Canvas LMS (open source)

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

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Canvas LMS publishes open-source code you can self-host. Many schools buy Instructure's commercial hosting instead; the OSS repo remains available.

Self-hosting Canvas is non-trivial; many schools use Instructure's SaaS.

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