Self-hosted / open sourceCMSHeadquarters: CH

TYPO3: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

TYPO3 is an open-source content management system and framework written in PHP. It supports multisite and multilingual websites and can be extended through extensions and an open API for frontend and backend. Long Term Support (LTS) versions are released for long-running projects, and Extended Long Term Support is available for organisations that need security updates for longer. TYPO3 runs on Linux, Windows, FreeBSD and macOS with Apache, nginx or IIS and a database such as MySQL. You install and operate it yourself. TYPO3 is recognised as a Verified Digital Public Good.

TYPO3 is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL-2.0). The project is governed by the TYPO3 Association, a not-for-profit association under Swiss law with its registered office in Baar, Switzerland, which guides and funds long-term development. Development relies on a volunteer community. TYPO3 GmbH is a service company wholly owned by the Association. Switzerland is not an EU member but belongs to EFTA. Because TYPO3 is self-hosted, you decide where the data resides.

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Sovereignty score

94 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in Switzerland: Swiss law, recognised by the EU as adequate
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 September 21, 2026

Headquarters	CH (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Compliance documents	1 published, see belowVendor-stated
Hosting signal	OPSONE - Ops One AG, CH (CH)Technically measured
Category	CMS
Type	Product
Website	typo3.org ↗

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 TYPO3

The European alternatives to TYPO3 come from our knowledge base of over 7,800 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 TYPO3

TYPO3 is headquartered in Switzerland and falls under Swiss law, including the revised Swiss data protection act. Switzerland is not an EU member, but the European Commission recognises its level of data protection as adequate. Its Swiss headquarters does not by itself bring it under US legislation such as the CLOUD Act.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so TYPO3 scores best on data residency.

TYPO3 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 TYPO3 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 TYPO3?

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

Are there open-source alternatives to TYPO3?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to TYPO3 include Ametys, Bolt CMS, Cockpit CMS, Contao and django CMS. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is TYPO3 GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

TYPO3 is headquartered in CH (EFTA) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes TYPO3 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 September 21, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

The links below point to the vendor's own public documents. We only record what we found: a missing link means "not found publicly", not "not compliant".

Security page / trust center: typo3.org/governance-values/security

Provenance of the links above:Vendor-stated

Links checked on September 21, 2026.

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: typo3.community/contribute/teams-committees/security
security.txt: typo3.org/.well-known/security.txt
Supported versions: get.typo3.org/
Organisation behind the open-source project: TYPO3 Association

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?

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