ILIAS
Learning management system that can cope with anything you throw at it.
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Still maintained? Yes: 559 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v11.5 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Moodle Cloud.
At a glance
ILIAS quick facts
- Health score
- 81/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 506
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v11.5, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
Top alternatives to ILIAS
Full rankings: Moodle Cloud alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "ILIAS is a powerful Open Source Learning Management System for developing and realising web-based e-learning. The software was developed to reduce the costs of using new media in education and further training and to ensure the maximum level of customer influence in the implementation of the software. ILIAS is published under the General Public Licence 3.0 and free of charge."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
ILIAS scores 81/100, #3 of 16 in Learning and Courses: 559 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v11.5, 24 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 506 stars add 10.8 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
559 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v11.5 released 24 days ago
- Stars 10.8 / 20
506 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
- 559
- Last 90 days
- 1,819
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 16 tools in Learning and Courses by health , between Chamilo LMS (#2) and Open eClass (#4) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | v11.5 · 24 days ago |
| Stars | 506 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS ↗ |
ILIAS vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with ILIAS (Learning and Courses), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamilo LMS | 82 | 1k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| ILIAS (this tool) | 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 |
ILIAS: common questions
What does ILIAS replace?
Repoly lists ILIAS as an open-source alternative to Moodle Cloud. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where ILIAS stands against the others.
Is ILIAS still maintained?
ILIAS had 559 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v11.5, is from 24 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.