GPLv3) and runs on the site owner's own WordPress installation.

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