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Self-hosted / open sourceEducation & LMSHeadquarters: FR

TRIADE: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

TRIADE is an open-source school management system and virtual learning environment (ENT) for educational institutions, from primary school to higher education. It covers grades, homework and class logs, school life and absences, timetables, diaries, messaging, canteen and internship management, among other things. It is web-based and runs on PHP and MySQL. The project site also mentions optional components, such as an AI assistant (TRIADE-COPILOT) and custom modules (TRIADE-DEV). TRIADE is installed as server software by the school itself or by a partner.

TRIADE is published by a French project of the same name; its legal notice does not state a registered seat. The software is licensed under the GNU GPL v2 and the code is on GitHub. You can host it yourself, so that pupil and grade data stay on your own infrastructure. Note that the project's privacy policy states that the team may collect general information about the institution and about usage (telemetry). Check this before deployment, together with your data protection officer.

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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
NoVendor-stated
Category
Education & LMS
Type
Product
Website
triade-educ.org ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to TRIADE

The European alternatives to TRIADE 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 TRIADE

TRIADE 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 TRIADE scores best on data residency.

TRIADE 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 TRIADE 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 TRIADE?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to TRIADE include Anton, CAMPUSonline and Chamilo. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to TRIADE?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to TRIADE include Chamilo, Claroline Connect and Forma LMS. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

TRIADE is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes TRIADE 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 Education & LMS

Education & LMS: Learning platforms, learning management systems and educational software. 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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