Chamilo LMS
Create a virtual campus for the provision of online or semi-online training.
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Still maintained? Yes: 1,632 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v3.0.1 (Sep 2026).
Also an alternative to Moodle Cloud.
At a glance
Chamilo LMS quick facts
- Health score
- 82/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,019
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v3.0.1, Sep 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Chamilo LMS
Full rankings: Moodle Cloud alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Chamilo is an e-learning platform (also called "LMS" for Learning Management System) published under the GNU/GPLv3+ license. It has been used by more than 40M people worldwide since its start in 2010."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Chamilo LMS scores 82/100, #2 of 16 in Learning and Courses: 1,632 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v3.0.1, 1 month ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,019 stars add 12.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
1632 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v3.0.1 released 1 month ago
- Stars 12.0 / 20
1k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 1632
- Last 90 days
- 5,924
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #2 of 16 tools in Learning and Courses by health , between INGInious (#1) and ILIAS (#3) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | v3.0.1 · 1 month ago |
| Stars | 1,019 |
| Open issues | 402 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | chamilo/chamilo-lms ↗ |
Chamilo LMS vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Chamilo LMS (Learning and Courses), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamilo LMS (this tool) | 82 | 1k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| ILIAS | 81 | 506 | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Open eClass | 79 | 170 | GPL-2.0 | 7 days ago |
| Gibbon | 77 | 635 | GPL-3.0 | today |
| edX | 61 | 8.2k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Canvas LMS | 25 | 6.9k | AGPL-3.0 | 6 months ago |
Chamilo LMS: common questions
What does Chamilo LMS replace?
Repoly lists Chamilo LMS as an open-source alternative to Moodle Cloud. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Chamilo LMS stands against the others.
Is Chamilo LMS still maintained?
Chamilo LMS had 1,632 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v3.0.1, is from 1 month ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.