European alternatives to Basecamp
A deliberately simple project-management and team-communication tool from the opinionated makers at 37signals. Privately held and notably running on its own hardware rather than the big clouds, though still a US company.
Company information about Basecamp
- Company
- 37signals LLC
- Headquarters
- Chicago, United States
- Founded
- 2004
- Data jurisdiction
- United States
- Ownership
- Privately held
- GDPR
- No
- Open source
- No
- Infrastructure
- Own infrastructure
Why people switch away from Basecamp
European alternatives to Basecamp
Berlin-based open-source project management platform with Gantt charts, Scrum and Kanban boards, time tracking, and wiki. Self-hostable with full data sovereignty. Used by governments and enterprises across Europe. No US parent, no CLOUD Act exposure.
Open-source agile project management tool by Madrid-based Kaleidos with 1M+ users. Scrum and Kanban boards, backlog management, and sprint planning. Self-hostable with full data sovereignty. Built by the same team behind Penpot.
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Why avoid United States-owned services?
CLOUD Act
Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.
FISA Section 702
Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.
GDPR vs US law conflict
EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.