Education · paid tool
Adobe Captivate alternatives
Authoring tool for interactive e-learning modules and quizzes.
Free alternatives
Highest score first. The score weighs licence openness, repository activity, traction, feature coverage, and cost; factors without data are left out and the rest are reweighted.
Adapt Learning
Ranking score 88.6/100
Responsive e-learning authoring framework for courses.
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Platforms
- web, self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Repo activity
- Last release September 30, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 632
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Adapt Learning Factor Points Weight Licence opennessGPL-3.0 licence (open); self-hostable 25 25% Repository activityLast activity 13 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity632 GitHub stars 11.9 20% Feature coverage5 of 6 curated capability tags covered 16.7 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
Xerte
Ranking score 84.6/100
Authoring toolkit for accessible interactive learning content.
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Platforms
- web, self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Repo activity
- Last commit October 23, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 73
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Xerte Factor Points Weight Licence opennessApache-2.0 licence (open); self-hostable 25 25% Repository activityLast activity 2 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity73 GitHub stars 8 20% Feature coverage5 of 6 curated capability tags covered 16.7 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
H5P
Ranking score 82.6/100
Authoring tools for interactive quizzes, presentations, and video.
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Platforms
- web, self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Repo activity
- Last commit October 23, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 152
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for H5P Factor Points Weight Licence opennessGPL-3.0 licence (open); self-hostable 25 25% Repository activityLast activity 3 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity152 GitHub stars 9.3 20% Feature coverage4 of 6 curated capability tags covered 13.3 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.