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Self-hosted / open sourceE-commerceHeadquarters: FR

Thelia: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Thelia is an open-source e-commerce system (CMS and framework) for building custom online shops. It is built on Symfony and API Platform and uses MariaDB as its database. Standard APIs let it connect to ERP, PIM, CRM or logistics systems, including in headless architectures. Thelia has a module system and is installed as software on your own web server, for example by a web agency or an in-house IT team.

According to the project site, Thelia is published by the French company OpenStudio, based in Lyon, which has developed it since 2005 together with a community of contributors. The source code is on GitHub under the GNU GPL v3 licence. Because you can host Thelia yourself, customer and order data stay on your own infrastructure and you choose the hosting location, for example within the EU. No vendor cloud is required. Running servers, updates and security is then the responsibility of your own organisation or your implementation partner.

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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
E-commerce
Type
Product
Website
thelia.net ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Thelia

The European alternatives to Thelia 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 Thelia

Thelia 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 Thelia scores best on data residency.

Thelia 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 Thelia 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 Thelia?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Thelia include ablefy, SCAYLE and Actindo. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Thelia?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Thelia include Akeneo. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Thelia is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes Thelia 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 14, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in E-commerce

E-commerce: Online sales, webshops, e-commerce platforms and product information management. 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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