Create a virtual campus for the provision of online or semi-online training.
License: GPL-3.0. Built with: PHP, JavaScript, HTML, Vue, Twig, CSS, Go Template, Java, Gherkin, SCSS, Shell, Hack, TypeScript. Website: https://chamilo.org/. Source: https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms.
Most self-hosted apps including Chamilo LMS install through Docker or Docker Compose. The typical workflow is: install Docker on your host, pull the official image (or clone the repository), supply a configuration file with database credentials and storage paths, then start the container. Many homelabbers run Chamilo LMS alongside other self-hosted services behind a reverse proxy like Caddy, Traefik, or nginx-proxy-manager for HTTPS and routing. Check the official repository for the most current instructions.
Self-hosting gives you three things SaaS can’t: data ownership (the files live on disks you control), cost predictability (a one-time setup vs. recurring per-seat fees that grow with your household or team), and longevity (open-source means the app keeps working even if the maintainers move on, since you can pin a working version). The trade-off is that you take on the operational work of running a server, applying updates, and handling backups.
4GB free disk space Chamilo 2.0 has been tested on a 2 vCPUs, 2GB RAM virtual machine under Ubuntu 24.04 and has been shown to work, but to build the development environment, you will need at least 4GB RAM.
Last verified: 2026-04-21