Ask HN: Why is there no good open-source LMS?

• Sakai

  8 1,027 9.8 Java

  Sakai is a freely available, feature-rich technology solution for learning, teaching, research and collaboration. Sakai is an open source software suite developed by a diverse and global adopter community.

  

I once TA-ed for the guy who runs https://www.sakailms.org/, I know his vision is to make a good opensource LMS, so you might be able to tell him what you are finding lacking in other projects.

Dr Chuck is one of the top professors on Coursera, and I understand he's mostly using the money he makes on coursera to fund Sakai as a passion project.

• kolibri

  1 733 10.0 Python

  Kolibri Learning Platform: the offline app for universal education (by learningequality)

  

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• Tutor

  5 852 8.9 Python

  The Docker-based Open edX distribution designed for peace of mind

  

I'm not an ops guy, but I know it was a constant source of trouble in our team and a large challenge to keep it running smoothly. For us it took 2-3 experienced engineers something like 2 years to have a stable and smoothly running production environment at scale.

If you start from scratch today things may have gotten better. You might want to look at https://github.com/overhangio/tutor, I know Régis has been hard at work making it easier to run Open edX.

• edX

  11 6,990 9.9 Python

  The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!

  

Have you looked at https://github.com/edx/edx-platform? It's one platform that's established and open source. It might not be lightweight enough for your needs though.

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