Chamilo LMS vs OpenOLAT

Both are self-hosted learning and courses projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

Chamilo LMS scores 83 against OpenOLAT's 67, putting it ahead on the strength of more recent releases. That measures project health, not feature fit — OpenOLAT may still be the right choice if it does what you need.
Chamilo LMSOpenOLAT
Health score 83/100 67/100
Commits (11 mo) 5239 3116
Commits (last 3 mo) 1712 980
Stars 1k 444
Latest release 19 Sept 2026 none tagged
Licence GPL-3.0 Apache-2.0
Built with PHP Java
Typical RAM 1 GB 2 GB

Chamilo LMS

Create a virtual campus for the provision of online or semi-online training.

83/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 39/40
Releases 25/25
Community 7/20
Momentum 12/15

Commit activity more than 97% of tracked projects; popularity more than 35%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 303 commits 2025-11: 298 commits 2025-12: 466 commits 2026-01: 412 commits 2026-02: 385 commits 2026-03: 644 commits 2026-04: 652 commits 2026-05: 367 commits 2026-06: 503 commits 2026-07: 532 commits 2026-08: 677 commits

OpenOLAT

Learning management system for teaching, education, assessment and communication.

67/100
Steady

Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.

Maintenance 38/40
Releases 13/25
Community 4/20
Momentum 12/15

Commit activity more than 94% of tracked projects; popularity more than 22%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 267 commits 2025-11: 245 commits 2025-12: 183 commits 2026-01: 272 commits 2026-02: 213 commits 2026-03: 421 commits 2026-04: 283 commits 2026-05: 252 commits 2026-06: 295 commits 2026-07: 310 commits 2026-08: 375 commits

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

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