Moodle vs Openedx-platform
Moodle and Openedx-platform are both learning management software. Moodle is open source under GPL-3.0, with 7.6k GitHub stars. Openedx-platform is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 8.2k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Moodle when
- A school, university or company needs a self-hosted LMS with a large ecosystem of plugins and hosting partners.
- Pick Openedx-platform when
- You run MOOCs or large-scale online learning and have engineers to operate it.
Side by side
The widely used open-source learning management system for courses, quizzes, assignments, grading and reporting, with thousands of plugins.
The Open edX LMS and Studio authoring tool for running large online course sites, as used by edX and many universities.
Upgrades and plugin compatibility take ongoing admin effort, and the interface feels heavy compared with newer tools.
Complex to deploy and operate; most organisations use the Tutor installer or a hosting provider.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server and cloud service
Self-hosted server
PHP, JavaScript, PostgreSQL and MySQL
Python, Django, React, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis
Open source, GPL-3.0 (strong copyleft)
Open source, AGPL-3.0 (network copyleft)
Use inside your business is unrestricted, but anything you distribute that includes it must be released under the same license.
Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes.
7.6k GitHub stars
8.2k GitHub stars
Established: started 17 years ago, no tagged release yet.
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.