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Canvas LMS vs ILIAS: catalog facts
Canvas LMS	ILIAS
Freemium Self-hosting the AGPL code is free; Instructure's hosted Canvas is sold to institutions.	Free Free and open source under GPL-3.0; professional support is available from service…
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Widely used LMS with a large ecosystem Integrates with more than 1000 external tools	Mature LMS with active development and regular releases Extensible through a large plugin collection
Self-hosting a production instance is complex Product website focuses on the paid hosted service	Much of the website and community content is in German Requires running and maintaining your own server
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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