TRAX LRS

What TRAX LRS is

TRAX LRS is an xAPI-compliant Learning Record Store for storing and managing learning data. It lets users explore statements and related records, including activities, agents, persons, groups, profiles, and states. Scheduled jobs can validate statements, pseudonymize data, and clean up records. Administrators can remove an actor’s xAPI data or pseudonymize statements across a store. The free Starter Edition costs nothing and includes one admin user, one xAPI endpoint, statement exploration, and MySQL or PostgreSQL. Data export is available through the API, and cmi5 is supported. Listed integrations include a Moodle plugin, connections to other xAPI-compliant LRSs, and secondary database connectors. TRAX LRS can run as a monolithic web application, as microservices, or with custom services listening for LRS events through Redis Streams. The Extended Edition adds multiple stores, user roles, store-level access, and configurable API client permissions. It requires a license agreement with the author and cannot be distributed to a third party.

Who it suits

TRAX LRS suits teams that need to store and manage xAPI learning records, explore related data, or schedule validation and cleanup. Its free Starter Edition is aimed at deployments needing one admin user and one xAPI endpoint.

Limits

Starter Edition includes one admin user, one xAPI endpoint, and MySQL or PostgreSQL. Extended Edition requires a license agreement with the author, is available to project contributors, and cannot be distributed to a third party.

Getting started

1. Visit the TRAX LRS website.
2. Choose the free Starter Edition under GPL3, or review Extended Edition access requirements.
3. Prepare an Apache web server with PHP and a configured MySQL or PostgreSQL database.
4. Deploy TRAX LRS and restrict web access to the public folder.
5. Change the default administrator and client credentials on a public server.

Verdict

TRAX LRS combines xAPI record exploration and scheduled data management with a free Starter Edition. Check the edition limits and Extended Edition license terms against your deployment needs.