EU Sovereignty Score
Self-hosted / open sourceCMSHeadquarters: GB

Textpattern: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Textpattern is a free, open-source content management system for building and running websites. It uses a tag-based template language to structure pages, has a lean core extended through plugins, and supports Textile markup natively, with Markdown available through a plugin. Its admin interface is available in more than fifty languages. It is written in PHP and works with MySQL. You install it yourself on a web server you control; the project's website describes no hosted service.

Textpattern is developed by the volunteer Textpattern Development Team, its source code is on GitHub, and it is licensed under the GNU GPL version 2. The project is not a commercial vendor. Where your data resides and which law applies to it is therefore determined by the hosting provider you choose: with a European host, the data stays in Europe. You can inspect, modify and keep running the open source code yourself, which limits dependence on a single supplier. The project website is hosted with sponsorship from DigitalOcean.

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Sovereignty score
79 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (GB)
  • 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-675
    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 9, 2026
HeadquartersGB (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionYes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified 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
CategoryCMS
TypeProduct
Websitetextpattern.com ↗

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 Textpattern

The European alternatives to Textpattern 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 Textpattern

Textpattern 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.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Textpattern scores best on data residency.

Textpattern 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 Textpattern 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 Textpattern?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Textpattern include TYPO3, Umbraco and Cockpit CMS. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Textpattern?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Textpattern include TYPO3, Umbraco, Cockpit CMS, Contao, Neos CMS, Plone and Primo. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Textpattern is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in EU. 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 9, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

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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".

Report a vulnerability
textpattern.com/contact
security.txt
textpattern.com/.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 CMS

CMS: Content management systems — websites, headless CMS, digital experience platforms. 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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