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Self-hosted / open sourceMessagingHeadquarters: GB

Prosody: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Prosody is an XMPP communication server designed to be easy to set up and light on system resources. XMPP is an open protocol for chat and messaging, so organisations, families or friends can run their own server, decide who they connect to and use a wide range of desktop and mobile client apps. Prosody can link up with other XMPP servers, and developers can extend it with modules.

Prosody is open-source software under the MIT licence. The project website names no company or foundation, and copyright in the source code is held by individual developers. The lead developer's public profile shows the United Kingdom and that of another core developer shows Sweden. You install Prosody on your own server, so messages and account data stay under your control; the website does not mention a hosted service from the project.

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Sovereignty score
77 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (GB)
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    No hosting in Europe (OTHER)
  • 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-665
    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
GB (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision
Yes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting
OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Messaging
Type
Product
Website
prosody.im ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Prosody

The European alternatives to Prosody come from our knowledge base of over 8,400 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 Prosody

Prosody is headquartered in GB, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

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

Prosody 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 Prosody 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 Prosody?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Prosody 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 Prosody?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Prosody 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 Prosody GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Prosody is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in OTHER. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

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 14, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

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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