Moodle
The long-running LMS. A classroom, not a sales site.
Free course software, with no learner-seat licence
Learning systems that replace Kajabi or Thinkific for the course itself. They are classrooms, not marketing sites. You still need somewhere to sell, if selling is the job.
ILIAS
A European university LMS, GPL, with a smaller public star count.
Canvas LMS
The AGPL core of Canvas. Instructure’s hosted product is separate.
Frappe Learning
Courses on the Frappe stack, AGPL.
SeatLess Learn
A course site built for what you actually teach.
Questions owners ask
What is a free courses and lms tool a small business can actually run?
Moodle is the highest measured score in this category right now (48). The long-running LMS. A classroom, not a sales site. The score only counts signals we could verify.
Does “no licence cost” mean the software is finished and supported?
No. It means you are not paying a vendor per seat or per contact for the right to use it. You still pay for a server, email delivery, or someone’s time. Archived and source-available projects are marked.
Are SeatLess apps placed first?
No. SeatLess apps are scored on the same rules and sorted by the measured score. They have no public repository, so GitHub health points are omitted and they do not float to the top.
Related: Email marketing. Docs and wiki.