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Sakai

Enterprise learning management system for education

Learning & Courses ★ 1.2k stars Hard setup Apache-2.0

Sakai is an open-source learning management system written in Java and used by universities and colleges worldwide. It provides course sites with assignments, gradebook, tests and quizzes, forums, and resources, deployed on institutional servers.

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Key features

  • Virtual classroom
  • Assignments and grading
  • Discussion forums
  • Progress tracking

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (1.2k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Java

Is Sakai secure?

OSV.dev lists 6 published advisories for Sakai. It doesn't publish GitHub releases we can match, so we can't say which of them apply to the current version. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-54049, published 2026-10-01 (13 days ago), fixed in 23.5

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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