Category: Office & Productivity
8 European alternatives to Calligra Suite — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted.
Open-source office suite by KDE e.V. (Berlin).
Facts
- Headquarters
- DE (EU)
- Category
- Office & Productivity
- Type
- Product
- GDPR-compliant
- Yes
- Open-source
- Yes
- Data hosting
- EU
Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Calligra Suite
- Ashampoo Office↗
German office suite with word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, Microsoft format compatible
DE · commercial
- EGroupware↗
German open-source groupware suite with CRM, project management, and collaboration tools
DE · open-source
- Euro-Office↗
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.
DE · open-source
- Group-Office↗
Dutch open-source groupware with email, calendar, file sharing, and CRM modules
NL · open-source
Frequently asked questions
What is the best European alternative to Calligra Suite?
It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Calligra Suite include Ashampoo Office, CryptPad and EGroupware. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.
Are there open-source alternatives to Calligra Suite?
Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Calligra Suite include CryptPad, EGroupware, Etherpad, Euro-Office, grommunio, Group-Office and Horde. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.
Is Calligra Suite GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?
Calligra Suite is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes Calligra Suite an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.