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RELATE vs Canvas LMS: catalog facts
RELATE	Canvas LMS
Free Free and open source.	Freemium Self-hosting the AGPL code is free; Instructure's hosted Canvas is sold to institutions.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Course content as plain YAML and Markdown under git version control Auto-graded code questions with sandboxed execution	Widely used LMS with a large ecosystem Integrates with more than 1000 external tools
No packaged releases; installed from source Content authoring assumes comfort with text files and git	Self-hosting a production instance is complex Product website focuses on the paid hosted service
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: AGPL-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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