Open-source e-learning authoring tools and SCORM runtimes in 2026

All open-source e-learning authoring tools and SCORM runtimes, ranked

Complete systems you can adopt 5

1. 1
   Adapt authoring adaptlearning

   A server-based user interface for authoring eLearning courses using the Adapt framework.

   Complete system Usable Your training team builds SCORM courses and wants a free alternative to Articulate Rise.

   ★ 562 GPL-3.0 JavaScript Slowing, pushed 3 months ago
2. 2
   Numbas numbas

   A completely browser-based e-assessment/e-learning system, with an emphasis on mathematics

   Complete system Production-ready A university or school needs online maths assessments that run in any LMS via SCORM or LTI.

   ★ 216 Apache-2.0 JavaScript Active, pushed 5 days ago
3. 3
   Lrsql yetanalytics

   A SQL-based Learning Record Store

   Complete system Usable You need a lightweight, maintained LRS you can self-host.

   ★ 144 Apache-2.0 Clojure Active, pushed 7 days ago
4. 4
   ADL_LRS adlnet

   ADL's Open Source Learning Record Store (LRS) is used to store learning data collected with the Experience API.

   Complete system Usable You need a conformant reference LRS for testing or a small pilot.

   ★ 334 Apache-2.0 Python Slowing, pushed 12 months ago
5. 5
   LearningLocker LearningLocker

   Learning Locker - The Open Source Learning Record Store. Started in 2014.

   Complete system Usable Only for existing installs; the open version is no longer actively developed.

   ★ 585 GPL-3.0 JavaScript Quiet, pushed 2 years ago

Frameworks and platforms to build on 1

1. 1
   Adapt Framework adaptlearning

   A toolkit for creating responsive, accessible, multilanguage HTML5 e-learning courses.

   Framework or platform Production-ready An e-learning team wants open-source course authoring that works on mobile and in any LMS.

   ★ 627 GPL-3.0 JavaScript Slowing, pushed 3 months ago

Building blocks for your own system 5

1. 1
   Scorm-again jcputney

   A modern SCORM JavaScript runtime library.

   Building block Production-ready You are building an LMS or course player and need SCORM support in the browser.

   ★ 362 MIT TypeScript Active, pushed 5 days ago
2. 2
   H5P-Nodejs-library Lumieducation

   h5p-nodejs-library is a collection of server and client-side packages that help you use H5P with a NodeJS backend

   Building block Usable Your learning platform runs on Node.js and needs H5P editing and playback.

   ★ 207 GPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 7 days ago
3. 3
   H5P Standalone tunapanda

   Display H5P content without the need for an H5P server

   Building block Usable You want to embed H5P activities in a static site or app.

   ★ 346 MIT TypeScript Slowing, pushed 7 months ago
4. 4
   xAPIWrapper adlnet

   Wrapper to simplify communication to an LRS

   Building block Usable You are adding xAPI tracking to legacy browser-based content.

   ★ 222 Apache-2.0 JavaScript Quiet, pushed 4 years ago
5. 5
   TinCanJS RusticiSoftware

   JavaScript library for the Experience API (Tin Can API)

   Building block Usable You maintain content that already uses it.

   ★ 208 Apache-2.0 JavaScript Quiet, pushed 3 years ago

Lists, courses and other material 1

1. 1
   xAPI-Spec adlnet

   The xAPI Specification describes communication about learner activity and experiences between technologies.

   List, course or other material Production-ready You are implementing xAPI in an LMS, course or learning record store.

   ★ 956 Apache-2.0 Quiet, pushed 16 months ago

Compared head to head

Open-source licenses

• Permissive: 8. Use it anywhere, including in closed products. You keep the copyright notice; Apache-2.0 also grants patent rights.
• Strong copyleft: 4. If you distribute the program or anything built on it, you must release the whole source under the same license.

Languages

JavaScript 6, TypeScript 3, Clojure 1 and Python 1.