OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE · OPERATED IN GERMANY
We build and operate your platform, with your existing applications moving onto it.
MISSION
From familiar parts like Kubernetes, containers and DevSecOps we build a platform that runs and that afterwards belongs to you.
OUR VISION
We build the technological foundation for digital sovereignty. You keep full control over:
PORTFOLIO
You join us in one of three areas, wherever you stand, be it consulting, the build, or only when it comes to running it.
Kubernetes platforms that we build and run, onto which existing estates move step by step.
To cloud-native platformsArchitecture, migration, integration, and the question of who runs it in the end. We work with your teams, not around them.
To consulting & deliveryAI and data services on your own infrastructure, connected to the data sources you already have.
To AI & data solutionsKubernetes platforms that we build and run, onto which existing estates move step by step.
$ kubectl get pods -n kernwerk NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE kernwerk-web-7d9f8b6-x2k4 1/1 Running 0 19d kernwerk-api-5c7d94-p1n8 1/1 Running 0 19d opendesk-sync-9f4b27f-q3v2 1/1 Running 0 19d $ helm list -n kernwerk NAME NAMESPACE REVISION STATUS kernwerk kernwerk 14 deployed
We start with the question of what is actually needed, and stop when your teams can carry on without us.
AI and data services that run on your own infrastructure.
ARCHITECTURE
All products run on the same framework, whose stack reads from top to bottom, the products first, the infrastructure last.
KernWERK, Managed Sovereign Cloud and further solutions
Fixed interfaces, no product knowledge in the core
One shared operator runs all solutions; new solutions only add a few building blocks to it
OpenBao · CloudNativePG · SeaweedFS · NATS JetStream · Prometheus/Grafana
Sovereign Kubernetes infrastructure in the data centre of your choice
WHAT YOU GET FROM IT
Ready quickly
New applications run in weeks rather than quarters. Operations, data and security are there from day one.
Built once
You pay for the foundation once. Every further solution uses the same infrastructure.
Separate within shared
Several authorities or departments share one environment without sharing data.
Free to move
Open interfaces and open-source building blocks instead of vendor lock-in.
PRODUCTS
Two products on the same framework, whose data stays in Germany and which tie you to no licensing model.
WORKPLACE
The open workplace built on openDesk. Our product on the shared framework and the blueprint for the ones that follow.
Built on: openDesk
OPERATIONS
We run your solutions on sovereign infrastructure in Germany, with AI services through the IONOS AI Model Hub.
Built on: IONOS infrastructure
WHO WE WORK WITH
Digital sovereignty at the centre
What public bodies and authorities get from us:
A secure, independent software supply chain
What enterprises get from us:
SECURITY & TRUST
Six things we do about it. None of them is bought on top, all of them are part of the platform.
PRINCIPLES
Full control over your data, systems, supply chain and operations.
No licence lock-in. The freedom to switch stays with you.
We integrate through open interfaces into existing IT landscapes, so no isolated solutions emerge.
Security from the first day, across the entire supply chain.
Every change is documented, reviewable and provable at any time.
Open-source technologies and open standards as the default.
Repeatable, automated processes instead of manual intervention.
Containers, Kubernetes and declarative automation.
PARTNERS
WX-ONE is run by WizardTales GmbH and operates sovereign cloud and data-centre infrastructure in Germany - from managed Kubernetes through S3 backup to confidential computing. For projects where we rely on managed cloud infrastructure, WX-ONE is one of our technology partners.
IONOS Cloud is the enterprise offering of IONOS SE: compute, storage, networking and Kubernetes from data centres in Germany and Europe, under European jurisdiction and billed on usage. Where a project needs to scale capacity at short notice instead of keeping its own hardware on standby, we draw on it.
Stellwerk is an open-source orchestrator that steers workloads across multiple clouds under the operator's governance and rejects routes that violate its own rules. Self-hosted, licensed under the EUPL, launching in 2026. Where workloads are spread across multiple providers and governance must remain demonstrable, we work with Stellwerk.
Whether a demo, a question or a concrete plan, all of it is welcome.