Iblai LMS

Judgement

What it is

Complete system

What it does

A front end for course discovery, competency tracking and credentials for workforce training, built on the ibl.ai SDK.

Adopt it when

You already use ibl.ai and want a customisable learner portal.

Watch out

Depends on ibl.ai's platform and SDK; eight months old.

Ready for

Experimental

Runs as

Self-hosted server and desktop app

Built with

TypeScript, Next.js, React and Tauri

How established

Young: started 8 months ago, latest release skills-v0.100.1.

What the license allows

You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Follow it down: Iblai LMS → TypeScript → Go → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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