Open eClass 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.

Open eClass and OpenOLAT are closely matched on maintenance health (65 vs 67). Neither is the safer bet on activity alone, so choose on features, licence and the stack you already run.
Open eClassOpenOLAT
Health score 65/100 67/100
Commits (11 mo) 1277 3116
Commits (last 3 mo) 255 980
Stars 166 444
Latest release 10 Aug 2026 none tagged
Licence GPL-2.0 Apache-2.0
Built with PHP Java
Typical RAM 1 GB 2 GB

Open eClass

Open eClass is an advanced e-learning solution that can enhance the teaching and learning process.

65/100
Steady

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

Maintenance 34/40
Releases 25/25
Community 2/20
Momentum 4/15

Commit activity more than 84% of tracked projects; popularity more than 10%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 85 commits 2025-11: 108 commits 2025-12: 88 commits 2026-01: 110 commits 2026-02: 148 commits 2026-03: 228 commits 2026-04: 123 commits 2026-05: 132 commits 2026-06: 124 commits 2026-07: 92 commits 2026-08: 39 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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