ILIAS
ILIAS is a free, open-source learning management system for universities, businesses, schools, and public authorities.
What ILIAS is
ILIAS is a free, open-source learning management system for universities, businesses, schools, and public authorities. It combines course management and learning modules with tests, assessments, portfolios, surveys, wikis, and blogs. The system supports SCORM 1.2 and 2004, LOM metadata, IMS QTI, and IMS LTI for external application integration. Organizations can change its appearance, connect it to a website or intranet, activate selected modules, and set user permissions. After installation, trainers, learners, and assistants use ILIAS in a browser without extra software. Data can be exported in XML, CSV, and Excel formats. ILIAS supports self-hosting, Android, iOS, web use, and API access, and says it can serve 100 or 100,000 users. Its business solution can be configured for GDPR requirements. Commercial providers offer installation, hosting, maintenance, training, and custom modifications by quote.
Good
- Free self-hosted license
- Supports courses, tests, and assessments
- Offers SCORM, QTI, and LTI
- Provides API and export formats
- Configurable permissions and appearance
Watch out
- Self-hosting requires organizational setup
- Commercial services are quoted separately
- Demo is mostly available in German
- Customization and maintenance may need providers
Who it suits
It suits institutions wanting a customizable, self-hosted learning platform with standards support, assessments, certificates, and broad deployment options.
Verdict
ILIAS provides a broad open-source LMS with self-hosting, standards integration, exports, and configurable modules. Organizations should plan for setup and ongoing administration, or use a commercial service provider.
Plans and prices
From ILIAS's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| ILIAS | Free | No license fee · self-host on your own server |
The facts
Each one read from ILIAS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Assessments
- Its test and assessment tool supports self-tests and complete e-exams.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Certificates
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Community scale
- The about page reports 17 service providers, more than 90 institutional society members, thousands of active installations and millions of users.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Customization
- Organizations can change ILIAS's appearance, integrate it with a website or intranet, activate selected modules and set user permissions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data export
- ILIAS supports XML, CSV and Excel exports, and says files can be exported in XML format.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Demo limitation
- The ILIAS demo is currently mostly available in German, and an English translation is in preparation.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Learning tools
- ILIAS includes course management, learning modules, tests and assessments, portfolios, surveys, wikis and blogs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy
- The business solution page says ILIAS can be configured to conform to European data protection regulations (GDPR), whether hosted on an organization's server or with a Premium Partner.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security reporting
- The ILIAS site asks users to report suspected security issues confidentially through its security mailing list.checked 11 Oct 2026
- SSO support
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Standards and integration
- ILIAS supports SCORM 1.2 and 2004, LOM metadata, IMS QTI, and IMS LTI for integrating external applications.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- ILIAS service providers offer commercial installation, maintenance, hosting, training and custom modifications, with pricing available by quote.checked 11 Oct 2026
- What it does
- ILIAS is an open-source learning management system for universities, businesses, schools and public authorities.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser use
- Once installed, ILIAS runs in a browser without extra software for trainers, learners or assistants.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Scale and devices
- ILIAS says it can be used for 100 or 100,000 users and on desktop or mobile devices.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1998checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Cologne, Germanychecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
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