Autonomy
Run everything on your own hardware and maintain full control over your critical data.
Secure
Built securely from the ground up.
Government Ready
Designed to meet government requirements.
Why Choose MijnBureau?
Purpose-built for government, designed for autonomy
Government-First Design
- Digital Autonomy: Complete control over your data and infrastructure
- Compliance Ready: Built-in security for government standards
- No Vendor Lock-in: Open-source foundation ensures long-term independence
- Transparent Operations: Fully auditable codebase and deployment processes
- Dutch Government Endorsed: Developed by and for public sector organizations
Built specifically for the public sector, MijnBureau prioritizes government autonomy and transparency over proprietary commercial control.
Streamlined Deployment
- One-Command Setup: Deploy complete digital workplace with single command
- Government-Optimized: Pre-configured security
- ODC-noord tested: Ready to deploy to an secure government owned ODC
Skip months of integration work - get a complete, secure digital workplace running in minutes on your own infrastructure.
🚀 Ready to Achieve Digital Sovereignty?
Join government organizations that have chosen independence over vendor dependency. MijnBureau delivers enterprise-grade collaboration tools with the transparency, security, and autonomy that public sector organizations require.
Proven technology
Built on proven, battle-tested open-source foundation
🔧 Integration Platform
MijnBureau packages proven, widely adopted open-source components into a government-ready digital workplace. It emphasizes stability, compliance, and operational transparency while enabling innovation through optional, fast-evolving components.
- Proven foundation: Stable, community-backed tools for production.
- Compliance & security: Hardened defaults and auditable deployments.
- Extensible: Safely add or swap experimental components without risking core services.
See the getting started guide to learn how we balance reliability and innovation.
Component Maturity Classification
Stable, widely adopted, production-ready
- Nextcloud: File sharing and collaboration
- Keycloak: Identity and access management
- Element: Secure messaging and chat
- Collabora: Document editing and collaboration
- Docs: Note editing and collaboration
Used in production by smaller groups, growing contributors
- Grist: Collaborative spreadsheets
- Ollama: Local AI model
- Meet: Real-time video conferencing
- Drive: File sharing and collaboration
Experimental, limited adoption
- MijnBureau Integration: Our deployment and configuration system
- Bureaublad: Dashboard that integrates all components
- Conversations: AI Assistant
Shared Governance & Community
Shape the future of government digital workplaces together
🤝 Collaborative Model
MijnBureau thrives on shared governance where participating organizations actively shape the platform's evolution. This isn't just about using the software – it's about collectively building the digital workplace that best serves government needs.
Component Selection
Democratic Decision-Making
- Vote on which components to include in MijnBureau
- Propose new tools that meet government requirements
- Evaluate emerging technologies collectively
- Set priorities based on real organizational needs
Architecture Participation
Shape the Technical Design
- Contribute to architectural decisions
- Share security and compliance requirements
- Influence deployment patterns and configurations
- Review and validate technical roadmaps
Contribution & Innovation
Drive Improvements Forward
- Contribute code improvements and bug fixes
- Share custom configurations and best practices
- Fund development of specific features
- Test and validate new releases
📋 How Governance Works
🏛️ Productstuurgroep
Representatives from participating organizations guide strategic decisions.
👥 Technische stuurgroep
Focused teams tackle specific areas like security, IHH, data privacy, or component evaluation.
🎯 Benefits of Participation
💡 Influence Direction
Ensure MijnBureau evolves to meet your organization's specific needs and requirements.
🛡️ Shared Expertise
Benefit from the collective knowledge of government IT professionals across multiple organizations.
💰 Cost Efficiency
Share development costs while gaining access to enterprise-grade solutions tailored for government.
🌟 Ready to Join the Community?
Become part of a growing network of government organizations shaping the future of digital workplace technology. Your participation strengthens the entire ecosystem and ensures MijnBureau serves the real needs of public sector organizations.