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Open source learning management system for selling online courses and digital downloads from your own branded website, self-hostable.

Open-source alternative to:TeachableThinkificPodia

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What is it?

CourseLit is a learning management system for running an online teaching business. It covers course authoring, student management, payment processing through Stripe, a website builder with custom sales pages, and basic analytics.

It is designed as a self-hostable alternative to hosted course platforms such as Teachable, Thinkific and Podia. A cloud-hosted version is also offered, with a free trial period. The project is a TypeScript mono-repo managed with pnpm workspaces, and it supports deployment via Vercel and Docker Compose.

Media assets are stored through MediaLit, a separate service that can be used in its cloud form or self-hosted by pointing the MEDIALIT_SERVER setting at your own instance. The project also supports custom widgets for extending functionality.

Key features

  • 01Course authoring and student management
  • 02Payment processing via Stripe
  • 03Website builder with custom sales pages
  • 04Blog publishing on your own domain
  • 05Selling digital downloads
  • 06Basic analytics

Use cases

  • Independent instructors selling courses from their own website
  • Creators selling ebooks or other digital downloads
  • Teams wanting a self-hosted alternative to hosted course platforms

Quick start

  1. 1

    Clone the project and enter its directory

  2. 2

    Install dependencies

    pnpm install
  3. 3

    Build the packages

    pnpm build
  4. 4

    Start the app

    pnpm dev

Things to know

  • Payment processing relies on Stripe.
  • Media storage uses MediaLit, a paid service, unless you run your own instance.
  • Analytics are described as very limited.
  • Licensed under AGPL-3.0, a copyleft license that requires source disclosure for network use.

Topics

#lms#online-courses#self-hosted#typescript#payments#cms#blog#cms-framework#course#courses

FAQ

What is courselit?
Open source learning management system for selling online courses and digital downloads from your own branded website, self-hostable. CourseLit is a learning management system for running an online teaching business. It covers course authoring, student management, payment processing through Stripe, a website builder with custom sales pages, and basic analytics.
Is courselit free to use? What license does it have?
courselit is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license. Check the license terms before using it in commercial products.
Is courselit still maintained?
Actively maintained. The last commit to courselit was on Oct 9, 2026.
What can I use courselit for?
Independent instructors selling courses from their own website Creators selling ebooks or other digital downloads Teams wanting a self-hosted alternative to hosted course platforms
How do I install courselit?
Clone the project and enter its directory Install dependencies: pnpm install Build the packages: pnpm build Start the app: pnpm dev
Where can I get courselit?
The source code and installation instructions are on GitHub: https://github.com/codelitdev/courselit

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