No. 16 of 33 ·Automated Grading Software

Autolab

Web · Mac · Linux · Self-hosted · API

Freedom report

Two barsScore 5.5

Free tierNo free tier on record
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Autolab is ranked #16 of 33 in automated grading software on Freedom251. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web.

Compared on automated grading software

Programming autograding: Yes
LMS or LTI support: Yes

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The record

Purpose: Autolab is an open-source course management platform for offering autograded programming assignments.
Intended users: The project aims to bring autograding to programming and computer science classes at secondary and university levels.
Autograding: Instructors can use autograders to grade assignments in any language with any software package.
Course tools: Autolab provides gradebooks, rosters, submissions, lab writeups, manual grading, late penalties, grace days, meetings, partners, and bulk email.
Scoreboards: Autograded labs can show an optional real-time scoreboard with anonymized student results.
Code annotation: Autolab supports adding feedback annotations directly to student code.
Plagiarism checking: The project describes cheat detection that compares assessments with each other and with past submissions using Stanford's MOSS system.
GitHub integration: Students can submit code from GitHub repositories through OAuth, and Git submissions are packaged as .tgz files for grading.
LMS integration: Autolab's LTI integration supports linking courses and synchronizing course rosters; roster synchronization is manual.
LTI limitation: The LTI Advantage integration is mainly built for Canvas; integration with platforms such as Moodle is described as possible but untested.
Deployment: Autolab and its Tango autograding backend can be installed with Docker Compose, manually on Ubuntu or Mac OS X, or through a beta AWS installation.
System requirements: The installation guide says machines with less than 2 GB of RAM may have issues installing the sassc gem.
Security: For GitHub submissions, Autolab requests only the minimum permissions needed to access selected private repositories.
Support: The project invites schools and classes interested in using Autolab to contact its team for help getting started.

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Automated Grading Software in 2026#16 of 33

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Sources

autolabproject.com· checked 4 Oct 2026
docs.autolabproject.com· checked 4 Oct 2026
docs.autolabproject.com/instructors/· checked 4 Oct 2026
docs.autolabproject.com/features/git-submission/· checked 4 Oct 2026
docs.autolabproject.com/features/lti-course-integration/· checked 4 Oct 2026
docs.autolabproject.com/installation/lti_integration/· checked 4 Oct 2026
docs.autolabproject.com/installation/overview/· checked 4 Oct 2026
github.com/autolab/Autolab· checked 4 Oct 2026