Europe on a roll: Plans Open source alternative to Confluence and Jira, going all in for digital sovereignty with open source tools.
Europe’s push towards digital sovereignty is gaining serious momentum in 2025. Amid growing concerns over data privacy, access, and surveillance, many regions are distancing themselves from U.S.-based tech giants like Microsoft in favor of open source alternatives.
A growing number of European initiatives are working to keep infrastructure, data, and innovation within the continent. Their goal is to reduce dependence on foreign tech platforms that lock in customers and to build long-term digital independence through local open source development.
In a notable development, two European open source organizations have teamed up to offer an alternative to two popular workflow tools.
What’s Happening: XWiki and OpenProject have announced that they are working on creating a fully open source alternative to Atlassian’s Confluence and Jira, two of the most widely used workflow and collaboration tools out there.
