Lms vs Openedx-platform
Lms and Openedx-platform are both learning management software. Lms is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 3.4k GitHub stars. Openedx-platform is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 8.2k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Lms when
- You run ERPNext or Frappe and want staff or customer training in the same system.
- Pick Openedx-platform when
- You run MOOCs or large-scale online learning and have engineers to operate it.
Side by side
A learning management system on the Frappe framework for creating courses, batches, quizzes, assignments and certificates.
The Open edX LMS and Studio authoring tool for running large online course sites, as used by edX and many universities.
Requires the Frappe stack and has fewer integrations than Moodle.
Complex to deploy and operate; most organisations use the Tutor installer or a hosting provider.
Usable
Production-ready
Self-hosted server and cloud service
Self-hosted server
Python, Frappe, Vue and TypeScript
Python, Django, React, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis
Open source, AGPL-3.0 (network copyleft) (both)
Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes. (both)
3.4k GitHub stars
8.2k GitHub stars
Established: started 5 years ago, latest release v2.68.0.
Established: started 13 years ago, latest release named-release/birch.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.