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NeoChat: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

NeoChat is a chat app for the Matrix network, built with Qt and KDE Frameworks. Users can send text messages, videos and audio files, use Spaces to group channels, and register or deactivate a Matrix account from within the app. It follows the stable Matrix specification as closely as it can, with a few documented exceptions such as VoIP, threads and some parts of end-to-end encryption. NeoChat is available for Linux and Windows and is delivered as a locally installed app.

NeoChat is a project of the KDE community. KDE is represented in legal and financial matters by KDE e.V., a non-profit association incorporated in Germany. The source code is open source under the GPL. The KDE privacy policy states that KDE software, as a general rule, does not transmit information from the user's device except as a result of an explicit user action; messages travel through the Matrix server that the user chooses, which can also be self-hosted. Earlier NeoChat development was funded through NLnet's NGI Assure fund, supported by the EU's Next Generation Internet programme.

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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 16, 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
Category
Messaging
Type
Product
Website
apps.kde.org ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to NeoChat

The European alternatives to NeoChat come from our knowledge base of over 9,500 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 NeoChat

NeoChat 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 NeoChat scores best on data residency.

NeoChat 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 NeoChat 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 NeoChat?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to NeoChat include 360dialog, Balsio and Berty. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to NeoChat?

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

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

NeoChat is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes NeoChat 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 16, 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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