EU Sovereignty Score
Self-hosted / open sourceESG & SustainabilityHeadquarters: FR

CodeCarbon: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

CodeCarbon is an open-source Python library that estimates the CO2 emissions of code running on hardware the user controls, such as a laptop, workstation or cloud virtual machine. It measures CPU, GPU and RAM power use and applies regional grid carbon intensity to convert energy into emissions. It is installed with pip, and a companion web dashboard visualises the results. It is aimed at developers and researchers who need an emissions figure for machine-learning workloads.

The library is published under the MIT licence on GitHub, so organisations can inspect, fork and run it internally. The project is developed by the Code Carbon non-profit, which describes itself on its website as a French non-profit organisation. Its copyright notice names the Code Carbon NGO and earlier contributors from the Mila research institute. The optional dashboard at dashboard.codecarbon.io is a separate online service, and the website does not state where its data is hosted. A European organisation therefore decides whether to keep measurements local or to send results to the hosted dashboard.

See the 8 European alternatives ↓Assess your stack with CodeCarbon 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
ESG & Sustainability
Type
Product
Website
codecarbon.io ↗

How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to CodeCarbon

The European alternatives to CodeCarbon 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

53 European ESG & Sustainability vendors are in the catalogue. View the whole category · Submit an alternative · View category on the map

Is CodeCarbon 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 CodeCarbon

CodeCarbon 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 CodeCarbon scores best on data residency.

CodeCarbon 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 CodeCarbon 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 CodeCarbon?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to CodeCarbon include bluesign, Brightway and Carbmee. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to CodeCarbon?

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

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

CodeCarbon is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes CodeCarbon 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 ESG & Sustainability

ESG & Sustainability: Carbon accounting, CSRD reporting, supply-chain due diligence (CSDDD/EUDR/CBAM) and ESG data management. 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 ESG & Sustainability page — with no effect on your score
8 European alternatives to CodeCarbon — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted · EU Sovereignty Score