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Open source alternatives to Moodle Cloud

We track 7 open-source Moodle Cloud alternatives, of which 3 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 0 ship a Docker image. Chamilo LMS leads on health at 82/100 with 1459 commits in the last 90 days; across all 7 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, GPL-2.0, GPL-3.0.

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9.1k
Combined stars
1,973
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Showing 7 of 7 tools

All 7 Moodle Cloud alternatives, ranked by health

  • Top pick · highest health

    Chamilo LMS

    82 GOOD

    Create a virtual campus for the provision of online or semi-online training.

    ★ 1k · ⟳ today · v3.0.0 · GPL-3.0

    PHP
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • ILIAS

    81 GOOD

    Learning management system that can cope with anything you throw at it.

    ★ 504 · ⟳ today · v11.4 · GPL-3.0

    PHP
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Open eClass

    79 GOOD

    Open eClass is an advanced e-learning solution that can enhance the teaching and learning process.

    ★ 163 · ⟳ 5 days ago · Release_4.4.1 · GPL-2.0

    PHP
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Gibbon

    69 SLOWING

    Flexible school management platform designed to make life better for teachers, students, parents and leaders.

    ★ 632 · ⟳ today · v30.0.01 · GPL-3.0

    PHP
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Canvas LMS

    25 STALE

    Learning management system (LMS) that is revolutionizing the way we educate.

    ★ 6.8k · ⟳ 5 months ago · AGPL-3.0

    Ruby
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Moodle

    10 STALE

    Learning and courses platform with one of the largest open source communities worldwide.

    GPL-3.0

    PHP
    Website ↗ Source ↗

Moodle Cloud alternatives: common questions

What is the most maintained open source alternative to Moodle Cloud?

Chamilo LMS scores highest at 82/100, with 1459 commits in the last 90 days, 1k GitHub stars and its latest release (v3.0.0) published 5 days ago. It is also the most active by raw commit count.

Which Moodle Cloud alternatives use a permissive licence?

None of the 7 tracked alternatives use a permissive licence; 7 are copyleft (GPL, AGPL or similar), which requires publishing changes to any modified version you distribute.

Which Moodle Cloud alternatives run in Docker?

None of the 7 tracked alternatives currently advertise Docker support, so expect manual installation. Docker support is worth 10 of the 100 health points on Repoly.