Google Classroom vs Openedx-platform
Google Classroom and Openedx-platform are both learning management software. Google Classroom is a commercial product from Google. Openedx-platform is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 8.2k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Google Classroom when
- A school already on Google Workspace for Education wants a simple, free way to run classes.
- Pick Openedx-platform when
- You run MOOCs or large-scale online learning and have engineers to operate it.
Side by side
Free classroom tool in Google Workspace for Education for posting assignments, collecting work, grading and talking with students.
The Open edX LMS and Studio authoring tool for running large online course sites, as used by edX and many universities.
It is lighter than a full LMS for higher education or complex course structures.
Complex to deploy and operate; most organisations use the Tutor installer or a hosting provider.
Production-ready (both)
Cloud service and mobile app
Self-hosted server
Not published
Python, Django, React, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis
Closed source, sold by Google
Open source, AGPL-3.0 (network copyleft)
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes.
5.7k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
8.2k GitHub stars
Not known
Established: started 13 years ago, latest release named-release/birch.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.