Self-hosted / open sourceEndpoint & Device ManagementHeadquarters: DE

Uyuni: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Uyuni is an open-source solution for configuration and infrastructure management of Linux systems. It uses Salt for configuration management, with the Uyuni server acting as Salt Master. Features include automated deployment of patches and packages through software channels, management of servers from edge devices to Kubernetes environments, rollout of hardened operating-system templates, and compliance auditing that flags systems drifting from security profiles. Uyuni runs on your own infrastructure. It is meant for organisations that manage large numbers of Linux machines and want an alternative to Microsoft Configuration Manager or Red Hat Satellite.

Uyuni officially became part of the openSUSE Project in 2026 and is the upstream of the commercial SUSE Multi-Linux Manager. The source code is available under the GPL-2.0 licence. Because you host the server yourself, you decide where management data is stored and no vendor cloud is required. The project is community-driven, with no separate commercial owner.

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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 12, 2026

Headquarters	DE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	Endpoint & Device Management
Type	Product
Website	uyuni-project.org ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Uyuni

The European alternatives to Uyuni 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 Uyuni

Uyuni 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.

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

Uyuni 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 Uyuni 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 Uyuni?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Uyuni include Aagon ACMP, Applivery and AppTec360. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Uyuni?

Our list of EU alternatives to Uyuni is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

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

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