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Moodle
World's open source learning platform for personalized education
Robust learning management system enabling educators, administrators, and learners to create secure, integrated, and personalized educational environments at scale.
Overview
Overview
Moodle is a comprehensive learning management system trusted by universities, schools, companies, and organizations worldwide. Built on PHP, it provides a single integrated platform where educators can design courses, administrators can manage users and content, and learners can engage with personalized educational experiences.
Capabilities
The platform offers robust tools for course creation, content delivery, assessment, and collaboration. Educators can build interactive learning environments tailored to their teaching methods, while administrators benefit from centralized management and security features. Learners access a cohesive experience across devices and contexts.
Deployment & Community
Moodle can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure or deployed through MoodleCloud and certified Moodle Partners. The active global community provides extensive documentation, regular developer meetings, and annual Moodle Moots. With thousands of contributors and a mature codebase, Moodle balances flexibility with enterprise-grade stability for educational institutions of any size.
Highlights
Integrated platform for course creation, delivery, and learner management
Personalized learning environments tailored to educators and learners
Self-hosted or partner-managed deployment options including MoodleCloud
Active global community with extensive documentation and support resources
Pros
- Mature, battle-tested platform used by countless institutions worldwide
- Flexible deployment: self-host or use managed hosting services
- Comprehensive feature set covering full learning lifecycle
- Strong community support with regular meetings and documentation
Considerations
- PHP-based architecture may require specific hosting expertise
- Large codebase can present a learning curve for customization
- Self-hosting requires ongoing maintenance and security updates
- Interface complexity may overwhelm smaller organizations or individual educators
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Fit guide
Great for
- Universities and schools needing enterprise-grade learning management
- Organizations requiring customizable, self-hosted educational platforms
- Institutions with technical resources to manage or extend the platform
- Educators seeking comprehensive tools for course design and assessment
Not ideal when
- Teams seeking lightweight, minimal learning tools without setup overhead
- Organizations without PHP hosting capabilities or technical staff
- Projects requiring modern JavaScript-first architecture
- Users prioritizing out-of-the-box simplicity over configurability
How teams use it
University Course Management
Centralized platform for delivering courses, tracking student progress, and managing assessments across departments with role-based access control.
Corporate Training Programs
Scalable employee onboarding and professional development with personalized learning paths, compliance tracking, and certification management.
K-12 School District Deployment
Unified learning environment across multiple schools enabling teachers to share resources, collaborate, and maintain consistent educational standards.
Professional Certification Courses
Secure platform for delivering accredited programs with robust assessment tools, progress tracking, and certificate issuance capabilities.
Tech snapshot
PHP79%
JavaScript14%
Gherkin4%
CSS2%
Mustache2%
SCSS1%
Frequently asked questions
What hosting options are available for Moodle?
You can self-host Moodle on your own web server, use MoodleCloud for managed hosting, or work with certified Moodle Partners who provide hosting and support services.
Is Moodle suitable for small organizations or individual educators?
While Moodle is feature-rich and scalable, its complexity is best suited for organizations with technical resources. Smaller users may benefit from MoodleCloud or partner hosting to reduce setup overhead.
What programming language is Moodle built with?
Moodle is primarily built with PHP, with significant JavaScript components. It requires a web server environment that supports PHP and a compatible database system.
How active is the Moodle community?
Moodle has a large global community with regular developer meetings, annual Moodle Moots, extensive documentation, and active forums on moodle.org for educators, administrators, and developers.
What license does Moodle use?
Moodle is licensed under GPL-3.0, making it free and open source software that you can download, modify, and distribute according to the license terms.
Project at a glance
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- 6,776
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LicenseGPL-3.0
Repo age16 years old
Last commit5 days ago
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Primary languagePHP
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