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Self-hosted / open sourceMessagingHeadquarters: DE

Dino: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Dino is an open-source chat client for the desktop that uses the XMPP (Jabber) protocol. It is written in Vala with GTK and, since version 0.4, is built on GTK4 and libadwaita. Packages are available in many Linux distribution repositories. Dino supports group chats, message replies and reactions, file transfers, and peer-to-peer audio and video calls that are end-to-end encrypted and work with other XMPP apps. Messages can be end-to-end encrypted with OMEMO or OpenPGP. Read and typing notifications can be switched off globally or per contact.

Dino is released under the GPL-3.0 licence and is developed by the Dino Team and an open community on GitHub, with development supported by donations. Dino is a client only: messages are stored on the XMPP server the user chooses, so the hosting location and operator are decided by the chosen provider or by an organisation running its own server. For European organisations this fits a self-managed setup built on an open standard, where the choice of server, and therefore of jurisdiction, stays with the user.

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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 2, 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
ACTIVE-SERVERS - active 1 GmbH, DE (DE)Technically measured
Category
Messaging
Type
Product
Website
dino.im ↗

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 Dino

The European alternatives to Dino 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 Dino

Dino 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 Dino scores best on data residency.

Dino 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 Dino 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 Dino?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Dino include Balsio, Berty and Conversations (XMPP). On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Dino?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Dino include Berty, Conversations (XMPP), Delta Chat and Gajim. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Dino is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes Dino 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 2, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Messaging

Messaging: Personal messaging — chat, group conversations, media sharing. 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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