📱 Mobile Operating SystemsFI
Sailfish OS
Linux-based European mobile operating system developed by Finnish company Jolla. Features a custom gesture-based UI and proprietary Android compatibility layer (AppSupport). Partially open-source with core components available on GitHub.
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🔒 VPNNL
Surfshark VPN
European VPN founded in Lithuania in 2018, headquartered in Amsterdam with operations in Lithuania, Poland, and Germany. Merged with Nord Security in 2022. RAM-only servers, WireGuard protocol, no-logs policy verified by Deloitte (2022, 2025). Proprietary client software with multiple security audits (Cure53 2018/2021, MASA 2023). Note: Parent company Nord Security received $100M investment from US PE firm Warburg Pincus in 2023.
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📱 Mobile Operating SystemsFR
e/OS
Privacy-focused de-googled mobile operating system based on LineageOS/AOSP, developed by French non-profit e Foundation. Offers open-source OS with MicroG as Google services replacement, built-in tracker blocking, and optional Murena cloud services. Available for 200+ smartphone models.
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🔐 Password ManagerDE
heylogin
German passwordless login manager that uses smartphones as hardware security keys via Secure Enclave / TPM chips. Founded by TU Braunschweig security researchers (creators of OpenKeychain), heylogin offers end-to-end encrypted credential storage with ISO 27001 certification and EU-only data processing on Hetzner servers in Germany.
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📄 Office SuiteCH
kSuite
kSuite is Infomaniak’s Swiss-hosted online productivity and collaboration suite, combining Mail, kDrive, kMeet and kChat. Its kDrive document editing natively integrates the open-source OnlyOffice suite for creating and collaborating on office files. kSuite Enterprise can alternatively use Microsoft 365 web apps, with the software and data hosted on Infomaniak servers in Switzerland.
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📅 SchedulingDE
meetergo
meetergo is an online appointment scheduling and booking platform for teams with calendar sync, routing, video meetings, reminders, forms, and payment collection.
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📱 Mobile Operating SystemsDE
AXP.OS
AXP.OS is a privacy- and security-focused aftermarket mobile operating system based on AOSP and LineageOS. It aims to keep supported Android devices, including some end-of-life models, usable for longer with hardening patches, verified updates, and project-maintained components such as AOSmium and AXP.OS F-Droid repositories; the project offers Slim and Pro flavors for users who want different tradeoffs between minimalism and extra functionality.
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🖼️ Image GenerationDE
Black Forest Labs
German AI startup from Freiburg building the FLUX family of text-to-image models. Licensing is intentionally split: FLUX.1 [schnell] is Apache 2.0, FLUX.1 [dev] is non-commercial, and FLUX.1 [pro] is API-only proprietary.
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🌍 DNS ServicesDE
DNS.SB
DNS.SB is a German-operated public DNS resolver that offers standard DNS, DNS over TLS, and DNS over HTTPS on xTom's global anycast network. It targets privacy-conscious individuals and home networks with a no-logs policy, DNSSEC validation, and simple setup guides across desktop, mobile, and browser environments.
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📊 AnalyticsFR
Fairlytics
Fairlytics is a French privacy-first web analytics tool for measuring website traffic without cookies or consent banners. It provides a simple dashboard with visits, popular pages, referrers, device data, and visitor paths, is hosted in France, and can also be self-hosted from its open-source code by site owners who want lightweight analytics without ad-tech tracking.
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🤳 SmartphonesNL
Fairphone
Sustainable, modular smartphones from the Netherlands with repairable design, a 5-year warranty, and long-term software support. Supports custom ROM ecosystems such as /e/OS and LineageOS. Founded as a social enterprise focused on ethical supply chains and fair labor conditions.
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💰 Personal FinanceDE
Finanzfluss Copilot
Finanzfluss Copilot is a German personal-finance and wealth-tracking web and mobile app that combines account and portfolio aggregation, manual and file-based imports, budgeting, dividend tracking, and investment analysis. It is aimed at individuals who want a consolidated view of net worth, spending, and asset allocation, with a free tier and optional paid Plus features.
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🧑💻 Version Control ServicesFR
GitLab by Stackhero
French managed GitLab service from Stackhero that provides production-ready GitLab instances without self-managing infrastructure. Targets teams needing Git repositories, merge requests, and CI/CD workflows under European jurisdiction.
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🏢 Cloud & HostingDE
Hetzner
German infrastructure provider for cloud, dedicated servers, storage, and web hosting. Hetzner publishes ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and BSI C5 Type 2 assurance for its cloud stack and offers strong EU-centered governance options, but production setups should still enforce offsite backups and tested failover paths.
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☁️ Cloud StorageDE
HiDrive
German cloud storage service from STRATO GmbH, hosted in TÜV-certified data centers in Germany with DSGVO compliance. Offers encrypted storage, optional end-to-end zero-knowledge encryption, two-factor authentication, and various protocol access (SFTP, WebDAV, SMB). Founded in 1997, part of IONOS Group SE.
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🤖 Large Language ModelsDE
Lurus Code
Lurus Code is a German AI coding agent for developers and teams that want agentic coding, code review, security scanning, CLI workflows and VS Code integration with GDPR-oriented EU processing. It routes work through European infrastructure while offering access to leading AI models, structured review output, CI/CD commands and privacy-focused handling of source code.
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💰 Personal FinanceDE
MoneyStats
MoneyStats is a personal-finance and budgeting app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that helps individuals track income and expenses, manage accounts and budgets, analyze spending with charts and reports, import and export data, and optionally sync via iCloud or connect supported bank accounts. It targets users who want a production-ready Apple-based finance tracker with a free core, optional one-time upgrades, and an optional bank-connection subscription.
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👥 Social MediaLU
Monnett
Luxembourg-based social media platform built for chronological, algorithm-free sharing. Monnett prohibits AI-generated content and behavioral tracking, letting users control their feed with a "Distance" feature that sets post reach from local to global. Founded by Christos Floros, the platform runs ad-free with optional subscription tiers.
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📄 Office SuiteNL
Office EU
Office EU is a Europe-hosted cloud productivity suite for documents, spreadsheets, presentations, file storage, email, calendars, and video meetings.
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🗺️ Maps & NavigationNL
OsmAnd
Powerful offline maps and navigation app built on OpenStreetMap data. OsmAnd's code is GPLv3, while artwork/assets use separate Creative Commons terms; the project also applies an explicit app-store exception to permit distribution through stores with DRM constraints.
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🔐 Password ManagerIE
QuantumVault
QuantumVault is a quantum-safe secrets and password management product from QuantumAPI/Kovimatic Limited for storing passwords, API keys, SSH keys, certificates, tokens and other credentials. It combines browser autofill, password generation, TOTP, audit logging, key management and post-quantum cryptography features, with EU-hosted SaaS and an on-premises Docker Compose deployment option for organizations that need tighter data control.
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🏢 Cloud & HostingFR
Scaleway
French cloud provider in the Iliad Group with EU-only data centers, broad IaaS/PaaS coverage, and strong compliance signals (including ISO 27001 and HDS). Scaleway also states it does not train AI models on customer data by default, but users should actively monitor pricing changes and support/incident handling quality.
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☁️ Cloud StorageDE
Scramble Cloud
Scramble Cloud is a German end-to-end encrypted cloud-storage service for individuals, teams, and businesses. It offers browser access, desktop clients for Windows, macOS, and Linux, secure link sharing, groups, Outlook and Microsoft Teams integrations, and WebDAV/Rclone access, with data stored in ISO 27001-certified data centers in Germany.
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📱 Mobile Operating SystemsDE
ShiftOS L
ShiftOS L is SHIFT's Android-based mobile operating system for SHIFTphones, designed for users who want to avoid Google services. It runs on supported SHIFT devices, replaces Google apps with a lighter setup centered on open-source app sources like F-Droid, and is aimed at privacy-conscious, technically comfortable users who want a Google-free smartphone experience on repairable German phones.
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