Open source by industry / Education
Gibbon
A school management platform for teachers, students, parents and administrators.
- Can you use it commercially?
- Yes
GPL-3.0. Schools and institutions can host and use it without restriction. If you distribute a modified version, it must stay under the GPL.
- Is it still maintained?
- Active
Last push on 2026-10-09. The repository is not archived.
- How hard is it to deploy?
- Easy
Download and unzip, copy the files to your server, open it in a browser and follow the installer: five steps in the official guide. It needs Apache or Nginx, PHP 8.0 or later and MySQL 8.0 or later.
- What does it cost?
- Low
The software is free. For a small school the docs suggest 2 CPUs, 4 to 8 GB of RAM and 50 GB of disk; for a large one, 4 CPUs, 16 GB and 300 GB.
- What to watch out for
- Translations are volunteer-run
Interface translations are maintained by volunteers, so check how complete your language is after installing. The docs are in English.
Based on license texts, commit history and official deployment docs. I have not deployed each one myself. Last checked: .
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