EU Sovereignty Score
Self-hosted / open sourceCAD & EngineeringHeadquarters: FR

code_saturne: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

code_saturne is an open-source software package for computational fluid dynamics (CFD), the numerical simulation of fluid flows, heat transfer and the transport of pollutants. It is developed primarily by EDF R&D, the research division of the French electricity utility, and applied to industrial and research problems in hydraulics and in maritime, river and estuarine settings. Users download the software and install it on their own computers or servers. The project site lists version 9.0 as the current validated release.

EDF R&D belongs to EDF, which has its registered office in Paris and is wholly owned by the French state. The organisation that maintains the software is therefore established in the European Union. The package stores no data itself, and the developer offers no cloud service. The GPL licence allows a European organisation to inspect the code, modify it and run it on infrastructure it controls. The project's web pages are operated by SIMVIA in Palaiseau, France.

See the 8 European alternatives ↓Assess your stack with code_saturne pre-selected
MastodonLinkedInBlueskyXEmail
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 12, 2026
Headquarters
FR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
CAD & Engineering
Type
Product
Website
code-saturne.org ↗

How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to code_saturne

The European alternatives to code_saturne come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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

88 European CAD & Engineering vendors are in the catalogue. View the whole category · Submit an alternative · View category on the map

Is code_saturne one of many dependencies?

Score your whole stack in about three minutes. Free, no account needed.

Assess your stack →View a sample report (opens in a new tab)

Why digital sovereignty matters with code_saturne

code_saturne is headquartered in FR 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 code_saturne scores best on data residency.

code_saturne 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 code_saturne 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 code_saturne?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to code_saturne include ACCA software, ALLPLAN and AUCOTEC Engineering Base. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to code_saturne?

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

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

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

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 12, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

The links below point to the vendor's own public documents. We only record what we found: a missing link means "not found publicly", not "not compliant".

No public compliance evidence has been recorded for this vendor yet. Do you know its DPA or subprocessor list? Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Digital sovereignty in CAD & Engineering

CAD & Engineering: Computer-aided design, 3D modelling and engineering simulation software. 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.

Also in this category

See all →
Open in the alternatives dashboardMissing a vendor? Submit itAre you this vendor? You can also become a sponsor on the CAD & Engineering page — with no effect on your score
8 European alternatives to code_saturne — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted · EU Sovereignty Score