Open-source Seesaw alternatives

Moodle is an open-source learning platform used by universities, schools, companies and other organizations. It is designed so that educators, administrators and learners can create personalized learning environments within a single integrated system.

The project is written in PHP and released under the GNU GPL v3. The Moodle site is the hub for a community that includes spaces for educators, administrators and developers, along with Moodle Moot events, developer meetings and the Moodle User Association. User documentation, developer documentation and a demo site let you evaluate it before committing.

You can download Moodle and run it on your own web server, or work with one of the Moodle Partners. Hosting is also offered through MoodleCloud and the partner network, so organizations without technical staff have a managed route.

Canvas is a modern, open-source learning management system developed and maintained by Instructure Inc. It is released under the AGPLv3 license for use by anyone interested in learning more about or using learning management systems. The codebase is written in Ruby, and the repository topics describe it as a mirror of the Gerrit-based development work.

The README itself is short and defers to the project's wiki for detailed installation and configuration instructions. It points to a quick start path for trying Canvas and a separate production start path for real deployments, and it directs readers to the main wiki page for more information about the product.

Canvas suits institutions and organizations that want to run a learning management system from source. Instructure also offers Canvas as a commercial hosted service, though the repository does not describe that offering or its pricing.