14 open-source Education & LMS vendors
Open-source software for Education & LMS that you can self-host, with auditable source code — regardless of the developer's headquarters.
- vendors scored
- 14
- European
- 10
- foreign-owned
- 1
- last checked
- 9 October 2026
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Score per vendor: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign
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- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100ChamiloBelgium · Self-hosted / open sourceBelgian open-source e-learning and collaboration platform for education and enterprises
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Forma LMSItaly · Self-hosted / open sourceItalian open-source learning management system designed for corporate training
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100ILIASGermany · Self-hosted / open sourceGerman open-source learning management system used by universities and organisations across Europe
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100OpencastGermany · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source lecture capture and video management system for higher education
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100OpignoBelgium · EU sovereignBelgian open-source LMS built on Drupal for corporate and professional training
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100SakaiNetherlands · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source learning management system widely adopted by European universities
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Stud.IPGermany · Self-hosted / open sourceGerman open-source course management and learning platform for higher education institutions
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100TsugiGermany · EU sovereignOpen-source framework for building and deploying LTI-compliant learning tools
- Sovereignty score 90 out of 100OpenOlatSwitzerland · EU sovereignSwiss open-source learning management system for universities and corporate training
- Sovereignty score 82 out of 100H5PNorway · EU-hosted, non-EU parent · owner in CanadaH5P is an open-source interactive content framework originally built by H5P Group AS (Norway). H5P Group was fully acquired by D2L Inc. (Kitchener, Canada; TSX: DTOL) on July 9, 2024 for up to US$33M. The Norwegian entity continues to operate, but the ultimate parent is now Canadian.
- Sovereignty score 79 out of 100BigBlueButtonCanada · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source web conferencing system designed specifically for online learning
- Sovereignty score 71 out of 100Canvas LMSUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceUS open-source LMS (AGPLv3) by Instructure, used globally by educational institutions.
- Sovereignty score 71 out of 100Open edXUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen edX is an open-source learning management system originally developed by MIT and Harvard. The upstream project is stewarded by Axim Collaborative, a US-based nonprofit. The commercial operator 2U Inc. filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2024 and emerged as a private company. The platform remains open source under the AGPL license.
- Sovereignty score 69 out of 100MoodleAustralia · Non-EU vendorWorld's most widely used open-source learning management system with strong European adoption
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