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Self-hosted / open sourceNotes & TasksHeadquarters: DE

HedgeDoc: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

HedgeDoc is an open-source, web-based collaborative Markdown editor for notes, graphs and presentations. It runs in the browser and supports real-time collaboration, a presentation mode built on reveal.js, diagrams, a simple permission system and revision history. The project was formerly called CodiMD and was renamed in 2020. HedgeDoc is delivered as self-hosted software, with a ready-to-use bundle and a Docker image, and runs even on low-resource hardware such as a Raspberry Pi.

HedgeDoc is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and maintained by volunteers; the website lists a core development team and names no company behind it. Version 1.x is in maintenance mode, while version 2 is a rewrite still in development. Because the software is run by the organisation itself, notes are stored on the server it operates, so data location, access and retention are decided by the operator. There is no vendor-hosted service, which means no foreign parent company and no third-party processor for the software itself.

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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 4, 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
CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
Category
Notes & Tasks
Type
Product
Website
hedgedoc.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 HedgeDoc

The European alternatives to HedgeDoc 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 HedgeDoc

HedgeDoc 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 HedgeDoc scores best on data residency.

HedgeDoc 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 HedgeDoc 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 HedgeDoc?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to HedgeDoc include Anytype, Bear and Capacities. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to HedgeDoc?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to HedgeDoc include Carnet, CryptPad and Joplin. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

HedgeDoc is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes HedgeDoc 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 4, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Notes & Tasks

Notes & Tasks: Note-taking apps and task management — write, organise, sync. 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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