Self-hosted / open sourceOffice & ProductivityHeadquarters: DE

Calligra Suite: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Calligra Suite is an office and graphic art suite from KDE. It includes Words (a word processor with desktop-publishing features), Sheets (spreadsheets), Stage (presentations) and Karbon (vector drawing). Kexi, a tool for building database applications, and Plan, for project management, have followed their own release schedules since Calligra 4.0 in August 2024. That release ported the suite to Qt 6 and introduced a new interface. Calligra runs mainly on Linux and is also available for FreeBSD, macOS and Windows. It is desktop software that you install yourself; there is no hosted service.

All components are free software under the GPL and LGPL. Calligra is developed by the KDE community; KDE is legally represented by KDE e.V., a German non-profit organisation. No commercial parent company is named. Because files stay local and the source code is open, European organisations can use the software entirely under their own control.

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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	Office & Productivity
Type	Product
Website	calligra.org ↗

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 Calligra Suite

The European alternatives to Calligra Suite 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 Calligra Suite

Calligra Suite 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 Calligra Suite scores best on data residency.

Calligra Suite 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 Calligra Suite 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 Calligra Suite?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Calligra Suite include Ashampoo Office, Craft Docs and CryptPad. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Calligra Suite?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Calligra Suite include CryptPad, EGroupware, Euro-Office, eXo Platform, Framasoft (Framapad/Framacalc) and grommunio. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Calligra Suite GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Calligra Suite is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes Calligra Suite 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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Compliance evidence

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