Gibbon - The Flexible School Platform
Gibbon is a flexible, open source school management platform designed to make life better for teachers, students, parents and leaders.
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Gibbon is a free, open-source school management platform designed to empower teachers, students, parents, and administrators with flexible tools for education.
🚀 Overview
Gibbon is a flexible, web-based school management system built by educators to tackle the daily challenges faced in schools, such as fragmented student data and inefficient workflows. It centralizes student information, enabling teachers to better understand, contact, locate, and support their students. The platform supports seamless planning, teaching, and assessment processes while providing unified access for all stakeholders with customizable permissions.
This project solves the problem of rigid, expensive proprietary systems by offering a free, adaptable alternative that schools can host themselves, modify, and extend. It's built for a wide range of institutions including international schools, public schools, homeschool groups, and even refugee education programs worldwide.
Founded by teacher Ross Parker in 2010 in response to needs at his international school (ICHK), Gibbon was created to give educators control, freedom, and a student-centered, teacher-led toolset without vendor lock-in.
✨ Key Features
- Student Information Management: Collate comprehensive student data to help teachers understand, contact, find, and assist students effectively.
- Planning, Teaching & Assessment: Teacher-led workflows for seamless lesson planning, delivery, and evaluation.
- Unified Platform Access: Web-based interface for teachers, students, parents, and admins with highly configurable role-based permissions.
- Multilingual & Extensible: Supports 26 languages, right-to-left text, themes, and modules for customization.
- Upcoming/Recent: v30 introduced new Calendar and Student Alerts modules, plus 85+ enhancements; v31 in development.
🛠 Tech Stack
- Frontend: HTML, JavaScript, CSS (themeable)
- Backend: PHP 8.0+
- Database: MySQL 8.0+
- Auth: Custom (admin setup during installation)
- Hosting: Self-hosted (Linux servers with Apache/Nginx)
👥 Who Is This For?
This project is useful for:
- Teachers who want to streamline student management and workflows
- Schools seeking a free, flexible OSS alternative to proprietary systems
- Administrators in international, public, homeschool, or refugee education settings
📸 Screenshots / Demo
- Live demo: https://www.softaculous.com/demos/Gibbon
- GitHub: https://github.com/GibbonEdu/core
🔥 Project Status
- 🟢 Actively building
Last updated: 2026-03-20
❓ FAQ
Is this project free?
Yes — free and open source under GPL-3.0, no costs for core platform; self-host to avoid fees.
Is the source code available?
Yes — https://github.com/GibbonEdu/core
Can I contribute?
Yes — submit issues/PRs on GitHub, contribute translations via POEditor (email support@gibbonedu.org), provide feedback on forums, or help with documentation.
📬 Contact & Links
- Website: https://gibbonedu.org
- GitHub: https://github.com/GibbonEdu/core
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/gibbonedu
- Email: support@gibbonedu.org
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