Gibbon
Flexible school management platform designed to make life better for teachers, students, parents and leaders.
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Still maintained? Yes: 80 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v30.0.01 (Feb 2026).
Also an alternative to Moodle Cloud and Duolingo.
At a glance
Gibbon quick facts
- Health score
- 77/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 635
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v30.0.01, Feb 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Gibbon
Full rankings: Moodle Cloud alternatives, Duolingo alternatives
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Gibbon scores 77/100, #5 of 16 in Learning and Courses: 80 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v30.0.01, 9 months ago) earns 21.0 of 25, 635 stars add 11.2 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.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
80 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 21.0 / 25
v30.0.01 released 9 months ago
- Stars 11.2 / 20
635 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
- 80
- Last 90 days
- 317
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #5 of 16 tools in Learning and Courses by health , between Open eClass (#4) and RosarioSIS (#6) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | v30.0.01 · 9 months ago |
| Stars | 635 |
| Open issues | 11 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | GibbonEdu/core ↗ |
Gibbon vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Gibbon (Learning and Courses), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamilo LMS | 82 | 1k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| ILIAS | 81 | 506 | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Open eClass | 79 | 170 | GPL-2.0 | 7 days ago |
| Gibbon (this tool) | 77 | 635 | GPL-3.0 | today |
| edX | 61 | 8.2k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Helium | 59 | 11 | MIT | today |
Gibbon: common questions
What does Gibbon replace?
Repoly lists Gibbon as an open-source alternative to Moodle Cloud and Duolingo. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Gibbon stands against the others.
Is Gibbon still maintained?
Gibbon had 80 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v30.0.01, is from 9 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.