About publicplan
Our Mission: Successful digital projects emerge when expertise, legal considerations, technology, and security are considered together from the very beginning—not addressed one after another. We bring these perspectives to the table before development begins and ensure, through robust architecture, that your administration remains independent throughout the process.
Vendor neutrality is the foundation of our work, regardless of the technology we use to achieve it in each specific case. We are not beholden to any vendor. When we offer our own solutions, we recommend them only if they are the best option for your project, and we ensure that you retain control over operations and data. Our goal is to ensure the long-term autonomy of your IT landscape. Open source is one of several tools we use strategically; it is not an end in itself, nor is it a requirement for every project.
Our portfolio ranges from governance, legal affairs, and security to architecture, data, and process automation, all the way to custom software development. Discover our portfolio.
Associations and Initiatives

Bitkom e.V.
We are one of around 2,700 companies in the digital economy that are represented by Bitkom as Germany's digital association. Bitkom is committed to the digitalization of the economy, society and administration. We look forward to pursuing this goal together.
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European Open Source Consortium
The European Open Source Consortium is a strategic and trusted consortium dedicated to achieving sovereignty, independence and sustainability in IT and the digital world through open source solutions. This collaboration with leading organisations reflects publicplan's commitment to an open, transparent digital future that drives change in public administration and society.
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Initiative D21 e.V.
publicplan GmbH is a supporting member of Initiative D21, Germany's largest non-profit network for the digital society, consisting of business, politics, science and civil society. Mandated by business and the public sector, some of the best minds work together here to shed light on the social challenges of digital change, provide annual situation reports and initiate debates in order to shape the future of the digital society in a meaningful way.
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Low-Code Association e.V.
The Low-Code Association e.V. is the association of leading suppliers and service providers in the low-code sector in German-speaking countries. Founded in 2022, the aim of the association is to promote modern low-code and no-code technologies in a wide range of industries – regionally in Berlin-Brandenburg, throughout Germany and internationally.
The association sees low-code as a forward-looking alternative to traditional software development – with more speed, flexibility and quality. The focus is not only on citizen developers, but also on professional development teams and use in business-critical systems.

NEGZ - National E-Government Competence Center
As an independent platform, the National eGovernment Competence Center (NEGZ) networks politics, administration, science and business.
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Open Source Business Alliance e.V.
publicplan GmbH is a member of the OSB Alliance - Bundesverband für digitale Souveränität e.V. . The association represents around 160 member companies in the open source industry, which together generate more than 1.7 billion euros annually in Germany. It is committed to sustainably anchoring the central importance of open source software and open standards for a digitally sovereign society in the public consciousness. This digital transformation should benefit companies, governments, authorities and citizens alike.
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Form.io has designated publicplan as its sole official distribution partner in Germany. Form.io is a platform for easy form creation and data management.


formsflow.ai is an open source framework that integrates intelligent forms and workflows for decision-making and business process automation.


ITIS AG is an experienced IT company that specializes in the implementation of open source business solutions developed and hosted in Europe.


KIX is open source software for IT Service Management (ITSM), Enterprise Service Management (ESM), and professional customer support.



