Databunker
Network-based, self-hosted, GDPR compliant, secure database for personal data or PII.
Activity has dropped noticeably. Check the repository before committing to it.
Commit activity more than 7% of tracked projects; popularity more than 41%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 1.5k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | — |
| Repo updated | 28 Jul 2026 |
| Licence | MIT |
| Built with | Docker |
Is Databunker actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 14 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 11 of them.
Activity is accelerating: the last quarter carried 450% more commits than the one before it.
No tagged releases are published, so there is no stable version to pin to — you would deploy from the default branch or a container image built from it.
Databunker ranks #19 of 21 tracked database management projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What Databunker actually does
Databunker is a network-based, self-hosted database designed specifically for storing and managing personal data and personally identifiable information (PII). It acts as a secure vault to help applications achieve GDPR compliance by isolating sensitive user records from standard operational databases. The software is released under the MIT licence and is packaged for containerised environments.
Best fit: It suits developers or system administrators who need a dedicated, isolated storage layer to handle user PII and simplify regulatory compliance for their applications.
Worth knowing: Development activity is currently slowing down and there are no tagged releases, which may present risks regarding long-term maintenance, security updates, and bug fixes.
Deployment notes
As a Docker-based application, you will typically need to configure persistent volume storage to ensure data survives container restarts and place it behind a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination securely.
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