CourseLit
CourseLit is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Learning Management (LMS) category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in TypeScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to Teachable and Thinkific and ships a Docker image. It has 1,284 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Learning Management (LMS)
- TypeScript
- AGPL-3.0
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 1,284
- Forks
- 264
- Open issues
- 231
- Commits, last 12 months
- 125
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.74.2Jul 18, 2026
- Created
- Jul 31, 2019
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 125 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 125 |
| Latest release | v0.74.2 (Jul 18, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 53 |
| Open issues | 231 |
| Open pull requests | 25 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jul 31, 2019 |
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About CourseLit
Sell courses and digital downloads from your own site, with course authoring, Stripe payments and a website builder.
Description written by appsgit. Source code: github.com/codelitdev/courselit.
Topics
- course
- blog
- self-hosted
- courses
- cms
- cms-framework
- teachable
- thinkific
- ghost
- lms
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Is CourseLit free and open source?
Yes. CourseLit is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run CourseLit with Docker?
Yes. CourseLit provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to CourseLit?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to CourseLit include Open edX, Moodle and Canvas LMS. CourseLit itself is a self-hosted alternative to Teachable and Thinkific.
Is CourseLit actively maintained?
The most recent commit to CourseLit was on Oct 25, 2026 with 125 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.74.2, published Jul 18, 2026. It had 231 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.