Self-hosted for school IT

Tools you can run on your own servers.

Excalidraw

Interactive lessons & boards

Open-source virtual whiteboard

Stars: ★ 134k
Licence: MIT
Updated: yesterday

Alternative to Padlet, Nearpod

Rocket.Chat

Video, audio & feedback

Open-source communications platform

Stars: ★ 46.3k
Licence: MIT
Updated: today

Alternative to Remind

Mattermost

Video, audio & feedback

Open-source team messaging for school staff and classes

Stars: ★ 39.4k
Licence: AGPL-3.0
Updated: today

Alternative to Remind, ClassDojo

Nextcloud + Deck

Interactive lessons & boards

Self-hosted files, Talk and Deck boards for schools

Stars: ★ 37.2k
Licence: AGPL-3.0
Updated: today

Alternative to Google Classroom, Padlet

Jitsi Meet

Video, audio & feedback

Open-source video meetings

Stars: ★ 30.1k
Licence: Apache-2.0
Updated: today

Alternative to Google Classroom, Flip

Etherpad

Interactive lessons & boards

Real-time collaborative text editor

Stars: ★ 18.6k
Licence: Apache-2.0
Updated: today

Alternative to Padlet

PeerTube

Video, audio & feedback

Federated open-source video platform

Stars: ★ 15.4k
Licence: AGPL-3.0
Updated: 3 days ago

Alternative to Edpuzzle, Flip

Formbricks

Formative assessment & polling

Open-source surveys for exit tickets and feedback

Stars: ★ 13.1k
Licence: AGPL-3.0
Updated: today

Alternative to Mentimeter, Socrative

BigBlueButton

Video, audio & feedback

Open-source virtual classroom for online teaching

Stars: ★ 9.2k
Licence: LGPL-3.0
Updated: 3 days ago

Alternative to Google Classroom, Nearpod

JupyterHub

Interactive lessons & boards

Multi-user Jupyter notebooks for classes

Stars: ★ 8.4k
Licence: BSD-3-Clause
Updated: 3 days ago

Alternative to Google Classroom, Nearpod

Open edX

LMS & course platforms

Open-source platform behind edX-style online courses

Stars: ★ 8.2k
Licence: AGPL-3.0
Updated: today

Alternative to Canvas LMS, Blackboard

CryptPad

Interactive lessons & boards

Encrypted collaborative docs and whiteboards

Stars: ★ 8k
Licence: AGPL-3.0
Updated: today

Alternative to Padlet, Google Classroom

Moodle

LMS & course platforms

The widely deployed open-source LMS

Stars: ★ 7.5k
Licence: GPL-3.0
Updated: 6 days ago

Alternative to Google Classroom, Canvas LMS

ONLYOFFICE Docs

Interactive lessons & boards

Collaborative office docs you can self-host for classes

Stars: ★ 7k
Licence: AGPL-3.0
Updated: 5 days ago

Alternative to Google Classroom, Padlet

Canvas LMS (open source)

LMS & course platforms

Instructure's open-source Canvas code you can self-host

Stars: ★ 6.9k
Licence: AGPL-3.0
Updated: 5 months ago

Alternative to Canvas LMS, Google Classroom

LimeSurvey

Formative assessment & polling

Open-source survey software for quizzes and questionnaires

Stars: ★ 3.8k
Licence: GPL-2.0
Updated: today

Alternative to Mentimeter, Socrative

Sakai

LMS & course platforms

Open-source academic collaboration and LMS

Stars: ★ 1.2k
Licence: ECL-2.0
Updated: today

Alternative to Blackboard, Canvas LMS

Chamilo

LMS & course platforms

Open-source e-learning and collaboration platform

Stars: ★ 1k
Licence: GPL-3.0
Updated: today

Alternative to Google Classroom, Schoology

ClassQuiz

Live quizzes & games

Open-source live quiz tool you can self-host

Stars: ★ 730
Licence: MPL-2.0
Updated: 1 month ago

Alternative to Kahoot, Quizizz

Gibbon

LMS & course platforms

Open-source school platform for teachers and administrators

Stars: ★ 637
Licence: GPL-3.0
Updated: 3 days ago

Alternative to Google Classroom, Schoology

ILIAS

LMS & course platforms

Mature open-source LMS from higher education

Stars: ★ 504
Licence: GPL-3.0
Updated: today

Alternative to Blackboard, Canvas LMS

Pressbooks

Content authoring (H5P & alike)

Open-source book and OER publishing platform

Stars: ★ 458
Licence: GPL-3.0
Updated: 11 days ago

Alternative to Google Classroom, Nearpod

Claroline

LMS & course platforms

Open-source learning and collaboration platform

Stars: ★ 350
Licence: GPL-3.0
Updated: 6 months ago

Alternative to Google Classroom, Schoology

ATutor

LMS & course platforms

Accessible open-source LCMS

Stars: ★ 180
Licence: GPL-2.0
Updated: 3 years ago

Alternative to Blackboard, Canvas LMS

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