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codelitdev/courselit

Create/Sell courses and digital downloads and publish blogs on your own branded website. An open source alternative to Teachable, Thinkific, Podia and the likes. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/codelitdev/courselit · homepage · TypeScript · AGPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

94/100

  • Activity 93
  • Release rhythm 93
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_readme

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 17
  • age_days: 2590
  • days_rel: 46
  • days_push: 42
  • n_releases_24m: 18

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1260 stars · 257 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

CourseLit is an open-source, self-hostable all-in-one platform for building and selling online courses, digital downloads, memberships, and blogs on your own branded website. It positions itself as an open-source alternative to Teachable, Thinkific, and Podia, with a no-code page builder, email marketing, and payment gateway integration.

Use cases

  • sell online courses from my own website
  • self-host an alternative to Teachable or Thinkific
  • sell digital downloads like ebooks
  • publish a blog with SEO on my branded site
  • run a paid community for my audience
  • send marketing emails to my students
  • build an online school without duct-taping tools
  • avoid vendor lock-in for my course business

When to choose

  • you want full ownership of your course platform and data with self-hosting
  • you need courses, digital downloads, blog, community, and email in one tool
  • you're a solo creator or small business priced out of Teachable/Thinkific
  • you want an open-source, no-code website builder for selling educational content

When to avoid

  • you need enterprise LMS features like SSO, SCORM, or advanced compliance
  • you don't want to manage your own hosting and infrastructure
  • you need deep third-party integrations or a large plugin ecosystem
  • you require a mature, battle-tested platform with a huge user base

Facets

application · maturity active

self-hosted web-framework email analytics education e-commerce web-development self-hosted cms self-hosted lms elearning course-platform digital-downloads teachable-alternative creator-economy no-code blogging memberships cms web-server nodejs docker

3 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
codelitdev/courselitmain94

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="codelitdev/courselit")

Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem