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openDesk (ZenDiS, Germany)
EuropePublic-sector reuse evidence A verified
Open-source office and collaboration suite built from European components and operated/maintained by ZenDiS, a federally owned GmbH founded December 2022. Version 1.0 released 20 October 2024; a 2026 press item reports about 100,000 administrative workstations on openDesk and a September 2026 partner programme for private providers. Round 3: opendesk.eu states ZenDiS (founded Dec 2022) operates it for public administration, commissioned by the federal digital ministry (BMDS); the BMDS page sets the target of a sovereign alternative to proprietary workplaces for federal administration by October 2028, piloted in first federal agencies. Workstation counts remain unconfirmed by primary sources.
- since
- 2022 (ZenDiS); 2024-10-20 (v1.0)
- scale
- federal pilot; target federal-wide by Oct 2028; ~100,000 workstations is a press claim only