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Self-hosted / open sourceBPM & WorkflowHeadquarters: FR

openADS: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

openADS is open-source software for managing building permits and other urban-planning applications, aimed at French municipalities and other local authorities. It supports the handling of applications from receipt to decision, covering task sequencing, statutory deadlines, local urban plan (PLU) constraints and map display. Further features include document generation with a drafting assistant, dashboards with alerts, the link to the national PLAT'AU platform, multi-municipality management, and interfaces with GIS, LDAP or Active Directory and document management. It is a web application that you install yourself.

openADS comes from the openMairie community and is offered by atReal, a French company in Aubagne that also provides support and maintenance. The code is licensed under the GNU GPL (version 3 or later) and hosted on GitLab. Because you run the software on your own servers, the case files stay under your control.

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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 14, 2026
Headquarters
FR (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
BPM & Workflow
Type
Product
Website
atreal.fr ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to openADS

The European alternatives to openADS come from our knowledge base of over 9,200 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 openADS

openADS is headquartered in FR 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 openADS scores best on data residency.

openADS 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 openADS 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 openADS?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to openADS include Albato, ARIS and Automatisch. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to openADS?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to openADS include Automatisch, Ofelia (Bonita) and CIB seven. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

openADS is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes openADS an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in BPM & Workflow

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