Awesome Open Source School

Awesome free and open source software (FOSS) for schools. For the classroom, but also for the "backend" (selfhosted solutions, infrastructure).

This is a list of Free and Open Source Software that can be used in a school.

See Contributing.

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• List of Software
  • Classroom
  • Server
  • Other

Classroom

• Preschool / Elementary
  • bambam - Tool for introducting computers to children aged 1 to 3
  • GCompris - educational software suite for children aged 2 to 10
  • KLettres - Learn the alphabet
• Language
  • English
    • Articulate - KDE Pronunciation Trainer
    • KAnagram - KDE letter ordering game
    • KWordQuiz - KDE word flash cards
    • parley - KDE vocabulary trainer
  • Japanese
    • Kiten - KDE Reference/Study Tool
• Math
  • Tux Math - Math games
  • KBrunch - KDE excercise fractions
  • Kig - KDE interactive geometry
  • KmPlot - KDE Function plotter
  • Qalculate - Calculator
  • Cantor - KDE frontend to other math programs
  • KAlgebra - KDE graphing calculator
  • Rocs - Rocs graphy theory
  • Free Math - Open source website for students to show their step-by-step math work digitally and optimized teacher-driven grading for a whole class.
  • Libre Calculator - Math calculators with worked steps, diagrams, and short lessons.
• Geography
  • OpenStreetMap - Open data world map
  • KGeography - KDE geography trainer
  • Marble - Globe
• Science
  • LabPlot - Science data plotter
  • KStars - Planetarium
• Chemistry
  • Kalzium - KDE periodic table of elements
• Physics
  • Step - Interactive physical simulator
• Audio / Video / Graphics
  • Audio
    • Minuet - Music education software
    • Music Blocks - Programmable music
    • Musescore - professional free software to create, play and print sheet music
    • Audacity - Free, open source, cross-platform audio software
    • Ardour - Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)
    • LMMS - looping track editor
    • Mixxx - DJ software
  • Video
    • Kdenlive - multitrack video editor
    • OpenShot - award-winning open source video editing software
    • Flowblade - multitrack video editor
    • Synfig Studio - 2D animation editor
    • Blender - 3D modeling, animation, and video editor
  • Graphics
    • Krita - professional free and open source painting program
    • GIMP - free and open source image editor
    • Inkscape - free and open source professional vector graphics editor
    • FontForge - Font editor
    • darktable - Photography workflow editor
    • RenPy - visual novel editor
• Typing
  • KTouch - KDE typing tutor
  • Klavaro - Typing tutor
  • TIPP10 - Typing tutor
  • Tux Typing - Typing tutor
  • GNU Typist - Typing tutor
• Programming
  • KTurtle - Move a turtle with code
  • Blockly - Framework for coding with drag and drop blocks
  • Lua - Easy to learn programming language
  • Python - Easy to learn programming language
  • Pygame - Python module for creating games
  • Processing - Easy to learn programming language for artists
  • Octave - Scientific programming language
• Operating Systems
  • GalliumOS - Chromebook alternative operating system based on Ubuntu
  • Ubuntu Studio - live distribution for sampling Audio/Video tools
  • AV Linux - live distribution for sampling Audio/Video tools
  • DebianEdu/Skolelinux - distribution for sampling educational software
  • Debian - Free and open source distribution
  • Ubuntu - Free and open source distribution
  • Trisquel - Free and open source distribution
• Productivity
  • LibreOffice - powerful open source office suite
  • QuiQui - Live audience response tool for university lectures: pose a question, students answer on their phones via QR code, the class sees a live result chart. Questions are authored as YAML in a GitHub repo (version-controlled, shareable, no data-entry UI) and support Markdown and LaTeX math. No database, no accounts.
  • FocusWriter - Minimalistic text editor
  • Dia - Diagram editor
  • Scribus - Desktop publishing
• Other
  • OpenBoard - interactive whiteboard for schools and universities

Server

• Classroom Management Software (CMS)
  • Epoptes - classroom monitor
  • Veyon - classroom monitor
  • HPI-Schulcloud - Technical basis for teachers and pupils to be able to use modern digital teaching and learning content via any device in any subject without any special prior technical knowledge.
• Other
• Vates VMS - A complete, fully open-source virtualization stack combining the XCP-ng hypervisor and Xen Orchestra management engine, perfect for hosting school backend applications, virtual labs, and automated student backups.
• linuxmuster.net - free all-in-one school server solution (user- and device management)
• Koha ILS - Open Source Integrated Library System
• Moodle - learning platform designed to provide educators, administrators and learners with a single robust, secure and integrated system to create personalised learning environments
• ERPNext - ERP / SIS for schools
• Gibbon - Created by teachers, Gibbon is the school platform which solves real problems encountered by educators every day.
• RosarioSIS - Free Student Information System for school management
• ReportBurster - Free Business Intelligence For Schools (alternative to commercial SSRS/PowerBI/Tableau)

Other

• Make sure to have a look at awesome sysadmin, too. There are many many tools, that are helpful in a school like automation, backup, monitoring etc.

• Remove audio from video - Free, browser-based audio remover. Local processing via WebAssembly. No signup, no watermarks. Batch up to 20 clips.