ILIAS by ILIAS-eLearning
GitHub repository for official ILIAS release branches and development branches (trunk)
About ILIAS
From the project's README at github.com/ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
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ILIAS is a powerful Open Source Learning Management System for developing and realising web-based e-learning. The software was developed to reduce the costs of using new media in education and further training and to ensure the maximum level of customer influence in the implementation of the software. ILIAS is published under the General Public Licence and free of charge. Features see all features on our official website or read our booklet Installation
Installation of ILIAS is well documented on our official Installation manual and in the documentation contained inside this repo: /docs/configuration/install.md Plugins
ILIAS can be extended with a lot of Plugins. You find the complete list in the Plugin Repository Community
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 482 | github.com/ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS |
| GitHub forks | 407 | github.com/ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 11.4 years | since Feb 2015 |
| Last commit | 2 months ago | May 4, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 289 | last: 2 months ago |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
What people say on Hacker News
- Three RCEs in Ilias Learning Management System
- Scripts and Aliases for Your Linux
- A passage from Homer's Iliad has been discovered inside the an Egyptian mummy
- Mode collapse has a name, and he's selling cancer treatment advice on Amazon
- Skills, 8 MCP tools, 6 runtimes, one memory system that never forgets
Ready to self-host ILIAS?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed Jun 21, 2026.
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