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KeePassXC: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

KeePassXC is a free, open-source, cross-platform password manager for Windows, macOS and Linux. It stores usernames, passwords, URLs, attachments and notes in an encrypted file that works offline, and it natively supports the KeePass 2.x (.kdbx) format, with import of older KeePass 1 databases. Features include key files and YubiKey challenge-response, auto-type, password strength assessment, breach checks against Have I Been Pwned, passkey support and browser extensions for Firefox, Chrome, Edge and other browsers. It is installed as a desktop application; there is no vendor-hosted service.

KeePassXC is developed by the KeePassXC Team and released under the GNU GPL, with source code on GitHub. The project website names no company, owner or location. Because the database is a local file, where your data resides depends on where you store it. The project states that version 2.7.9 received a security visa from France's ANSSI, and a security review of version 2.7.4 was completed in 2022. European organisations keep full control of their data, but support is community-based.

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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 July 2, 2026
HeadquartersEU (EU)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionNo — no adequacy decisionVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelOpen-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceYesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
Hosting signalCLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
CategoryPassword Manager
TypeProduct
Websitekeepassxc.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 KeePassXC

The European alternatives to KeePassXC come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 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 KeePassXC

KeePassXC is headquartered in EU 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 KeePassXC scores best on data residency.

KeePassXC 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 KeePassXC 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 KeePassXC?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to KeePassXC include AuthPass, Avira Password Manager and Dashlane. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to KeePassXC?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to KeePassXC include AuthPass, gopass, KeePass and KeeWeb. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

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

Sources

This record was checked via the vendor's website and legal notice during the full audit of June and July 2026. Source links have been recorded per record since 20 September 2026.

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".

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Cyber Resilience Act

Public signals that relate to the EU Cyber Resilience Act. They do not count towards the score. A missing line means "not found publicly".

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github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/security/policy
security.txt
keepassxc.org/.well-known/security.txt

For products in scope of the CRA, CE marking is required from 11 December 2027; this cannot be checked yet.

Checked on October 9, 2026. What is the Cyber Resilience Act?

Digital sovereignty in Password Manager

Password Manager: Password vault — generate, store and autofill passwords. 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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