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Self-hosted / open sourceRemote Desktop & SupportHeadquarters: DE

X2Go: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

X2Go is open-source remote desktop and remote application software for Linux. It is a server-based computing environment that scales from a single PC to larger networks with several servers and LDAP directories. It supports smart card authentication and suspending and resuming sessions. Users connect with an X2Go client to a remote desktop or an individual application.

X2Go is developed as a project under orca e.V., the Open Remote Computing Association, a registered German association. According to the SourceForge project page, the software is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2. The project wiki refers to companies that offer commercial support. Because X2Go runs on the organisation's own servers, no vendor cloud service hosts customer data. That makes it a self-hosted option for European organisations that want to keep sessions and data under their own control.

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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 10, 2026
HeadquartersDE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelOpen-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceYesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantNoVendor-stated
CategoryRemote Desktop & Support
TypeProduct
Websitewiki.x2go.org ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to X2Go

The European alternatives to X2Go 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 X2Go

X2Go 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 X2Go scores best on data residency.

X2Go 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 X2Go 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 X2Go?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to X2Go include AnyDesk, DWService and FastViewer. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to X2Go?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to X2Go include DWService. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is X2Go GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

X2Go is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes X2Go 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 10, 2026.

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Remote Desktop & Support

Remote Desktop & Support: Remote access, remote support and screen sharing. 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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