48
Moodle
The long-running LMS. A classroom, not a sales site.
Moodle vs Canvas LMS
Moodle scores 48 on the signals we measured. Canvas LMS scores 44. Prefer Moodle if you are following the score, then read the licence notes before you migrate.
44
Canvas LMS
The AGPL core of Canvas. Instructure’s hosted product is separate.
| Moodle | Canvas LMS | |
|---|---|---|
| Measured score | 48 | 44 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Stack | PHP | Ruby |
| Docker | Not at usual paths | Compose or Dockerfile found |
| Hosted option | No vendor cloud listed | No vendor cloud listed |
| Last push | 2026-10-13 | 2026-04-30 |
| Stars | 7,479 | 6,870 |