Autolab

Spec sheet

Purpose

Autolab is an open-source course management platform for instructors to offer autograded programming assignments.Read 11 Oct 2026 · autolabproject.com

Intended users

The project aims to bring autograding to programming and computer science classes at secondary and university levels.Read 4 Oct 2026 · autolabproject.com

Deployment

Autolab and its Tango autograding backend can be installed with Docker Compose, manually on Ubuntu or Mac OS X, or through a beta AWS setup.Read 11 Oct 2026 · docs.autolabproject.com

Integrations

Autolab supports LTI Advantage course linking for roster syncing, with integration features built mainly for Canvas; support for other platforms such as Moodle is untested.Read 11 Oct 2026 · docs.autolabproject.com

Security

For GitHub submissions, Autolab requests only the minimum permissions needed to access selected private repositories.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.autolabproject.com

Support

The project invites schools and organizations to contact its core developers by email for help; it says servers may be provided for free on a case-by-case basis.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Autograding

Autolab can grade assignments in any language using any software package.Read 11 Oct 2026 · autolabproject.com

Autograding isolation

Tango runs grading jobs in Docker containers or AWS virtual machines, and the project’s v3.0.0 release notes mention an option to selectively disable network access.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Cheat detection

The site describes comparing assessments with one another and past submissions using Stanford’s MOSS Cheat Detector.Read 11 Oct 2026 · autolabproject.com

Code annotation

Autolab supports adding feedback annotations directly to student code.Read 4 Oct 2026 · autolabproject.com

Code feedback

Instructors can add feedback directly to students’ submitted code with code annotation.Read 11 Oct 2026 · autolabproject.com

Course tools

Autolab also provides gradebooks, rosters, submissions and handouts, manual grading, late penalties, grace days, meetings, groups, and bulk email.Read 11 Oct 2026 · docs.autolabproject.com

Demo

The public demonstration site refreshes daily, and the documentation advises against storing important information there.Read 11 Oct 2026 · docs.autolabproject.com

Free hosting

The project says it provides servers for free on a case-by-case basis, especially for NGOs or small high-school classrooms.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

GitHub integration

Students can submit code from GitHub repositories through OAuth, and Git submissions are packaged as .tgz files for grading.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.autolabproject.com

LMS integration

Autolab's LTI integration supports linking courses and synchronizing course rosters; roster synchronization is manual.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.autolabproject.com

LTI limitation

The LTI Advantage integration is mainly built for Canvas; integration with platforms such as Moodle is described as possible but untested.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.autolabproject.com

Plagiarism checking

The project describes cheat detection that compares assessments with each other and with past submissions using Stanford's MOSS system.Read 4 Oct 2026 · autolabproject.com

Scoreboards

Its real-time scoreboard displays anonymized, rank-ordered student results.Read 11 Oct 2026 · autolabproject.com

Security configuration

The installation overview says the Docker Compose deployment includes TLS/SSL.Read 11 Oct 2026 · docs.autolabproject.com

Submission formats

Assessments can accept text or archive files, and instructors can enable GitHub submissions for students to submit from a repository branch.Read 11 Oct 2026 · docs.autolabproject.com

System requirements

The installation guide says machines with less than 2 GB of RAM may have issues installing the sassc gem.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.autolabproject.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Automated Grading Software#16 of 338.0