Government software by country
Germany
77 applications used by public bodies in Germany, by government layer. 29 are confirmed with a source; the assessment checks the rest at your organisation.
Key facts
| Data-protection authority | Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (BfDI, Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information), plus 16 Land data protection authorities |
| Security baseline | BSI IT-Grundschutz (BSI-Standards 200-1 to 200-4) and BSI Mindeststandards for the federal administration; NIS2 implementation |
| Digital identity | Online-Ausweisfunktion of the Personalausweis (eID card) via the AusweisApp, with the BundID citizen account |
| Public procurement | e-Vergabe platform of the Bund (https://www.evergabe-online.de) and service.bund.de tender notices; e-invoices to federal bodies via ZRE/OZG-RE in XRechnung format |
| Open source and sovereignty | The federal government funds ZenDiS and openDesk as a sovereign workplace: 8,756 federal licences in 2026, with a hardened version targeted for 31 March 2027. Schleswig-Holstein runs the largest Land migration: LibreOffice on about 30,000 workplaces, Open-Xchange and Thunderbird instead of Exchange and Outlook, Univention instead of Active Directory; Linux is planned. |
Government layers
| Layer | Bodies | Shared IT |
|---|---|---|
| Central government | Bund: Bundeskanzleramt, Bundesministerien, Bundesoberbehörden (federal agencies), Bundeswehr, federal courts | ITZBund, BWI (Bundeswehr), Bundesverwaltungsamt (BVA), ZenDiS (openDesk), Beschaffungsamt des BMI |
| Regional government | 16 Bundesländer (including 3 city-states) with Landesministerien, Regierungspräsidien, Land courts and tax offices | Dataport (northern Länder), IT.NRW, IT.Niedersachsen, HZD (Hessen), BITBW (Baden-Württemberg), IT-DLZ (Bayern) |
| Local government | 294 Landkreise, 106 kreisfreie Städte and about 10,750 Gemeinden | AKDB (Bayern), Komm.ONE (Baden-Württemberg), ekom21 (Hessen), regio iT, OK.KOMM, citkomm, KDO, Dataport; umbrella body Vitako |
| Agencies and shared services | Bundesagentur für Arbeit and Jobcenter, Deutsche Rentenversicherung, statutory health insurers (Krankenkassen), BAMF, Destatis, FITKO | BA IT-Systemhaus, DRV IT, AOK Systems, BITMARCK, FITKO, ITZBund |
| Public education | Public schools (Land responsibility, with municipal school boards) and public Hochschulen | Länder school IT (e.g. ISB Bayern, QUA-LiS NRW), Dataport (dBildungscloud), HIS eG |
| Public health | About 375 Gesundheitsämter, university and municipal hospitals, RKI | gematik (telematics infrastructure), RKI (DEMIS), HZI (SORMAS) |
Applications
Central government (14)
| Domain | Application | Vendor | First route | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case and document management | E-Akte Bund (federal e-file basic service, Fabasoft eGov-Suite) | Fabasoft (operated by ITZBund) | In the browser, web app or SaaS | Confirmed source |
| Communication and collaboration | BwMessenger / Bundesmessenger (Matrix-based messenger) | BWI (based on Element/Matrix) | Mobile companion app | To be confirmed |
| Finance and accounting | HKR-Verfahren des Bundes (federal budget, cash and accounting system) | BMF (Kompetenzzentrum für das Kassen- und Rechnungswesen des Bundes), IT operation ITZBund | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | Confirmed source |
| Finance and accounting | SASPF (SAP-based ERP of the Bundeswehr) | SAP (operated by BWI) | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | To be confirmed |
| Finance and accounting | ZRE / OZG-RE (federal e-invoice receipt platforms, XRechnung) | ITZBund / BMI | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
| Finance and accounting | ePayBL (e-payment platform of Bund and Länder) | ePayBL development community (Bund and Länder) | In the browser, web app or SaaS | Confirmed source |
| Identity and e-signature | AusweisApp (eID client for the German ID card) | Governikus (for BSI) | Windows program, installed locally | Confirmed source |
| Identity and e-signature | BundID (federal citizen account) | BMI / ITZBund | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
| Office and productivity | Microsoft Office / Microsoft 365 | Microsoft | Windows program, installed locally | Confirmed source |
| Office and productivity | openDesk (ZenDiS sovereign workplace suite) | ZenDiS | In the browser, web app or SaaS | Confirmed source |
| Other | SINA Workstation (hardened client for classified VS-NfD work) | secunet | Already available for Linux | To be confirmed |
| Other | juris (legal database) | juris GmbH | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
| Procurement | Kaufhaus des Bundes (federal e-catalogue for framework contracts) | Beschaffungsamt des BMI | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
| Procurement | e-Vergabe (federal e-procurement platform, evergabe-online.de) | Beschaffungsamt des BMI | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
Regional government (18)
| Domain | Application | Vendor | First route | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case and document management | VIS-Suite (PDV, e-file and records management) | PDV GmbH | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | Confirmed source |
| Case and document management | e²A (ergonomic electronic workplace for the justice e-file) | Justice IT network (led by NRW) | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | To be confirmed |
| Case and document management | forumSTAR (court case management) | Justice IT network of several Länder (led by Bayern) | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | To be confirmed |
| Communication and collaboration | Microsoft Teams | Microsoft | Windows program, installed locally | Confirmed source |
| Communication and collaboration | Nextcloud (file sharing and collaboration) | Nextcloud GmbH (operated by Dataport) | In the browser, web app or SaaS | Confirmed source |
| Communication and collaboration | Open-Xchange App Suite with Mozilla Thunderbird (mail and calendar) | Open-Xchange / Mozilla (operated by Dataport) | In the browser, web app or SaaS | Confirmed source |
| Finance and accounting | SAP ERP / S/4HANA (Land budget and accounting, e.g. Hessen) | SAP | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | To be confirmed |
| GIS and mapping | ALKIS (official cadastral information system) | AdV (Länder surveying administrations) | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | To be confirmed |
| GIS and mapping | ArcGIS (Esri) | Esri Deutschland | Windows program, installed locally | To be confirmed |
| HR and payroll | KoPers (joint HR and payroll system) | P&I AG (operated by Dataport) | In the browser, web app or SaaS | Confirmed source |
| Identity and e-signature | Univention Corporate Server (directory service replacing Active Directory) | Univention | Already available for Linux | Confirmed source |
| Office and productivity | Collabora Online (browser office in Nextcloud) | Collabora Productivity | In the browser, web app or SaaS | Confirmed source |
| Office and productivity | LibreOffice | The Document Foundation | Windows program, installed locally | Confirmed source |
| Other | HI-Tier (national livestock tracing database) | Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft (for all Länder) | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
| Other | iBALIS (agricultural subsidy applications, Bavaria) | Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
| Procurement | ORCA AVA (construction tendering and cost estimation) | ORCA Software | Windows program, installed locally | To be confirmed |
| Tax and revenue | ELSTER / Mein ELSTER (online tax returns) | Bayerisches Landesamt für Steuern (for all Länder) | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
| Tax and revenue | KONSENS (joint Bund-Länder tax administration software) | KONSENS development network of the Länder | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | To be confirmed |
Local government (23)
| Domain | Application | Vendor | First route | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case and document management | ALLRIS (CC e-gov, council information system) | CC e-gov GmbH | In the browser, web app or SaaS | Confirmed source |
| Case and document management | SessionNet / Session (Somacos, council information system) | Somacos (marketed via LivingData, an AKDB subsidiary) | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | Confirmed source |
| Case and document management | civento (process platform for OZG online services) | ekom21 | In the browser, web app or SaaS | Confirmed source |
| Case and document management | enaio (document management and e-file) | OPTIMAL SYSTEMS | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | To be confirmed |
| Case and document management | regisafe (document management and e-file) | regisafe GmbH | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | To be confirmed |
| Communication and collaboration | Governikus COM Vibilia (beBPo / EGVP mailbox client) | Governikus | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | Confirmed source |
| Finance and accounting | H&H proDoppik (municipal accrual accounting) | H&H Datenverarbeitungs- und Beratungsgesellschaft | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | To be confirmed |
| Finance and accounting | Infoma newsystem (municipal finance) | Axians Infoma | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | Confirmed source |
| Finance and accounting | OK.FIS (AKDB, municipal finance) | AKDB | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | Confirmed source |
| Finance and accounting | SFirm (Sparkassen banking software) | Star Finanz | Windows program, installed locally | To be confirmed |
| HR and payroll | KIDICAP (public sector payroll) | GIP | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | To be confirmed |
| HR and payroll | LOGA (P&I, payroll and HR) | P&I | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
| Other | Form-Solutions (online forms for citizen services) | Form-Solutions | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
| Other | votemanager (election software) | vote iT | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
| Permits and spatial planning | ProBauG (building permit processing) | PROSOZ Herten | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | Confirmed source |
| Population and civil registry | AutiSta (civil status registry office) | Verlag für Standesamtswesen | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | Confirmed source |
| Population and civil registry | OK.EWO (AKDB, population register) | AKDB | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | Confirmed source |
| Population and civil registry | OK.VISA (AKDB, foreigners authority) | AKDB | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | Confirmed source |
| Population and civil registry | VOIS|MESO (HSH, population register) | HSH Soft- und Hardware Vertriebs GmbH | In the browser, web app or SaaS | Confirmed source |
| Procurement | AI Vergabemanager (public procurement) | Administration Intelligence AG | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | To be confirmed |
| Social services | OK.SOZIUS (AKDB, social benefits) | AKDB | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | Confirmed source |
| Social services | OPEN/PROSOZ (social assistance case management) | PROSOZ Herten | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | Confirmed source |
| Social services | PROSOZ 14plus (youth welfare case management) | PROSOZ Herten | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | Confirmed source |
Agencies and shared services (6)
| Domain | Application | Vendor | First route | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | oscare (core system of the AOK health insurers) | AOK Systems (SAP-based) | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | To be confirmed |
| Other | FIT-Connect (transport infrastructure for OZG online applications) | FITKO | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
| Other | eSTATISTIK.core / IDEV (statistical reporting to Destatis) | Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
| Population and civil registry | AZR (Central Register of Foreign Nationals) | Bundesverwaltungsamt (BVA) / BAMF | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | To be confirmed |
| Social services | ALLEGRO (SGB II benefit calculation) | Bundesagentur für Arbeit | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | To be confirmed |
| Social services | VerBIS (placement and advisory system) | Bundesagentur für Arbeit | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | To be confirmed |
Public education (10)
| Domain | Application | Vendor | First route | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education | ASV-BY (school administration, Bavaria) | Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Unterricht und Kultus | Java application | To be confirmed |
| Education | HISinOne (university campus management) | HIS eG | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
| Education | ILIAS (learning management system) | ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V. | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
| Education | IServ (school server and learning platform) | IServ GmbH | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
| Education | LOGINEO NRW (school IT platform) | Land NRW | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
| Education | LUSD (school administration, Hesse) | Land Hessen | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
| Education | SchILD-NRW (school administration, North Rhine-Westphalia) | Land NRW (QUA-LiS) | Windows program, installed locally | To be confirmed |
| Education | Untis / WebUntis (school timetabling) | Untis GmbH | Windows program, installed locally | To be confirmed |
| Education | dBildungscloud (formerly HPI Schul-Cloud) | Dataport (developed with HPI) | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
| Education | mebis (learning platform, Bavaria) | ISB / Land Bayern | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
Public health (6)
| Domain | Application | Vendor | First route | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | DEMIS (electronic notification system for infectious diseases) | Robert Koch-Institut / gematik | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
| Health | KIM (Kommunikation im Medizinwesen, secure health mail) | gematik (several licensed providers) | Windows program, installed locally | To be confirmed |
| Health | ORBIS (Dedalus, hospital information system) | Dedalus | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | To be confirmed |
| Health | OctoWare TN (public health office software) | Easysoft (easy-soft) | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | Confirmed source |
| Health | SORMAS (outbreak and contact management) | Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) | In the browser, web app or SaaS | To be confirmed |
| Social services | Vivendi (Connext, care and social services software) | Connext | Line-of-business application with its own Windows client | To be confirmed |
Overview based on public sources, as of 17 October 2026. A listing says nothing about contracts or suitability; the assessment checks each organisation.
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