Esup-Signature vs LibreSign
Esup-Signature
esup-portail.org
LibreSign
libresign.coopSide by side
| Figure | Esup-Signature | LibreSign |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · E-Signature Software | 8.8 (#8) | 7.8 (#44) |
| Spec score · E-signature tools | 8.3 (#28) | 7.5 (#49) |
| API access | Yes | Yes |
| Audit trail | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2019 | 2020 |
| Intended users | The documentation identifies internal agents, staff, and students, as well as external partners, citizens, and consultants, as users. | The maker presents LibreSign for businesses, cooperatives, public-sector organizations, legal teams, and IT professionals. |
| Security | For hardware-backed signing, Esup-DSS-Client can use a certificate stored on a physical key so the certificate does not leave that key. | LibreSign describes end-to-end document encryption and multi-factor authentication as security features. |
| Signature order | both | both |
| Support | The consortium says its minimum project support includes identifying project actors and applying necessary security patches and fixes for defects that prevent normal operation. | LibreCode offers technical support for configuration, questions, and problems. |
Plans
In their own words
Esup-Signature
Esup-Signature is free, open-source software for building document-signing workflows, sending documents to sign, and tracking completion with proof. Workflows can set signers, signature types, and whether everyone at a step must sign. Supported operations include verification and visa, as well as simple, advanced, and qualified electronic signatures. When a workflow mixes signature levels, simple signatures must precede advanced or qualified ones. Any document format can be signed, but only PDFs show a visual signature; other formats use XAdES signatures. The software can check document integrity and display proof files, and it uses the European Commission’s DSS solution for eIDAS signatures and certificate-based verification. PDF forms can become web forms and draw prefilled data from institutional LDAP or custom sources. Users can delegate signing or data entry and transfer requests. Esup-Signature is free at free under the Apache 2.0 license. It is not offered as a hosted service and must be installed on an institution’s own server.
LibreSign
LibreSign has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.