Name

Disroot

Legal name

Stichting Disroot.org

Website

https://disroot.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Community Support: Disroot operates on a pay-as-you-wish donation model where users contribute financially based on their means and appreciation. Regular supporters receive perks like domain linking and extra storage options. Revenue varies monthly depending on community support.
2. Premium Storage Add-ons: Users can purchase extra email storage space and extra cloud storage space as add-on purchases to support the platform.
3. Domain Linking: Domain linking is available for regular supporters who donate, allowing them to use their own domain with Disroot email services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Disroot provides a free, open-source suite of consumer online services including email, cloud storage, XMPP chat, collaborative document editing, encrypted file and paste sharing, anonymous search, code hosting, federated microblogging, link aggregation, translation, voice chat, and password management. All services are delivered with no tracking, no advertising, no profiling, and no data mining, running on Disroot's own hardware in the Netherlands. The platform is operated by a small nonprofit team and funded entirely by community donations, with optional paid add-ons for extra storage and domain linking.

Product overview

Disroot is a non-profit platform providing online services based on principles of freedom, privacy, federation, and decentralization. The offering is a portfolio of distinct services organized around communication, collaboration, and privacy: Email (Roundcube), Cloud storage and collaboration (Nextcloud), instant messaging (XMPP via Movim), collaborative document editing (Etherpad Pads), encrypted file/text sharing (Lufi/PrivateBin), anonymous search (SearXNG), code hosting (Forgejo), social media/microblogging (Akkoma/FEDisroot), link aggregation (Lemmy/D·Scribe), translation (LibreTranslate), voice chat (Mumble), password management (Vaultwarden), encrypted office suite (CryptPad), and end-to-end email encryption (Lacre). All services emphasize no tracking, no ads, no profiling, and data minimization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Disroot Email (Roundcube) Free and secure email service providing email accounts with IMAP/POP3 support, accessible via desktop email clients or the Roundcube web interface. Designed for individual users who want ad-free, non-profiled email hosted under EU/GDPR jurisdiction.
• Disroot Cloud (Nextcloud) Nextcloud-based cloud storage and collaboration service allowing users to sync and share files, manage calendars and contacts, and collaborate with data stored under user control on Disroot's own hardware.
• Disroot XMPP Chat (Movim) Decentralized instant messaging service based on the XMPP protocol, with the Movim webchat interface providing browser access. Allows federation and communication with users on other XMPP servers.
• Disroot Pad (Etherpad) Collaborative real-time document editing service running in the web browser via Etherpad, allowing multiple users to create and edit shared documents simultaneously.
• Disroot Bin (PrivateBin) End-to-end encrypted online paste-bin and discussion board service based on PrivateBin, where both shared content and comments are encrypted.
• Disroot Upload (Lufi) End-to-end encrypted temporary file hosting and sharing service based on Lufi, with configurable retention periods for uploaded files.
• Disroot Search (SearXNG) Anonymous meta-search engine platform based on SearXNG that aggregates results from multiple search engines without logging user data or queries.
• Disroot Git (Forgejo) Code hosting and project collaboration platform based on Forgejo, providing Git repository management, issue tracking, and pull requests for individual developers and teams.
• Disroot Audio (Mumble) Low-latency, high-quality voice chat service based on Mumble, lightweight and optimized for low-spec hardware and slow internet connections.
• Disroot CryptPad Private-by-design collaborative office suite alternative based on CryptPad, providing end-to-end encrypted document creation, spreadsheets, presentations, and kanban functionality.
• Disroot Akkoma (FE.Disroot) Microblogging platform based on Akkoma that federates with other servers supporting the ActivityPub protocol, enabling cross-instance communication within the Fediverse.
• Disroot Translate (LibreTranslate) Online translation application service based on LibreTranslate that allows text translation without requiring user login or storing user data.
• D·Scribe (Lemmy) Link aggregation and discussion platform based on Lemmy that federates via ActivityPub, allowing users to subscribe to and create communities across the Fediverse in a Reddit-like format.
• Disroot Vault (Vaultwarden) End-to-end encrypted zero-knowledge password, secret, and note management service powered by Vaultwarden, allowing users to securely store and access credentials from any device.
• Lacre (End-to-End Mailbox Encryption) End-to-end mailbox encryption solution for incoming emails using GnuPG/PGP. Automatically encrypts emails addressed to users who have uploaded their public key to Disroot.
• Disroot Status (Uptime Kuma) Status page monitoring service providing real-time health monitoring of Disroot services and incident reporting for users.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3031 euros/month in community donations (March 2026)
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Undernet.uyminorOthersDisroot expressed appreciation for Undernet.uy project and its administrator Santiago for 10 years of work on independent, self-managed, community-based projects.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Kolab Now: Kolab Now is a Swiss-hosted, FLOSS-based groupware service offering email, calendar, contacts, and file sharing on open standards — comparable to Disroot in its FLOSS foundation and privacy posture, but operating on a paid subscription model.
• RiseUp: RiseUp is a volunteer-driven, donation-funded collective providing privacy-focused email, VPN, and chat services to activists and journalists, operating on a near-identical nonprofit, community-funded model as Disroot.
• StartMail: StartMail is a Dutch-registered (Startpage-affiliated) encrypted email service targeting privacy-conscious individuals, overlapping Disroot's home jurisdiction and core email/PGP encryption value proposition.
• Proton: Proton (formerly ProtonMail) is the largest privacy-focused email and cloud suite provider, offering end-to-end encrypted email, calendar, cloud storage, VPN, and password manager — directly overlapping Disroot's core product portfolio, but with venture backing and a freemium/paid tier structure.
• Tutanota: Tutanota is a Germany-based encrypted email and calendar service that, like Disroot, emphasizes end-to-end encryption and GDPR-compliant EU hosting, serving privacy-conscious individual users as a direct substitute for Disroot's email offering.
• Posteo: Posteo is a German privacy-focused, ad-free email and contacts/calendar provider funded by user subscriptions, sharing Disroot's green/ethical hosting values and competing directly for the same EU privacy-conscious individual user segment.
• Mailbox.org: Mailbox.org is a Berlin-based ad-free, GDPR-compliant email and office suite aimed at privacy-conscious individuals and small organizations, overlapping directly with Disroot's email + cloud + office positioning on a subscription model rather than donations.

Emerging players

• CryptPad.fr: CryptPad is the open-source, end-to-end encrypted office suite that Disroot hosts as one of its core services; CryptPad's parent organization (Xwiki) operates the official cryptpad.fr instance as a comparable hosted offering and targets the same privacy-conscious collaboration user.
• Nextcloud GmbH: Nextcloud is the open-source self-hosted productivity platform that Disroot itself runs as its cloud offering; while Disroot is a hosted consumer of Nextcloud, Nextcloud GmbH serves enterprise and self-hosted users with overlapping file sync, collaboration, and office functionality.

Broad incumbents

• Fastmail: Fastmail is an established, paid-only email, calendar, and contacts provider serving individuals and businesses, competing in the same email/identity space as Disroot but with broader features and a commercial operating model rather than FLOSS principles.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/TecharoHQ/anubis
• Xx.com/disroot_rss

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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