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Graphite: sovereignty score and 7 European alternatives

Graphite is a platform for AI code review and pull-request management. It supports stacked pull requests, its own PR page for review, AI code review with suggested fixes before merge, a stack-aware merge queue, a PR inbox and metrics for development teams. It works with GitHub through a web app, a command-line tool and a VS Code extension, and is delivered as software as a service.

Graphite is a trade name of Screenplay Studios Inc. in the US. According to press reports, Anysphere, the developer of Cursor, announced its acquisition in December 2025; that company is also American, so there is no foreign parent. The privacy policy states that the services are provided from and in the United States and are subject to US privacy law; according to its security page, the service is hosted on AWS. The GDPR and a data processing agreement are not mentioned. European teams that route source code through Graphite should allow for processing in the US and for US jurisdiction.

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Sovereignty score

17 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-210
Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
Data residency SOV-30
No hosting in Europe (US)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
Key management with a non-European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-615
Closed source, runtime with the vendor

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 13, 2026

Headquarters	US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	USVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	AI Coding
Type	Product
Website	graphite.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Graphite

The European alternatives to Graphite 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

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Graphite

Graphite is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

Graphite hosts data outside the EU (US). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

Graphite is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Graphite 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 Graphite?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Graphite include Eclipse Theia, JetBrains AI Assistant and JetBrains Junie. On this page you can compare 7 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Graphite?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Graphite include Eclipse Theia, Mistral Code, Mistral Vibe CLI and SHAI (OVHcloud). These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Graphite is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. Its GDPR compliance is limited or unclear. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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