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Self-hosted / open sourceMaps & NavigationHeadquarters: DE

BRouter: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

BRouter is a configurable routing tool built on OpenStreetMap data, with an emphasis on bicycle routes and energy-based car routing. It takes elevation into account using SRTM and Lidar data. The project provides a routing engine written in Java, an Android app that calculates routes offline (which can also serve as the routing engine for OsmAnd, Locus Map and OruxMaps), a built-in HTTP server, and BRouter-Web, a browser interface for planning on a computer. Routing profiles can be customised.

BRouter is open source under the MIT licence and can be fully self-hosted, for example with the published Docker image, using routing data files that are regenerated weekly or built from an OpenStreetMap planet dump. On the Android app, routing runs locally, so no location data has to be sent to an external service for it. The public instance at brouter.de runs on server infrastructure that, according to the site, is funded by FOSSGIS e.V. For a European organisation that wants to avoid dependence on a commercial map provider, this is a transparent and verifiable option.

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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 1, 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
Hosting signal
HETZNER-AS - Hetzner Online GmbH, DE (DE)Technically measured
Category
Maps & Navigation
Type
Product
Website
brouter.de ↗

The hosting signal shows the network that serves the vendor's website, often a CDN, and not necessarily where the service or your data is hosted. How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to BRouter

The European alternatives to BRouter come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 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 BRouter

BRouter 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 BRouter scores best on data residency.

BRouter 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 BRouter 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 BRouter?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to BRouter include calimoto, cartes.gouv.fr and Geoapify. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to BRouter?

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

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

BRouter is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes BRouter 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 Maps & Navigation

Maps & Navigation: Maps, route planning and navigation services. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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