edu-sharing

edu-sharing is an open-source educational content platform for schools, universities, public authorities, businesses, and associations that need materials to move between learning systems. Its strongest case is connecting repositories, learning platforms, and editing tools; organizations should be ready to manage a deployment or arrange service-partner support.

Overview

edu-sharing combines cloud storage, search for open educational resources, and tools for managing learning materials, metadata, and teaching scenarios. It is designed to connect educational software, so it suits organizations trying to make content reusable across systems rather than simply store files in one place.

Private, shared, and editorial collections help teams organize resources and control who can use them. Version history, content reuse, approval workflows, and role permissions support ongoing content governance. These capabilities make edu-sharing a more considered fit for institutional libraries and course-material workflows than for individuals seeking a lightweight personal cloud.

Key features

Plug-ins for Moodle, ILIAS, MediaWiki, TYPO3, and OpenOLAT, along with connectors for OnlyOffice and ONYX Editor, give organizations several routes to connect existing systems and tools. LDAP, Shibboleth, and SSO connections can map users, groups, and organizations, which is useful where access needs to follow an established identity structure.

A REST API based on the OpenAPI Specification provides an integration route for development teams. Support for SCORM and xAPI learning standards broadens its relevance to organizations managing structured learning content. The safe adds a secured area for protected materials, with a second password and role- or permission-based access controls. Configurable upload filters can check file content and extensions, including blocking disguised file types.

Self-hosting allows an organization to install edu-sharing on its own servers and adapt it to its requirements. The download page offers Docker images and downloads for the repository and rendering service, including version 10.0 RC. That flexibility is valuable to organizations wanting deployment control, but it also makes the service-partner option important: partners offer hosting, installation, configuration, updates, training, and support.

Pricing

edu-sharing Open Source: free. The open-source product and materials are available for free download, making it the natural starting point for organizations able to run and maintain their own system. Support and services come through service providers and development partners, so the free product does not itself remove the need to plan for operational help if an organization cannot manage deployment internally.

No seat, storage, or trial limits are stated for this plan. The practical trade-off is not a published usage cap but the responsibility for deployment and the separate service-partner route for support.

Platforms

edu-sharing supports web access, Android and iOS apps, an API, and self-hosted deployment. The mobile apps work on phones and tablets, but require an accessible edu-sharing repository with a rendering service and an account. Mobile support is therefore most useful to organizations that already have the repository infrastructure in place, rather than a standalone app user.

Who it's for

Schools, universities, public authorities, businesses, and associations are the audiences the maker targets. It is a strong fit for institutions that need content sharing across learning systems, permissioned collections, and options to connect identity management or existing tools. It is less suited to a team looking only for a ready-made hosted workspace without responsibility for repository setup or partner arrangements.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Multiple learning-platform plug-ins and editing-tool connectors can help organizations reuse content across their existing educational systems.
• Pro: Self-hosting, identity connections, role permissions, and the safe support controlled access and deployment choices.
• Pro: The open-source product is available for free download, with an API for organizations building their own integrations.
• Con: Mobile access depends on an accessible repository, rendering service, and account, so the apps are not a complete independent service.
• Con: Support and operational services are routed through service providers and development partners, which may require an additional arrangement.

Alternatives

Learning Content Management Systems is a category directory for comparing options in this software area.

Choose Edlib if its web and self-hosted options better suit your needs: it has a free, GPL 3.0-licensed self-hosted plan, a free plan, and a free trial, with a paid Teams plan at 23.00 USD per.

LON-CAPA is another free option, with web and Linux platforms.

Consider eXact LCMS if you want an off-the-shelf platform with parametric settings and hosted or on-premises deployment; it is paid and offers a free trial.

CloudLCMS is a paid web alternative with a free trial and custom pricing tailored to goals and scale.

WalkMe is a paid alternative with broad platform support and no free plan; its customer plan requires a quote.

AContent is a free web-based alternative.

Learninglogics LCMS is a paid web-based alternative.

TeachUp Adaptive Training Platform is a paid web-based alternative.

Verdict

Choose edu-sharing if your organization needs to connect educational content across systems and values open-source deployment, permissioned collections, and integration options. Its main advantage is breadth across content sharing and governance; look elsewhere if you need a self-contained mobile service or expect hosting and support to come bundled with the free product.