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Chamilo LMS vs RELATE: catalog facts
Chamilo LMS	RELATE
Best for: Schools and training organisations hosting their own e-learning platform	Best for: Instructors of technical courses who want text-based, version-controlled course content
Free Free and open source under GPL-3.0; training and certifications are offered separately.	Free Free and open source.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Broad course, assignment and attendance features Can import courses from Moodle All 4 strengths for Chamilo LMS Broad course, assignment and attendance features Can import courses from Moodle API for integration with other business systems Long-running project with active development	Course content as plain YAML and Markdown under git version control Auto-graded code questions with sandboxed execution All 4 strengths for RELATE Course content as plain YAML and Markdown under git version control Auto-graded code questions with sandboxed execution Flexible participation, access and grading rules Multiple courses on one installation
Needs a server to host and maintain Many features to configure for a small setup	No packaged releases; installed from source Content authoring assumes comfort with text files and git
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: MIT
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 Sources for Chamilo LMS chamilo.org github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for RELATE documen.tician.de/relate github.com/inducer/relate Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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