Excalidraw
Interactive lessons & boardsOpen-source virtual whiteboard
- Stars
- ★ 134k
- Licence
- MIT
- Updated
Free alternatives to Nearpod
Last updated · 9 options
Quick answer: Excalidraw has the most stars on its repository of the 9 options here (★ 134k), followed by Xournal++ (★ 15.5k). Stars show popularity, not fit, so check formats, platforms and licence for your own work.
Interactive lesson platform with slides, VR and checks for understanding. Here are 9 free options, most-starred first.
Xournal++
Interactive lessons & boardsOpen-source handwriting and PDF annotation
- Stars
- ★ 15.5k
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
- Updated
BigBlueButton
Video, audio & feedbackOpen-source virtual classroom for online teaching
- Stars
- ★ 9.2k
- Licence
- LGPL-3.0
- Updated
Alternative to Google Classroom, Nearpod
JupyterHub
Interactive lessons & boardsMulti-user Jupyter notebooks for classes
- Stars
- ★ 8.4k
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
- Updated
Alternative to Google Classroom, Nearpod
Oppia
Interactive lessons & boardsOpen-source interactive learning explorations
- Stars
- ★ 6.9k
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
OpenBoard
Interactive lessons & boardsOpen-source interactive whiteboard for classrooms
- Stars
- ★ 3.1k
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Updated
Kolibri
Interactive lessons & boardsOffline-first learning platform from Learning Equality
- Stars
- ★ 1.2k
- Licence
- MIT
- Updated
Alternative to Google Classroom, Nearpod
Pressbooks
Content authoring (H5P & alike)Open-source book and OER publishing platform
- Stars
- ★ 458
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Updated
Alternative to Google Classroom, Nearpod
H5P
Content authoring (H5P & alike)Open-source interactive HTML5 content types
- Stars
- ★ 151
- Licence
- MIT
- Updated
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FAQ
Is there a free alternative to Nearpod?
Yes. TeacherAlts lists 9 options: Excalidraw, Xournal++, BigBlueButton, JupyterHub, Oppia, OpenBoard, Kolibri, Pressbooks and H5P.
Which Nearpod alternatives are open source?
Excalidraw (MIT), Xournal++ (GPL-2.0), BigBlueButton (LGPL-3.0), JupyterHub (BSD-3-Clause), Oppia (Apache-2.0), OpenBoard (GPL-3.0), Kolibri (MIT), Pressbooks (GPL-3.0) and H5P (MIT).
Which Nearpod alternatives run in a web browser?
Excalidraw, BigBlueButton, JupyterHub, Oppia, Pressbooks and H5P. The others listed here aren't listed for web browser.
Related categories: Interactive lessons & boards · Video, audio & feedback · Content authoring (H5P & alike)
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