About Digital Independence
About this project
digital-independence.org is a non-commercial resource dedicated to providing fact-based information about digital independence. Our goal is political neutrality: present multiple perspectives, cite primary sources, separate facts from commentary.
We believe that informed decisions require honest information — not marketing-driven “Top 10 alternatives” lists with affiliate links, but differentiated evaluations that consider the actual use case.
For the full reasoning behind this project: Why digital-independence.org?
Why this exists
The debate about digital sovereignty in Europe is often driven by politics, marketing, or ideology. What’s missing is a technically grounded perspective that strives for neutrality and:
- Evaluates Open Source alternatives honestly — including their weaknesses
- Differentiates by use case rather than making blanket recommendations
- Evaluates EU initiatives like openDesk/ZenDiS on their technical merits — strengths and challenges
- Considers architecture and long-term maintainability, not just features
Our approach
No affiliate links. We do not earn from recommendations. Products and providers are evaluated solely on technical and factual grounds.
Use-case differentiation. The right answer for a German federal agency is different from the right answer for a ten-person engineering firm. We state this explicitly rather than making blanket recommendations.
Primary sources. We cite the actual regulation text, the actual survey data, the actual deployment report — not secondary summaries of secondary summaries.
European context. The CLOUD Act, GDPR, and EU procurement rules create a specific environment. We write from that context, not from a US-centric viewpoint.
How to contribute
This is an open project. If you have expertise in any of our topic areas and want to contribute fact-based content, get in touch via the contact page.