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Self-hosted / open sourceEducation & LMSHeadquarters: DE

AlekSIS: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

AlekSIS is a free and extensible school information system: a web application (Django and Vue.js) for the administrative side of running a school. It consists of a core with official apps for timetables, digital class records and person and group management, among other things, and outside developers can add their own modules. According to the project, schools can host it themselves, have a chosen service operator run it, or use it as a service from project partners.

AlekSIS is maintained by Teckids e.V., a registered association in Bonn, Germany. The software is released under the European Union Public Licence (EUPL), so you can inspect and modify the source code and run it on your own servers. When self-hosted, pupil and staff data stay within your own infrastructure; with a partner-hosted setup, the data location depends on that partner. The project's partner page lists companies that offer support. Development was co-funded through NLnet and the EU's NGI0 Entrust programme.

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Sovereignty score
94 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-390
    Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-680
    Open source: low switching costs
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-6100
    Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 16, 2026
Headquarters
DE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Education & LMS
Type
Product
Website
aleksis.org ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to AlekSIS

The European alternatives to AlekSIS come from our knowledge base of over 9,500 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with AlekSIS

AlekSIS is headquartered in DE and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so AlekSIS scores best on data residency.

AlekSIS is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs AlekSIS together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to AlekSIS?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to AlekSIS include Anton, ANTRAGO and Brian. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to AlekSIS?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to AlekSIS include Chamilo and Claroline Connect. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is AlekSIS GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

AlekSIS is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes AlekSIS an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Education & LMS

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