Open Source Alternatives to Canvas

A learning management system for educational institutions, businesses, and government entities. The platform provides tools for course management, including a gradebook for tracking learner progress and SpeedGrader for annotating documents and providing feedback. It includes administrative features such as Blueprint courses for scaling curriculum and customizable settings for institutional branding and roles. The system offers data reporting and raw event-level data access for custom dashboards. It is deployed in the cloud and integrates with over 1,000 external tools. Dedicated mobile applications are available for students, teachers, and parents to manage assignments, communication, and grades.

Whether you want to cut software costs or escape vendor lock-in, these open source alternatives to Canvas give you an option you fully own. You can self-host them, so your data stays on infrastructure you control. This page lists 2 open source alternatives to Canvas. The most popular are LearnHouse and Chamilo. Most use the AGPL-3.0 or GPL-3.0 license, and 1 offers an official Docker image.