Learning and careers
Teachable alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
codelitdev/courselit★1,207 GitHub starsAGPL-3.0 licenceSelf‑hosted platform to create, sell, and publish online courses and digital downloads.Open on GitHub ↗frappe/lms★3,114 GitHub starsAGPL-3.0 licenceFull open‑source learning management system for creating and managing courses and learners.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Automated international tax collection and remittance across 45+ countries
- Built-in daily payouts and teachable:pay merchant flow
- Free built-in subtitles & translations (70+ languages) at platform scale
- Mobile iOS/Android student apps
- Enterprise features: SSO, sandbox school, dedicated success manager, SLAs, white‑glove onboarding
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Teachable, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.