Top 5 Best Open Source School Management System

  • Tue, 11/24/2015 - 15:37 by aatif

Here we have listed the best open-source School Management Applications ranking wise and our criteria to rank the best five applications is based on Github http:/wwwgithub.org project stars + update frequency + latest development + maturity and relevancy of the application however we are open to accepting any feedback from user personal experience.

ICTSchool

ICTSchool is an advance and promising School Management System to develop over Laravel 5.4 Framework.

ICTSchool has been developed keeping in mind the requirements of Asian Schools Admins / Managers and it handles all their management and communication needs like fee management, attendance management, exam and results management, ICTSchool converts a normal school to Advance ICT Integrated institute and it facilitate live interaction of parents/teachers/students using unified communications technologies, It is first open-source School Management System with full integration of information and communications technologies that enable administrators/managers to interact and provide live updates to guardians/parents through unified communications, email, SMS and voice, etc. ICTSchool offers an Android-based attendance system, automatic Voice calls generation on late or absent, Fee updates through SMS and voice calls, auto results updates through SMS or telephone calls, live survey conduction, and much more.

Feature

  • Class Management
  • Subjects Management
  • Students Management System
  • Class / Students Promotion
  • Student Exam management
  • Exam Marking
  • Send exam report to student`s parent via SMS
  • Reports
  • Attendance System from Mobile Application
  • Mobile application for teacher
  • Fee management system
  • Fee reminder notification system via SMS / Voice Call
  • CTI Integration
  • Voice notification system
  • SMS notification system
  • Emergency, Parent-teacher meeting notification

Technologies

RosarioSIS

RosarioSIS is an open-source Source Student Information System (SIS) and School Management System (SMS). It is a flexible system, it can be used in schools, academies, colleges, and universities easily. It can be customized/modify according to specific needs and can be distributed freely. It is written in PHP language and used a PostgreSQL database. It has been released under the Gnu GPL v2 license.

Features

  • Responsive design: compatible with tablets and smartphone
  • Registration facility
  • Provide integration facility
  • Translated in different languages.
  • Accounting System
  • Students Billing
  • Students Discipline Monitoring
  • Attendance Management
  • Resource Management

Technologies

  • PHP
  • PostgreSQL

License Information

  • GNU General Public License version 2

Fedena

Fedena is an open-source school management software. This software is developed on the Ruby on Rail framework and its main focus on handling records. It is a web-based software solution developed by Foundation Technologies. It is a cloud-based software used for school administration purposes. This program is available in Git Hub. Fedena is the best solution for schools and campuses that want an easy means to manage all campus records. It was released under license Apache License 2.0.

Features

  • Courses and Batches Management
  • Student Admission Management
  • Student Attendance System
  • Examination Management System
  • Financial Management System
  • SMS Messaging System

Technologies

License Information

Gibbon

Gibbon was founded in October 2010 in response to a lack of powerful, usable, and open-source school platforms. Right from the beginning, Gibbon was designed to be flexible, extensible, and themeable, whilst aiming to help teachers to do their jobs. The project aims to provide all schools, no matter their size or resources, with the systems they need to provide effective learning, teaching, and school management. Gibbon is built using PHP, MySQL, jQuery, Git, Atom, and other open tools.

Features

  • Resource Management
  • Timetable Management
  • Attendance Management System
  • Department, Library, Markbook, Tracking Management System
  • Students, Staff Management System
  • Finance Management

Technologies

  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • jQuery
  • Git
  • Atom

License Information

  • GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE V-3

OpenSIS

OpenSIS is a free and open-source school management system. It is the best solution for K-2 and larger education institutions. This open-source software is used by both small and medium-sized schools. For using this school management system software need qualified IT staff. It is a web-based software solution. It is written in PHP and used the MYSQL database to store data. This software is released under GNU General Public License. You can download it from the Source forge website.

Features

  • Attendance System
  • GradeBook
  • Report Management
  • Messaging
  • Students Management
  • Transcripts Management

Technologies

  • PHP
  • MySQL

License Information

  • GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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