Self-hosted / open sourceOffice & ProductivityHeadquarters: DE

Typst: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Typst is a markup-based typesetting system for documents such as reports, theses, invoices and CVs, and is often presented as an alternative to LaTeX for scientific and technical texts. The open-source compiler turns Typst markup into PDF, image or web output and can run from the command line on the user's own computer. A browser-based web app lets people edit and preview projects together.

The developer is Typst GmbH, a company based in Berlin. The compiler is licensed under Apache-2.0, so organisations can compile documents entirely on their own systems. The hosted web app is proprietary. According to its privacy page, uploaded project files are stored only in Microsoft Azure data centres within the EU, while the same page names US subprocessors for email, payments and opt-in telemetry, which a European organisation should review. Because the company is European and the core software is free, Typst suits teams that prefer local compilation.

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Sovereignty score

92 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
Data residency SOV-3100
Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, US)
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-690
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 10, 2026

Headquarters	DE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting	EU, USVerified by hand
Open-source	YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Office & Productivity
Type	Product
Website	typst.app ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Typst

The European alternatives to Typst come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 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 Typst

Typst is headquartered in DE and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Typst hosts data in EU, US. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

Typst 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 Typst 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 Typst?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Typst include Ashampoo Office, Calligra Suite and Craft Docs. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Typst?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Typst include Calligra Suite, CryptPad, EGroupware, Euro-Office, eXo Platform and Framasoft (Framapad/Framacalc). These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Typst is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU, US. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes Typst 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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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Office & Productivity

Office & Productivity: Office software, word processing, spreadsheets and groupware. 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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