Digital Sovereignty
Built in Germany. Hosted in Europe.
Section titled “Built in Germany. Hosted in Europe.”HitKeep is designed and developed in Recklinghausen, Germany by an independent developer. The entire codebase — backend, frontend, tracking script, and documentation — is written, reviewed, and released from Germany.
This is not a marketing label. It is an architectural decision with legal consequences:
- HitKeep Cloud EU runs in Frankfurt, Germany on Hetzner infrastructure — a German hosting provider subject to German and EU law.
- No data leaves the EU unless you explicitly choose the US region.
- No US-headquartered subprocessors are involved in the EU data path.
- The binary makes zero outbound network calls — no telemetry, no license checks, no CDN dependencies.
Why Sovereignty Matters
Section titled “Why Sovereignty Matters”After the Schrems II ruling invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield, any analytics tool that routes data through US infrastructure creates legal risk under GDPR. The default configuration of most analytics platforms — including Google Analytics, Mixpanel, and Amplitude — transfers personal data to the United States.
HitKeep takes the opposite approach:
| Aspect | HitKeep (Self-Hosted) | HitKeep Cloud EU | Typical SaaS Analytics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data location | Your server | Frankfurt, DE | US / global CDN |
| Subprocessors | None | Hetzner (DE) | Multiple (US, global) |
| Outbound calls | None | None | Tracking pixels, CDNs |
| Jurisdiction | Yours | German law | US law (CLOUD Act) |
| Source code | MIT, fully auditable | Same binary | Proprietary |
For Public Sector and Regulated Industries
Section titled “For Public Sector and Regulated Industries”German and European public sector organizations, healthcare providers, and financial institutions face strict requirements around data sovereignty:
- BSI IT-Grundschutz — HitKeep’s single-binary architecture minimizes attack surface. No external service dependencies reduce supply chain risk.
- GDPR Art. 44-49 — Self-hosting or EU Cloud eliminates cross-border transfer concerns entirely.
- Air-gap deployment — The binary runs without any network access beyond serving HTTP. Deploy on classified or restricted networks.
Open Source Guarantee
Section titled “Open Source Guarantee”HitKeep is released under the MIT License. The complete source code is available on GitHub. You can:
- Audit every line of code before deployment
- Build the binary from source on your own infrastructure
- Fork and modify for internal use
- Verify that no telemetry or tracking is present
Sovereignty is not a feature you enable. It is the default.
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