Software from Germany: 610 vendors in 93 categories.

German ERP for mid-sized manufacturers

owner in United Kingdom

German cloud-based invoicing and accounting software for self-employed and SMEs

owner in Germany

German platform for automated invoice processing and accounts payable

German platform for expense management, expense reports and employee benefits

German accounting platform for professionals.

German solution for invoicing, accounting and expense management for freelancers

owner in Canada

German platform for automatically collecting and managing invoices

Open-source time tracking application with invoicing integrations

open-source

Open-source ERP system for accounting and goods management, popular in Germany

open-source

German accounting and business software for SMEs by Haufe Group

German cloud accounting solution by Haufe-Lexware for small companies and freelancers

German platform for business expenses, credit cards and invoice processing

German online accounting software with time tracking and project management

German ERP for mid-market manufacturing

German enterprise ERP suite.

German enterprise ERP and business software

Cloud ERP from SAP SE (Walldorf, DE) on the HANA database; runs from SAP data centres in Frankfurt, Amsterdam and St. Leon-Rot, among others, plus EU hyperscaler regions

German cloud ERP and accounting platform

German cloud accounting software for freelancers and small businesses

owner in France

German cloud ERP for SMEs

owner in Netherlands

French cybersecurity branch by Airbus for threat detection and SOC services

Avira is a German cybersecurity brand (HQ: Tettnang, DE) operating as a subsidiary of Gen Digital Inc. (US, NASDAQ: GEN) since January 2021. Gen Digital also owns Norton, Avast, AVG, and LifeLock.

owner in United States

German independent security audit and penetration testing company

German cybersecurity company for threat intelligence and incident response

German cybersecurity company for antivirus and endpoint protection

German cybersecurity company specialised in firewalls and secure network access

German vulnerability management.

open-source

German cloud platform for email security, backup and compliance

owner in United States

German platform for DDoS protection and web application security

EU WireGuard-based ZTNA/VPN control plane.

open-source

European identity and access management platform for governance and security

owner in United States

German password manager; self-host.

open-source

German platform for secure business communication and email security

German cybersecurity company with web application firewalls and network security

German cloud-based security platform for network and IoT protection

owner in United States

German IT security company for government and critical infrastructure

German company for penetration testing and security research

VPN protocol; self-host.

open-source

German enterprise AI provider (Heidelberg) focused on sovereign AI. Merged with Canada's Cohere in April 2026 (Cohere shareholders ~90%) — effectively an acquisition; Schwarz Group remains a strategic investor.

German AI studio behind the FLUX image-generation models.

German AI-powered translation service for business and personal use

Berlin-based deepset GmbH's open-source (Apache-2.0) LLM orchestration framework for RAG and agent pipelines; actively maintained (v2.30.2, June 2026) with 232+ releases.

open-source

German AI company for defence and security with European values

Jina AI is a Berlin-based AI company specialising in frontier models for multimodal and multilingual search, including open-source embedding and reranker models. Since October 2025 it is a wholly owned subsidiary of Elastic N.V. (NYSE: ESTC), a US company headquartered in Mountain View, California. Elastic has committed to continuing open-source model releases on Hugging Face.

owner in United States · open-source

German platform for data-centric AI and training data management

open-source

German enterprise AI platform with meerdere LLMs on EU-infrastructure, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certified

Langfuse is an open-source LLM observability platform (MIT license) originally founded in Germany, acquired by ClickHouse Inc. (USA) in January 2026. The ultimate parent is US-based.

owner in United States · open-source

German writing assistant.

owner in United States

German AI platform for generating German-language content

German AI company (formerly Aleph Alpha spin-off) for enterprise LLM solutions

Aleph Alpha's (Heidelberg, Germany) sovereign "operating system for generative AI", specifically built for governments and heavily regulated enterprises; launched August 2024.

Vector database with EU entity; self-host.

open-source

Rasa is a conversational AI platform. The open-source framework (Apache-2.0) entered maintenance mode in 2024-2025; active development has moved to the proprietary Rasa Pro product featuring the CALM (Conversational AI with Language Models) engine. New feature development occurs exclusively in the commercial tier.

German AI writing platform for content creation and tekstgeneratie

German managed Keycloak platform for identity and access management

German cloud identity and access management platform with CIAM focus

German GDPR-compliant cloud IAM/CIAM as a European Okta alternative.

EU passkey-first authentication components for customer identity

open-source

Munich-based identity verification (video-ident, AutoIdent); majority-owned by Corsair Capital (US) since March 2025.

owner in United States

Open-source identity/directory; self-hostable.

open-source

German identity governance and access-intelligence platform (Nexis Controle).

open-source LDAP directory service for identity management

open-source

German open-source identity infrastructure for cloud-native apps

open-source

EU MFA/token server; self-hostable.

open-source

Open-source identity management and IT infrastructure from Germany

open-source

German identity platform for secure digital identity verification

Berlin-based digital identification (video-ident, eID) for KYC.

German identity verification platform via banks for strong customer authentication

German open-source enterprise backup solution forked from Bacula

open-source

Open-source deduplicating archival backup program with compression and encryption

open-source

German hosting provider offering affordable object storage and backup in European data centres

owner in United States

German (Munich); management software for Ceph and DAOS storage clusters.

German backup and cyber-protection service for businesses and MSPs (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, servers, VMs, workstations, NAS), built on Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud; backups stored in Germany (Hetzner/Acronis Frankfurt). Independent Berlin-based UG with no foreign parent company.

German hosting provider offering affordable dedicated servers, cloud storage, and backup solutions

German S3-compatible object storage with EU data centres.

German S3 object storage and colocation.

German cloud and hosting provider with S3-compatible object storage and backup solutions

German open-source self-hosted file sync, share, and backup platform

open-source

German open-source file hosting and collaboration platform for enterprise file management

owner in United States · open-source

Open-source fast and secure backup program supporting multiple storage backends

open-source

German (Holzkirchen near Munich); hybrid backup and disaster recovery software.

Open-source client/server network backup system (AGPL) with deduplication and full partition imaging, commercially sponsored by Infscape UG (Germany).

open-source

One of Europe's largest web hosting providers with data centres in Germany

Reliable German web host with ample storage capacity and personal customer service

German web host with managed hosting, WordPress and e-commerce solutions

German web host with wide hosting services and data centres in Germany

owner in United States

German web hosting provider with excellent value for money and data centres in Germany and Finland

German hosting provider with managed servers and cloud solutions

owner in United States

German managed WordPress hosting.

German managed hosting specialist for agencies and professional web projects

German premium managed WordPress hosting with focus on speed and sustainability

owner in Belgium

German hosting provider with managed servers and web hosting for professionals

Large German web host with wide offering from shared hosting to dedicated servers

Deutsche Telekom public cloud and VPS with German data centres.

German managed web hosting and servers.

German web host with flexible hosting packages and SSD storage

German open-source, self-hosted web analytics with no cookies or unique visitor IDs; no managed hosted service offered.

open-source

German cookieless web analytics focused on GDPR compliance.

Open-source privacy-friendly web analytics with free plan

open-source

Consent-free cookie-less web analytics and optimization platform

German open-source fair web analytics

open-source

Made and hosted in Germany; cookie-free analytics

German cookie-free web analytics requiring no consent banner, data hosted on German servers.

German privacy-friendly, cookieless web analytics.

Privacy-first app and web analytics with free plan

Privacy-friendly web analytics requiring no opt-in banner

German (Starnberg) short links, QR codes and link-in-bio pages with privacy-first, cookie-free per-link click analytics. A European alternative to Bitly, Linktree and Plausible combined.

Cookie-free web analytics with heatmaps and mouse tracking

GDPR-compliant privacy-focused web analytics

Legally and operationally isolated AWS cloud, run by Germany-incorporated subsidiary entities (AWS European Sovereign Cloud GmbH), with its first region in Brandenburg.

owner in United States

German VPS/hosting provider.

owner in United States

German cloud and colocation provider with Kubernetes

owner in France

German hosting company providing dedicated servers and cloud instances

German web hosting and cloud provider with data centres in Germany

owner in United States

German cloud and hosting provider with EU-only data centres

German data centre and hosting provider with managed servers and colocation

owner in Italy

German hosting with affordable VPS and root servers

German data centre operator with IT outsourcing and managed cloud solutions

Separate, EU-incorporated Oracle legal entities operate isolated cloud regions in Frankfurt and Madrid, with no backbone connection to Oracle's other cloud regions.

owner in United States

German managed cloud with sovereign solutions

owner in United Kingdom

German cloud (Schwarz Group).

Deutsche Telekom cloud platform.

German MACH-based headless commerce platform for enterprise-grade solutions

German search and navigation platform for e-commerce with AI-driven product recommendations

German e-commerce platform with comprehensive webshop functionality for SMEs

German B2B commerce platform for enterprise manufacturers and wholesalers

German e-commerce ERP and warehouse management solution for multichannel retail

German cloud ERP and e-commerce platform for medium-sized trading companies

OXID eSales is an e-commerce platform. Since 15 August 2022 the Community Edition is no longer available under an open-source (GPL3) license. Commercial use requires a monthly licensing fee; the current CE license permits only non-commercial, single-tenant use. The Enterprise Edition remains a commercial product.

German inventory management and fulfilment platform for Shopware webshops

German all-in-one e-commerce ERP combining shop, marketplace, and fulfilment management

German platform for product content management and feed integration for e-commerce

SCAYLE is the enterprise commerce engine originally developed by ABOUT YOU Holding SE, rebranded from ABOUT YOU Cloud / Commerce Suite in November 2021 and spun off as SCAYLE GmbH (separate legal entity) in August 2023. Now part of Zalando's B2B platform portfolio alongside ZEOS and Tradebyte. Available at scayle.com.

German open-source e-commerce platform for mid-market and enterprise merchants

open-source

German composable commerce platform for enterprise B2B and B2C use cases

open-source

Open-source Matrix chat client with focus on simplicity and privacy

open-source

Markdown collaboration; self-host.

open-source

German open-source social intranet and collaboration platform

open-source

Open-source self-hosted collaboration platform for file sync, chat, and office

open-source

Kanban board app for project management within Nextcloud

open-source

Video/voice within Nextcloud; self-host.

open-source

European open-source email, calendar, and productivity suite

open-source

German open-source video conferencing platform with focus on privacy and GDPR

open-source

Open-source collaborative whiteboard platform for visual collaboration

open-source

German project management and team communication with encryption

German enterprise messaging with GDPR compliance and MDM

German (Bremen) PLM platform (CIM Database), independent software vendor

Open-source parametric 3D CAD modeler for product design and mechanical engineering

open-source

German family-owned CAD software company headquartered in Berlin (founded 1977), developing the ARES Trinity of DWG-native CAD tools: ARES Commander (desktop), ARES Touch (mobile) and ARES Kudo (cloud), plus industry-specific verticals. Actively sold via subscription in 2026, with operations in 100+ countries.

German integrated 2D/3D CAD system (Dortmund) from ISD Software und Systeme for steel, sheet-metal and plant engineering.

German (Recklinghausen) PLM and DMS platform, independent software vendor since 1996

Open-source 2D CAD application for drafting and design

open-source

Integrated CAD/CAM/CAE solution for advanced product design and manufacturing

3D CAD, simulation and manufacturing software by Siemens Digital Industries

Product lifecycle management platform for engineering data and process management

German CAD/CAM and MES software (Martinsried near Munich, founded 1984) for model, mold and production machining.

open-source DMS and ECM platform from Germany with modular architecture

open-source

German enterprise wiki and knowledge base built on MediaWiki, open source.

open-source

German DMS and ECM platform for digital document workflows and archiving

German ECM system for document management integrated into the Windows file system

German cloud document management and workflow automation platform

owner in Japan

German intelligent content automation platform for ECM and BPM

owner in United States

German affordable DMS for SMEs with archive function and full-text search

German ECM system for document management, archiving and business processes

Open-source document management system for digitising physical documents

open-source

Open-source document management system with version control and workflows

open-source

German open-source learning management system used by universities and organisations across Europe

open-source

Mobile-first LMS by keeunit GmbH (Mainz, Germany), targeting frontline/enterprise training with gamification and multilingual support. Data stored exclusively in ISO 27001-certified data centers in Germany/EU (Azure Frankfurt), marketed as DSGVO-conform. Actively sold with current case studies.

WordPress-based LMS plugin popular in European education deployments

owner in United States

Bavarian state learning platform providing digital education tools for schools in Germany

Open-source lecture capture and video management system for higher education

open-source

German enterprise learning platform (Saarbrücken) combining LMS, content delivery and learning-experience capabilities, part of Scheer Group.

German modular, GDPR-compliant learning-management system (Munich), 25+ years active in the DACH region.

German open-source course management and learning platform for higher education institutions

open-source

German LMS/LXP platform (Karlsruhe) with learning portals and competency tracking, active since 1999.

Open-source framework for building and deploying LTI-compliant learning tools

open-source

German employee-experience and internal-communications platform (formerly Smarp/COYO).

German HR platform for digital personnel administration and payroll processing

German HR platform for travel expenses, time tracking and personnel management

German market leader in bike leasing as an employee benefit.

German HR platform for SMEs with leave and performance management

German HR platform for SMEs with leave and document management

owner in United States

Recruiting suite in the XING ecosystem

German HR management platform for payroll, recruiting and people ops

German HR software platform for talent management and recruiting

HR suite from SAP SE (Walldorf, DE); originally a US product (South San Francisco), SAP-owned since 2011

German CMDB.

owner in Netherlands · open-source

German ITSM/UEM suite.

German ITSM and business process management platform

Open-source ITSM and help-desk platform by Rother OSS GmbH (Oberasbach, Bavaria), an active fork of OTRS Community Edition with modern feature development

open-source

OTRS is a proprietary IT service management and help-desk platform. The open-source Community Edition was officially discontinued in January/February 2021 (EOL March 2020). The current product is sold exclusively as a commercial subscription (Starter/Advanced/Pro tiers). Since December 2024, OTRS AG is majority-owned by EasyVista SAS (France, Eurazeo PE).

owner in France

German IT service management and SAP consulting platform

open-source ticketing and issue tracking system for IT teams

open-source

German IT and customer service management platform

German helpdesk; self-host.

open-source

Open-source ITSM platform, community fork of OTRS from Germany

open-source

Checkmk is an open-source IT infrastructure monitoring platform developed by Checkmk GmbH (Munich, Germany). In February 2025, US growth-equity firm PSG Equity acquired a majority controlling stake, making PSG (US) the ultimate parent. The software itself remains open source, but the company is no longer EU-controlled.

open-source

German (Nuremberg) open-source (GPL/LGPL) system-statistics collection daemon written in C, with 100+ plugins for gathering performance metrics from systems and applications since 2005.

open-source

German open-source monitoring framework, fork of Nagios with modern architecture

open-source

German uptime and metrics monitoring.

German open-source IT monitoring platform with intuitive web interface

open-source

German all-in-one network monitoring platform for IT infrastructure

German mobile alerting platform for IT operations and incident management

German status-page and incident-communication service.

German uptime and performance monitoring.

German OpenTelemetry-native observability platform with an open-source core.

open-source

German office suite with word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, Microsoft format compatible

Open-source office suite by KDE e.V. (Berlin).

open-source

German open-source groupware suite with CRM, project management, and collaboration tools

open-source

Open-source, Microsoft-compatible office suite from a EuroStack consortium (IONOS, Nextcloud, XWiki, OpenProject, Soverin, Abilian, BTactic); tech preview March 2026, stable release summer 2026.

open-source

Free open-source office suite maintained by The Document Foundation in Germany

open-source

Integrated office suite within Nextcloud powered by Collabora Online for self-hosted collaboration

open-source

German open-source email, calendar, and office platform used by major European ISPs

open-source

Sovereign German government-initiative office suite (ZenDiS), bundled from open-source components.

open-source

German office suite with strong Microsoft Office compatibility and cross-platform support

German markdown writing tool for Mac and iOS, Apple Design Award winner.

German; ARIS Process Mining, part of the ARIS suite; ARIS holding company Software GmbH has been owned by America's Silver Lake since 2023.

owner in United States

German (Munich); world market leader in process mining / execution management, co-headquartered in New York; Celonis SE is a European (SE) legal entity.

German no-code/low-code workflow-automation platform (Bochum) with RPA integration and BPM.

German agentic process-intelligence platform capturing 100% of activity data, founded 2018.

German process-mining specialist (Berlin), acquired by US-based Appian.

owner in United States

German (Karlsruhe); process intelligence platform (mpmX), owned by Belgium's Fortino Capital since July 2025.

owner in Belgium

German process-mining solution fully embedded in Microsoft Power BI, developed by Process Analytics Factory.

Open-source Python library for process mining, maintained by Germany's Fraunhofer FIT, supporting process discovery and conformance checking fully locally.

open-source

German (Hamburg); process mining extensions for Microsoft Power BI and Qlik Sense, founded in 2019.

German; process mining and process modelling platform, part of SAP; second-category listing of the existing 'signavio' record (bpm-workflow).

German project management and work planning platform with intuitive interface

German cloud project management with task trees and Gantt charts

German open-source project management for strategy and execution

open-source

German task and project management with kanban boards

German collaborative knowledge base and wiki

German open-source project management software with Gantt, boards, and BIM

open-source

German project management platform based on Redmine with hosting in Germany

Open-source kanban board (self-hosted). Note: since v2.0 (May 2025) the project is no longer open source — it is distributed under a proprietary Fair Use License (source-available). Personal and internal company use remains free; commercial hosting for third parties requires a paid Pro/Enterprise licence from PLANKA Software GmbH.

open-source Kanban-bord and project management tool with comprehensive features

open-source

German project management suite with kanban, lists and mind maps

German global-trade, customs and logistics platform with WMS (Stuttgart, founded 1979), 7,000+ customers in 80 countries.

German platform (EPG ONE, Boppard, founded 1987) integrating WMS, WCS, TMS and workforce management, 1,600+ customers.

German; top-three global WMS vendor within the Körber group; KKR took a minority stake in 2021, Körber remains the majority owner.

German warehouse-management system (Berlin, founded 2001), a subsidiary of PSI Software SE.

German cloud-based warehouse-management system (Düsseldorf, founded 2017) for e-commerce and 3PL fulfilment.

German; SAP S/4HANA's maintenance and enterprise asset management module for plants and equipment.

German; SAP's warehouse management module within S/4HANA for complex warehouse operations.

German; SAP's cloud module for demand forecasting, S&OP and supply planning within S/4HANA.

German (Neunkirchen); warehouse management software from intralogistics group SSI Schäfer (software arm originating from the 2008 Austrian Salomon Automation acquisition).

German (Ulm); cloud-based transportation management platform, owned by America's Trimble since April 2023.

owner in United States

Checkmk is an open-source IT infrastructure monitoring platform developed by Checkmk GmbH (Munich, Germany). In February 2025, US growth-equity firm PSG Equity acquired a majority controlling stake, making PSG (US) the ultimate parent. The software itself remains open source, but the company is no longer EU-controlled.

open-source

German non-profit Git hosting as an alternative to GitHub and GitLab

open-source

Community-driven open-source Git forge, EU-governed fork of Gitea

open-source

British DevOps platform for development and test environments in Kubernetes

owner in Israel · open-source

Lightweight self-hosted Git service written in Go

open-source

German (Berlin); open source job scheduling platform, dual-licensed (GPLv3 + commercial).

open-source

Open-source real-time monitoring and observability platform

open-source

Open-source CI/CD tool for Kubernetes deployment and image building

open-source

EU community-driven open-source CI/CD engine

open-source

Online form/survey/quiz builder operated by Komorebi GmbH (Bonn, Germany; acquired AidaForm e.K. in Oct 2023). Offers per-form data-center selection, including a Germany-only storage option, alongside a global/US option; site markets 'GDPR-ready' compliance. Actively sold with conditional logic, calculators and multimedia support.

easyfeedback GmbH (registered in Koblenz, Germany, not Hamburg as originally proposed) operates a GDPR-compliant survey and feedback platform on German servers, ISO 27001 and TISAX certified, serving employee, customer and market research use cases.

Feedback and survey platform for schools/corporates by Edkimo GmbH (Berlin, Germany; est. 2015), used by 100,000+ teachers. Hosted on German infrastructure (Hetzner Online, ALL-INKL) with anonymous, aggregated response collection. Actively sold with tiered pricing and free trial as of 2026; note the ISO 27001 certification and Finland server claim in the original rationale could not be independently verified on Edkimo's own privacy policy page.

German AI-assisted online survey platform (rebranded from empirio.de in February 2026), offering questionnaire creation, automated translation and AI-based response analysis, hosted in Germany.

German open-source survey and experience management

open-source

German GDPR-compliant online survey tool

German survey platform; self-hostable

open-source

Forms app for Nextcloud; self-hostable

open-source

German online survey platform (QUESTIONSTAR) based in Hannover, originating from a Leibniz University Hannover research project (2002) and commercially launched under its current brand in 2019. Owner-managed, offers freemium/subscription plans with all features available across tiers, GDPR-compliant with German-hosted infrastructure.

Munich-based email marketing and marketing automation vendor (AGNITAS AG), founded 1999. ISO 27001/27017/27018 triple-certified, German-hosted cloud infrastructure. Offers SaaS, private cloud, and on-premise licensing, plus a free open-source edition (OpenEMM). Serves banking, insurance, energy, logistics, and public-sector clients; actively developed with a 25th-anniversary release noted in 2024.

open-source

German email marketing platform with GDPR focus

German marketing automation platform with lead management

German email marketing platform for professional newsletters

German open-source, self-hostable email-marketing platform.

open-source

German email marketing platform by XQueue for large sending volumes

German marketing cloud platform with insight-driven campaigns

German email marketing platform, now part of Brevo (FR), majority-owned since late 2025 by Oakley Capital (UK) and General Atlantic (US).

owner in United Kingdom

German email marketing tool, data exclusively in Germany

owner in France

German (Hamburg) platform for financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and group consolidation for SMEs, active since the 1990s and part of the German proALPHA Group.

German enterprise performance management and BI platform

German (Berlin) financial consolidation and corporate performance management platform; majority stake held by UK's Hg Capital since 2022

owner in United Kingdom

Independent German (Berlin) cloud platform for OKRs and strategy execution, with goal tracking and AI-assisted strategy tools, active since 2014 at 2,000+ organisations.

Cloud-based operational and financial planning software for sales, cost center, and personnel cost planning.

SAP's unified cloud platform for planning and analytics (including Business Planning and Consolidation) for financial consolidation, budgeting and forecasting, with an EU-sovereign hosting option on SAP's own European cloud infrastructure.

Independent German (Munich) web-based controlling and EPM system (cost accounting, planning, KPI dashboards), active since 2011, with data hosted exclusively on German data centres in Munich.

German (Idstein) publicly listed corporate performance management platform, part of Serviceware SE

German (Berlin) spin-off of the Hasso Plattner Institute; scenario-planning and financial-simulation software

German enterprise BPM suite for process analysis, design and optimization

owner in United States

German open-source workflow-automation alternative to Zapier.

open-source

Camunda is a German business process management (BPM) and workflow automation platform. Camunda 8 (Self-Managed) moved to the proprietary Camunda License v1 in October 2024 (v8.6); production use requires a paid license. Camunda 7 remains Apache 2.0 but is in maintenance mode.

German open-source workflow engine based on BPMN 2.0 for Java applications

open-source

Open-source no-code/low-code platform combining BPM, workflow and app building

open-source

Berlin-based workflow automation tool with a self-hosting option. Fair-code under the Sustainable Use License — source-available, not OSI-approved.

German process management and mining platform, now part of SAP

German agentic-AI platform automating engineering and product-development workflows.

German PaaS platform (founded 2008) built on Cloud Foundry, with German data centres and managed PostgreSQL/MongoDB/MySQL/Redis.

Self-hosted PaaS platform (Docker + nginx) that was open source under Apache 2.0 until July 2023. Since v1.x (July 2023) the project uses a custom restricted licence: paid features may not be modified or redistributed without a written agreement, and a mandatory EULA applies. The free/community tier remains source-available but the project is no longer open source under the OSI definition.

open-source

German platform for self-management of web apps with automatic updates

German PaaS specialised in PHP and Laravel hosting solutions

German DevOps-as-a-Service platform for GDPR-compliant deployments on German Hetzner data centres, focused on digital sovereignty.

German sovereign GPU cloud for AI workloads with EU data centres (launched June 2025).

German Docker PaaS with flat hourly server pricing and unlimited containers, GDPR-compliant.

German hosting service with flexible pay-what-you-want PaaS model

German platform from Gütersloh combining DAM and PIM for media management and product data

Bochum-based cloud-native PIM with integrated DAM (formerly eggheads), owner-managed.

German fully open-source DAM system (Regensburg, GPLv3) with built-in product-information management, from AtroCore GmbH.

open-source

German omnichannel content platform from Munich combining DAM, PIM and content management

German media-neutral DAM repository (Hamburg) for centralised management of digital assets and product images.

German production DAM (Kehl, since 1985) for cross-media content management.

German DAM vendor (since 2000) with AI workflows and PIM/CMS/shop integrations.

German DAM (since 2015) with AI tagging and REST-API integrations.

German (Soest); Aagon Client Management Platform for software deployment, inventory and patch management.

German (Augsburg); Unified Endpoint Management and patch management, part of the WITTENSTEIN group.

German (Berlin); mobile device management solution from Cortado Mobile Solutions.

German (Leipzig); UEM/IT asset management suite (inventory, patch, license and mobile device management).

German; UEM module of the Matrix42 suite, listed separately from the ITSM entry.

German (Mainz, uib GmbH); open source client management system for Windows and Linux devices.

open-source

German unified-endpoint-management platform (Paderborn) with AI-driven discovery and patch management.

German (Stuttgart); UEM/MDM solution from MWAY GROUP, GDPR-compliant hosting.

German medical software for surgery/imaging.

German healthcare IT vendor.

German software platform for outpatient and inpatient care institutions

owner in United States

German hospital information systems.

owner in United States

German platform for online appointments and patient communication in healthcare

German MRI, CT and medical imaging systems provider

German cloud platform for medical image storage and PACS archiving

German PACS/enterprise imaging vendor.

Munich-based AI agents for legal and compliance workflows with explainability.

German no-code platform for legal automation and decision trees

German AI-driven CLM (Halle/Saale) for mid-sized DACH enterprises with ISO 27001-certified Frankfurt servers.

German SaaS CLM with AI risk analysis, automated deadline control and a blockchain audit trail, originating from research at Humboldt University Berlin.

German intelligent-document-processing provider (Hannover) with self-learning AI for legal and insurance documents.

Berlin-based AI operating system for law firms and notaries.

German platform for automating legal documents with AI

German AI-integrated CLM platform mapping the entire contract process, with an intelligent contract assistant.

XMPP chat client for Android with OMEMO encryption

open-source

German open-source messenger via existing email infrastructure

open-source

Modern XMPP desktop client with OMEMO encryption

open-source

German secure business messenger with GDPR compliance

German end-to-end encrypted messaging platform (Uney GmbH) with voice/video calls and groups up to 2,000 members.

XMPP messaging app with phone number linking for easy contact

open-source

German GDPR-compliant messaging platform for organisations

Decentralised peer-to-peer messaging protocol with end-to-end encryption

open-source

Personal knowledge and productivity tool with end-to-end encryption and local-first storage. The protocol layer (any-sync, any-block) is MIT-licensed open source, but the client applications (desktop, mobile) and middleware (anytype-heart) are released under the proprietary Any Source Available License 1.0, which prohibits commercial use without permission. Not fully open source.

Collaborative Markdown editor for real-time collaboration on notes

open-source

Notes app for Nextcloud; self-hostable in EU

open-source

Task management integrated into Nextcloud with CalDAV synchronisation

open-source

Task module by OpenProject for structured task management

open-source

Powerful open-source CLI task manager with synchronisation server

open-source

Open-source task management; self-hostable

open-source

Open-source Markdown editor for academic writing and notes

open-source

Fork of Pleroma with extra features for federated social networks

open-source

Federated social network for tracking and discussing books

open-source

Decentralised social network with focus on privacy and data ownership

open-source

Decentralised social network with support for diverse protocols

open-source

Decentralised platform for social networks, cloud and web publishing

open-source

German open-source decentralised social network (Fediverse)

open-source

Lightweight ActivityPub server for decentralised social networks

open-source

German professional network and recruiting platform

Open-source headless CMS with JSON API and flexible content models

open-source

German CMS widely used in DACH region; self-hostable

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German headless CMS from Berlin (formerly GraphCMS) with GraphQL API and content federation

German flat-file CMS for self-hosting

Open-source enterprise CMS built on Python with strong security

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Open-source visual CMS for static websites with component builder

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Open-source CMS and CMF with powerful API and flexible architecture

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German GRC platform for privacy management, compliance and auditing

Munich-based compliance and security platform (operated by DataCo GmbH) combining AI automation with expert support for ISO 27001, GDPR, TISAX, NIS2 and EU AI Act, serving over 4,000 organizations in 50+ countries, with optional managed DPO outsourcing.

German GRC platform (Munich) with a privacy module, an established enterprise player.

Munich-based AI-driven compliance automation (ISO 27001, GDPR, NIS2).

German AI-native GRC platform (Berlin, founded 2025) for EU financial services with a DORA focus and EU data residency.

German GRC and trust-center platform from Orbiq GmbH (Hamburg), letting organizations externalize their security and compliance posture via a branded, customer-facing trust center, with support for NIS2, DORA, ISO 27001 and TISAX, hosted on European infrastructure.

Berlin-based compliance automation for ISO 27001, SOC 2, TISAX and NIS2.

German professional 3D modelling, animation and rendering software (Friedrichsdorf) from Maxon, part of the Nemetschek Group.

Open-source RAW workflow tool.

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Open-source image editor.

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Open-source vector editor.

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German vector design application (formerly Vectornator) for Mac and iPad

German presentation and design platform (Canva/PowerPoint alternative)

Free vector graphic design application for web and desktop

German family-owned industrial automation manufacturer headquartered in Verl, offering PC-based control technology, I/O terminals, motion control and the EtherCAT fieldbus standard for embedded/industrial IoT applications. Independent, ~5,450 employees, €1.24B 2025 turnover.

IoT platform by Bosch for device management, data integration and digital twins

Enterprise IoT platform for device management, data analysis and smart rules

Open-source EU platform for smart solutions in cities, industry and agriculture

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German IIoT platform for condition monitoring and process optimisation in industry

Edge computing platform by Siemens for industrial automation and data analysis

Industrial IoT platform by Siemens for connecting and analysing factory data

Open-source cycling route planner with offline routing based on OSM

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German map and location platform with geocoding and routing

German open-source routing engine with fast calculations

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German route planning and navigation platform

owner in Italy

German route planner specially for motorcyclists with winding routes

German cycling navigation app and route planner with community contributions

German open-source routing service based on OpenStreetMap-data

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Linux distribution with the latest KDE Plasma desktop on Ubuntu basis

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Arch-based Linux distribution with user-friendly installation

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German Linux distribution with choice of Tumbleweed (rolling) and Leap (stable)

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Open-source operating system compatible with Windows applications

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Privacy operating system that provides anonymity via the Tor network

owner in United States · open-source

German open-source Linux distribution by TUXEDO Computers

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Mobile and desktop operating system based on Ubuntu Touch

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German open-source team password management with GPG and git

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German hardware-backed password management with biometrics

German open-source offline password manager

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German enterprise password manager with server mode for teams

Open-source password manager originally designed by Bruce Schneier

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Enterprise password management with KeePass compatibility and team features

German open-source self-hosted password management for teams

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German B2B payment platform for buy-now-pay-later and trade financing

German payment platform with worldwide payment processing and omnichannel solutions

owner in Italy

European payment processing platform with point-of-sale and e-commerce solutions

owner in United States

German B2B payment platform for buy-now-pay-later and flexible payment terms

German omnichannel payment platform for online and in-store payment processing

owner in France

German payment platform by Bertelsmann for buy-now-pay-later and invoicing

German payment provider offering omnichannel payment solutions for the DACH region

German time tracking and project management tool

German automatic time tracking software

German time-tracking SaaS from timeBuzzer GmbH (Saarbrücken), aimed at European SMEs and freelancers, offering simple time logging with an optional physical device for task switching.

German time-tracking tool (Bergheim) for medical/dental practices and SMBs, with shift planning.

German automatic time-tracking app for macOS.

German time tracking app for Mac and iOS

German on-premises time-tracking software (Bavaria), GDPR-compliant, founded 1999.

Personal Windows backup software with incremental backup scheduling

Deduplicating open-source backup tool with compression and encryption

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Open-source file synchronisation and backup tool with visual comparison

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Windows backup software for complete system and file restoration

Simple open-source backup tool for GNOME based on BorgBackup

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Fast and secure open-source backup tool with deduplication and encryption

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German privacy-focused captcha solution

Open-source framework by the City of Munich's IT department (it-at-m) wrapping ALTCHA in a secure, multi-tenant Spring Boot microservice for government portals.

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German privacy-friendly proof-of-work captcha service

GDPR-compliant, cookieless bot-protection CAPTCHA product from Myra Security GmbH, a Munich-based, ISO 27001/BSI C5/PCI DSS certified German security vendor, marketed explicitly as independent from US CLOUD Act/FISA 702 jurisdiction.

German invisible, cookieless GDPR-compliant CAPTCHA, EU-hosted.

German GDPR-compliant captcha service

German, audit-proof enterprise email archiving system for GDPR/GoBD-compliant storage of millions of emails, integrable with any email/groupware system. Developed by LWsystems GmbH (Bad Iburg); core and web app under AGPLv3, some modules proprietary.

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German open-source groupware platform with email, CRM, project management and more

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German open-source email server platform with Docker-based installation

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German enterprise standard for legally sound, GDPR-compliant email archiving, installable locally on your own infrastructure. Developed by MailStore Software GmbH, a subsidiary of Canadian OpenText since 2024.

owner in Canada

German open-source email and groupware platform for providers and companies

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German open-source groupware suite (email, calendar, contacts, CRM, HR/personnel management, file sharing) developed and sponsored by Metaways Infosystems GmbH, based in Hamburg. Tine 2.0.Org community edition is licensed under AGPLv3; Metaways offers commercial support, managed hosting (tine20.com/tine20.net), and enterprise editions. Actively maintained as of 2026 with a live commercial offering.

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German research institute that develops open-source geospatial software

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German company specialised in spatial data infrastructure and GIS consulting

German company that develops the deegree open-source web services for INSPIRE directives

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Open-source JavaScript library for interactive maps in the web browser

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German GIS company specialised in open-source geospatial solutions

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German company behind Mapbender, specialised in spatial data infrastructure

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German; hardware network analysis and monitoring appliances (Network Multimeter) for troubleshooting.

German; highly-certified firewalls and VPN gateways for government and critical infrastructure, on-prem.

German; open source Linux firewall, developed with commercial support from Lightning Wire Labs.

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German (part of Rohde & Schwarz); routers, Wi-Fi APs and network management (LANCOM Management Cloud), made in Germany.

German (part of US-based Belden since 2022); network access control software for endpoint visibility.

owner in United States

German; Unified Threat Management firewalls, developed and manufactured in Germany without backdoors.

German ATS and recruitment platform for medium-sized and large organisations

German ATS platform with focus on optimising the application process

German free job platform and ATS for SMEs

German recruitment platform integrated with the XING network for active sourcing

Recruitmentmodule by the German HR platform Personio for the entire recruitment process

German ATS with feedback-driven recruitment process and candidate experience

owner in Poland

German cloud PBX/VoIP and Microsoft Teams Operator Connect provider based in Alzenau, Bavaria, operating its own IP network and ISO-27001-certified German data centers with explicit German-law/data-residency positioning.

Open-source SIP server for VoIP, WebRTC and real-time communications

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German cloud PBX provider for business communications across Europe

German business phone system with unified communications and team messaging

German VoIP provider offering business phone systems and SIP trunking

German-designed enterprise VoIP desk phones, DECT and hospitality handsets; wholly owned by VTech Holdings (Hong Kong) since 2016 but HQ, engineering and manufacturing coordination remain in Berlin.

owner in Hong Kong SAR China

Berlin-based agentic automation platform for end-to-end business processes

Munich-based enterprise AI agent platform with observability, human-in-the-loop approval flows and EU AI Act tooling, full EU data residency.

German autonomous AI agents for coworking that manage their own workflows independently

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Enterprise AI workspace platform for multitasking, model aggregation and agentic automation

Open-source AI assistant built into the Nextcloud collaboration platform (Stuttgart, Germany), enabling on-premises/self-hosted content generation, summarization, translation and document analysis with open-source LLM backends, avoiding third-party data exposure. Actively offered as part of Nextcloud Hub in 2026.

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German low-code iPaaS and API-integration platform (Bonn); unrelated to Elastic NV.

Open-source API management platform for building and managing REST APIs

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German low-code iPaaS and API integration platform headquartered in Hamburg (corrected from proposed Frankfurt, which is only the server-hosting location), with 1000+ connectors. Acquired by Aareon AG (also a German company) in February 2023; infrastructure hosted in Frankfurt, ISO 27001 certified, GDPR-compliant.

Open-source Identity & Access Proxy (Germany) for API authentication, authorization and policy-driven request mutation; self-hosted or via Ory Network with EU data residency.

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German (SAP) iPaaS platform for integrating applications, APIs and B2B processes on SAP BTP.

German zero-knowledge encrypted cloud storage with high security

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German cloud storage service with servers exclusively in Germany

EU file sync; self-hostable in EU

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German cloud storage service by STRATO with European data centres

Free cloud storage by the German WEB.DE mail platform

German WordPress cookie consent and content blocker

German consent management platform (CMP) for TCF compliance and privacy control

owner in Belgium

Open-source, privacy-friendly consent manager with GDPR compliance, maintained by Germany's KIProtect GmbH.

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Enterprise data-protection suite that anonymises data streams in real time and validates consent tokens before they reach analytics platforms. Developed by KIProtect GmbH (Berlin, Germany) — the same company behind the already-catalogued consent widget Klaro!, but a separate product.

German consent management platform for cookie banners and privacy compliance

German CRM platform for medium-sized and large enterprises

German CRM for SMEs by CAS Software AG

German simple online CRM system for small companies and freelancers

German CRM and contact management system for SMEs

German simple CRM for small companies and start-ups

Lightweight open-source DNS proxy and blocker written in Go

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German anti-censorship DNS service from the privacy non-profit Digitalcourage e.V. (since 1987), with no query logging.

Free DNS resolver with ad, malware and tracking filter from the German privacy provider Dismail.de, run by an individual operator in Münster.

German privacy-first DNS resolver (xTom GmbH, Düsseldorf) with no query or IP logging.

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Free, filter-free DNS resolver run by the German non-profit Freifunk München, hosted entirely within the EU (Munich and Vienna) with DoH/DoT/DoQ support.

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German domain registrar with competitive pricing

Domain registration service by Germany's IONOS (United Internet group), with EU-only data centres.

German ICANN-accredited domain registrar operated by CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH, headquartered in Dusseldorf, offering domain registration, DNS, and SSL services with EU data residency.

Independent German wholesale registrar (7+ million domains), founded 1998.

German domain registrar and web presence provider

German free webmail service (since 1997), part of United Internet.

German email and groupware.

Self-hosted mailserver stack; EU-operated

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German privacy mail provider.

German open-source encrypted email service

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German carbon accounting platform for Scope 1-3 emissions tracking.

Munich-based supply-chain sustainability and supplier-risk platform.

Mannheim-based ESG and supply-chain compliance platform (CSRD, LkSG/CSDDD, EUDR, CBAM); independent, growth capital from Goldman Sachs Alternatives among others (2026).

Berlin-based carbon-accounting and decarbonisation software.

Munich-based ESG and carbon-accounting software for industry (CSRD, CBAM, PCF).

German mobile neobank with free account and real-time notifications

German banking-as-a-service bank (Berlin) with a full German banking licence, majority-owned by Japan's SBI Group.

owner in Japan

German sustainable bank that invests money in climate and environmental projects

German neobroker from Berlin with a BaFin banking license for investing and saving in the EU

German fintech app for banking, investing and cashback rewards

German hi-res audio-streaming service (Berlin, founded 2010) prioritising sound quality over algorithms and advertising.

German classical music streaming platform

German radio-based streaming platform with 180+ channels focused on classical, jazz and film music.

Berlin-based audio platform for music sharing and streaming

German classical-music streaming platform from Deutsche Grammophon (Universal Music Group) with livestreams and lossless audio.

owner in United States

German booking and reservation platform from Berlin for tours, activities and attractions

German GDPR-compliant scheduling platform as European Calendly alternative

German open-source ticketing platform from Heidelberg for events and conferences

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German digital appointment system for local service providers and retailers

owner in Sweden

German online appointment system for companies with resource planning

German search engine focused on sustainability

German privacy search engine by SUMA-EV with anonymous proxy

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European search initiative focused on fair and transparent search results

Self-hostable meta search engine that combines results from multiple sources

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Decentralised peer-to-peer search engine without a central server

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German translation management system from Karlsbad for enterprise localisation and compliance

owner in Canada

AI-powered translation service known for high-quality neural machine translation

Localization platform combining TMS, machine translation and software localization tools

German-Czech translation management system from Hamburg and Prague (formerly Memsource)

German workflow software for translation agencies and departments, including an interpreting module.

Privacy-friendly, Chromium-based browser by Berlin's Ecosia GmbH, the well-known green search engine.

Open-source KDE browser, lightweight and cross-platform

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KDE web browser and file manager with KHTML engine

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Firefox fork focused on privacy, security and freedom without telemetry

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German BI company from Nuremberg, known for the DeltaMaster reporting and analysis software for OLAP databases.

German (Berlin) BI dashboard platform; part of RIB Software, which has been owned by French Schneider Electric since 2020.

owner in France

German enterprise performance management and BI platform (second category: business intelligence alongside analytics).

German (Wiesbaden) open-source BI platform from InfoFabrik, combines Jasper, BIRT and Mondrian reporting.

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Open-source command-line tool (MIT licence) to create and validate 'data contracts', preventing changes in production systems from unexpectedly breaking downstream reports. Developed by consultants at INNOQ (Germany).

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Enterprise knowledge graph platform for semantic data governance, integration, and machine-readable knowledge management.

German solution (SAP) for centralized master-data management and governance within the SAP landscape.

German (Pforzheim) company for customer and master data quality, DACH market leader in address management.

German (Berlin) company behind dlt, an open-source Python library for data loading/pipelines.

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German (Landshut) MQTT broker and industrial data platform for IoT/edge-to-cloud.

German (SAP) on-premises solution for data integration, data quality and text data processing.

German (Berlin) DataOps platform for production-ready data pipelines on BigQuery/Snowflake.

German log storage and crash reporting for mobile and web

German open-source error-tracking platform, Sentry-compatible.

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PHP profiling, error tracking and real-time performance monitoring

German mobile-app-analytics platform with crash reporting and session replay for iOS, Android, Flutter and React Native.

German trust services (eIDAS)

German e-signature platform ('Made & Hosted in Germany' since 2011), BSI C5 and ISO 27001 certified.

German e-signature platform, exclusively German-hosted, with AES/QES and facial recognition.

German eIDAS-compliant e-signature startup (Munich, founded 2021) with simple, advanced and qualified signatures.

Berlin-based app for holistic blood testing (90+ biomarkers) in accredited German labs.

owner in Switzerland

German modular DNA-testing platform (Schwerin) for metabolism, fitness and skin, founded 2012.

German men's-health telehealth platform (Wellster Healthtech Group, Berlin).

Berlin-based at-home blood and DNA tests for nutrition and health.

Berlin-based workflow automation tool under a fair-code licence (Sustainable Use License) — source-available, not OSI-approved.

German low-code database platform from Berlin for building business applications

German low-code spreadsheet-database platform from Mainz, EU-hosted

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German (Würzburg) web-based low-code platform focused on building integrated enterprise, IoT and industrial-operational applications.

Open-source RAW photo editing and workflow application for photographers

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Open-source photo management and editing application by the KDE project

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Open-source video editor by the KDE project with professional editing capabilities

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Open-source AI-driven photo management platform with self-hosting capability

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German omnichannel messaging API (Lübeck) with EU-only processing, ISO 9001/27001 certified.

German SMS API (Berlin, 18+ years) with German hosting, regulated under Germany's TTDSG.

German SMS and WhatsApp messaging API with a GDPR focus.

German programmable communications API provider (SMS, RCS, WhatsApp/A2P messaging and voice) legally headquartered as tyntec GmbH in Munich; still an active Tier-1 CPaaS provider in 2026. Note: the submitted rationale cited Düsseldorf as the HQ city, but the company's own legal imprint (tyntec.com/imprint) lists Munich (Brienner Str. 45 a-d, 80333 München) as the registered headquarters — country (DE) is correct, city claim was inaccurate.

German public broadcasting streaming platform

Joyn is Germany's largest free ad-supported streaming service, operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE (Germany). Since September 2025, ProSiebenSat.1 is majority-controlled (75.61% stake) by MFE-MediaForEurope N.V., a pan-European media group incorporated in the Netherlands (Amsterdam) and operationally headquartered in Cologno Monzese, Italy, controlled by Italy's Berlusconi family via Fininvest.

owner in Netherlands

German streaming platform by RTL Group

German public broadcasting streaming platform

Open-source Kubernetes-as-a-Service for scalable cluster management, governed by the NeoNephos Foundation (Linux Foundation Europe) since 2025

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German managed Kubernetes platform for enterprise cloud-native infrastructure

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German enterprise Kubernetes platform for multi-cloud container management

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German managed Kubernetes platform hosted in EU data centres

AI-powered writing assistant from DeepL that corrects grammar, improves word choice, and enhances clarity and style across English, German, French, and Spanish (with additional languages in other tiers). Built on DeepL's translation-informed language models. Free tier plus DeepL Write Pro subscription for individuals and enterprise/teams.

German grammar and spelling checker with AI-powered writing assistant

German open-source grammar, spelling, and style checker supporting 30+ languages

owner in United States · open-source

German AI tool for content generation, copywriting and SEO optimization

German open-source multi-model database (document, graph, key-value).

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Open-source graph and document database, part of SAP (Germany) since 2018.

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In-memory column-store database by SAP for real-time analytics and transaction processing

Fast remote desktop application with low latency for support and collaboration

German enterprise remote support and remote desktop solution with GDPR focus

Enterprise remote connectivity platform for support, access and IoT management

Free DNS hosting with DNSSEC support run by a German non-profit

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German CDN and DDoS protection platform for critical infrastructure

Berlin-based customer-data and prediction platform tying marketing automation to Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) models. Founded 2015; part of the Dutch Spotler Group since December 2023 (the same owner as the already-catalogued Squeezely/Spotler Activate).

owner in Netherlands

German (Berlin) AI-powered customer data platform for customer profiles, audience enrichment and real-time personalisation.

In-memory analytics database for high-performance data analysis and warehousing

German (SAP) packaged data warehouse on top of SAP HANA for real-time enterprise analytics; on-prem or cloud, maintained through 2040.

German (Y Combinator) cloud-cost-management platform across AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake and Databricks.

German multi-cloud governance platform (Frankfurt) with cost allocation.

German live chat and messaging platform for customer service via website and WhatsApp

German open-source helpdesk system with ticketing, live chat and knowledge base

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German B2B e-procurement platform (Munich, founded 1999), now rebranded as Unite Procurement.

German (Stuttgart) cloud platform for procurement and spend management, active since 2000

German modern test management platform unifying manual, automated and exploratory testing

Web-based test management platform (Gurock Software, Germany) with EU data residency; owned by Idera (US).

owner in United States

German VPN product from Avira, distinct from the already-catalogued general Avira antivirus suite.

German VPN service with open-source client and zero-knowledge policy.

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German AI coding assistant by Scramble Cloud UG (Hannover) with GDPR-by-design processing, zero code retention, and EU-only data processing under German/EU law.

German cloud digital signage solution with app marketplace and CMS

Open-source desktop editor for H5P content without server installation

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German enterprise search specialist founded 2000; GDPR and EU AI Act compliant search platform with the iFinder product.

German (Munich) bootstrapped platform for feedback, voting, roadmap, changelog and NPS/CSAT surveys; EU-only hosting on Azure.

German tag management system from Karlsruhe, now operating under the DYMATRIX brand after a rebrand, still headquartered in Germany.

German privacy-first whiteboard platform for regulated industries; all data is processed exclusively on German servers (IONOS, ISO 27001) with no transfer to third countries. On-premises option available.