Helium
Color-coded student planner for classes, homework, grades, and notes with smart notifications and multi-device sync.
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Still maintained? Yes: 169 commits in the last 90 days.
Also an alternative to Duolingo.
At a glance
Helium quick facts
- Health score
- 59/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 11
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- No tagged release
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to Helium
Full rankings: Duolingo alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Helium is a free, color-coded online student planner for classes, homework, grades, and notes."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Helium scores 59/100, #10 of 16 in Learning and Courses: 169 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 11 stars add 4.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is release recency, worth 25.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
169 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency biggest shortfall 0.0 / 25
No tagged release found
- Stars 4.3 / 20
11 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 169
- Last 90 days
- 522
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #10 of 16 tools in Learning and Courses by health , between edX (#9) and OpenOLAT (#11) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Python, Docker |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 11 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | HeliumEdu/platform ↗ |
Helium vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Helium (Learning and Courses), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INGInious | 90 | 243 | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Chamilo LMS | 82 | 1k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| ILIAS | 81 | 506 | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Gibbon | 77 | 635 | GPL-3.0 | today |
| RosarioSIS | 77 | 65 | GPL-2.0 | 7 days ago |
| Helium (this tool) | 59 | 11 | MIT | today |
Helium: common questions
What does Helium replace?
Repoly lists Helium as an open-source alternative to Duolingo. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Helium stands against the others.
Is Helium still maintained?
Helium had 169 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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