Category: Office & Productivity
8 European alternatives to Etherpad — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted.
Open-source real-time collaborative text editor, widely deployed across European institutions
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 Etherpad
- 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
- Group-Office↗
Dutch open-source groupware with email, calendar, file sharing, and CRM modules
NL · open-source
- LibreOffice↗
Free open-source office suite maintained by The Document Foundation in Germany
DE · open-source
- Nextcloud Office↗
Integrated office suite within Nextcloud powered by Collabora Online for self-hosted collaboration
DE · open-source
Frequently asked questions
What is the best European alternative to Etherpad?
It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Etherpad 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 Etherpad?
Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Etherpad include CryptPad, EGroupware, grommunio, Group-Office, Horde, LibreOffice and Nextcloud Office. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.
Is Etherpad GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?
Etherpad is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes Etherpad an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.