The clock is ticking for many organizations still relying on Atlassian’s Jira and Confluence. Whether it’s rising subscription costs, concerns about data sovereignty, or a strategic push toward European digital independence, more teams are asking the same question: what comes next? OpenProject and XWiki are joining forces around exactly this question, as part of a broader European initiative called EuroCommons.
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- What is the EuroCommons initiative?
- Why migrate from Atlassian now?
- OpenProject and XWiki: a European alternative to Jira and Confluence
- OpenProject and XWiki: more than a partnership
- Why this collaboration matters
- Is your organization ready to start?
- Let’s discuss your migration
What is the EuroCommons initiative?
EuroCommons is a European program led by the Caisse des Dépôts as part of the Horizon Numérique 2030 initiative. Its goal is practical and urgent: help large European organizations (public institutions, enterprises, and administrations) reduce their dependency on proprietary digital tools by migrating to open source, European-governed alternatives.
Rather than leaving each organization to navigate this journey alone, EuroCommons works through coalitions. Organizations, open source editors, integrators, and foundations pool their needs and resources, share migration costs, and collectively drive the development of the missing functionality that has historically slowed adoption of open alternatives.
On July 1st, 2026, the EuroCommons Coalition Day took place at the Salle Wagram in Paris. It marked the launch of the first operational coalitions, bringing together organizations, editors, integrators, and policymakers working toward European digital independence. OpenProject and XWiki were part of the event, and we are looking forward to continuing this conversation.
Why migrate from Atlassian now?
For years, Jira and Confluence have been the default choice for project tracking and knowledge management in large organizations. But that landscape is shifting, and fast.
Vendor lock-in is a growing risk. Organizations running on Atlassian’s cloud face limited control over their data, pricing decisions made unilaterally, and no seat at the table when product direction changes. Atlassian’s transition from Data Center to cloud-only has also forced many teams into unexpected migrations on someone else’s timeline.
Costs are climbing. Atlassian’s pricing has increased significantly in recent years, with no guaranteed ceiling. For organizations with thousands of users, this represents a material budget risk for years to come.
Sovereignty is now a strategic priority. Across European public institutions and enterprises, digital sovereignty is no longer a niche concern. It is becoming a procurement requirement. Relying on tools governed and hosted outside the EU creates legal, security, and strategic exposure that leadership teams are increasingly unwilling to accept.
The question is no longer whether to migrate, but when and with whom.
OpenProject and XWiki: a European alternative to Jira and Confluence
OpenProject and XWiki together form a complete European open source alternative to the Atlassian stack:
- OpenProject replaces Jira as a powerful open source platform for project management, product management, and software development, trusted by teams at Mercedes AMG, Deutsche Bahn, and public sector organizations across Europe.
- XWiki replaces Confluence as a flexible, open source knowledge management and wiki platform, used by organizations including Amnesty International Germany, the European Parliament, and Bechtle.
Both are European companies. Both are fully open source. And both are governed in a way that gives users a genuine voice in product direction.
OpenProject is an open source platform used by thousands of teams worldwide, from small software teams to large public administrations, to manage projects, products, and software development. It covers the full range of work: task and work package management, Gantt charts, agile boards, time tracking, budgets, wikis, meetings, and more. As a direct alternative to Jira, it handles sprints, backlogs, issue tracking, and roadmapping for product delivery and software development teams, while adding capabilities well-suited for complex organizations, such as multi-project portfolios, cross-project reporting, and deep customization. OpenProject is self-hostable and available as a managed cloud hosted in the EU on Scaleway FR, with a public roadmap and an active Community that shapes what gets built.
OpenProject and XWiki: more than a partnership
OpenProject and XWiki are not just co-marketing. The two platforms are actively integrated. From the XWiki side, the OpenProject Integration (Pro) already brings live work packages into XWiki documentation pages. From the OpenProject side, the integration arrives with OpenProject 17.6, releasing on July 8th, 2026, adding a new Wiki tab in work packages and bidirectional references between both platforms. You can read the full details in the dedicated article: Connect OpenProject with XWiki: Enterprise knowledge management meets project management.
Why this collaboration matters
When OpenProject and XWiki started this collaboration, the shared goal was to make project management and enterprise knowledge management work together better, without relying on proprietary platforms. Joining EuroCommons is a natural next step. It connects this collaboration to a larger European effort to reduce digital dependency and build sustainable, sovereign infrastructure together with public institutions, enterprises, and other open source actors.
Open source creates a unique opportunity for organizations to engage directly with the communities and teams behind the solutions they use. By sharing their requirements, experiences, and priorities, organizations help shape future developments and ensure platforms evolve to meet real-world needs. This is not a new idea for OpenProject and XWiki. Both already have real experience migrating large organizations away from Atlassian, and both already adapt their roadmaps based on the needs of large enterprises and public sector organizations.
OpenProject’s strategic focus areas for Atlassian migration have been shaped in close collaboration with large European enterprises and public sector organizations actively planning their transition away from Jira. Several key capabilities have already been delivered: a Jira migration tool, Jira-like issue identifiers, sprint planning and backlog refinements, sprint sync for SAFe, and the XWiki integration to replace Confluence. Work in progress includes Jira fundamentals, Portfolio Management, and MCP Server integration for AI agents.
The EuroCommons initiative builds on this experience rather than starting from scratch. It gives participating organizations an additional, more structured way to share insights and priorities, and to help shape both roadmaps further as the collaboration grows.
Is your organization ready to start?
Not every project has the same migration requirements, and that is fine. The approach that works for large organizations is to start with what is ready today and build momentum in waves. OpenProject is ready to migrate your first projects now. Atlassian Data Center reaches end of life on March 28, 2029, and by end of 2027 you will be able to fully operate within OpenProject. The window for a managed, confident transition is open and narrowing.
Both platforms provide dedicated tooling to get you there. OpenProject offers a Jira Migrator that handles the import of projects, issues, history, comments, attachments, and more from Jira Server and Data Center. XWiki’s Confluence Migration Toolkit supports 147 Confluence macros natively, with a further 140 handled through custom migration scripts. Every step you take builds the internal confidence and momentum that makes the next wave faster and smoother.
Let’s discuss your migration
If your organization is evaluating a move away from Atlassian, or already planning one and looking for a supported, predictable path, we would like to hear from you.
Have questions about OpenProject’s features or migration tooling? Contact our team.
