Sakai

Spec sheet

Product

Sakai is an open-source learning management, communications, and collaboration platform.Read 12 Oct 2026 · source.sakaiproject.org

Audience

The project describes Sakai as created by educators for educators and supports teaching and learning in person or online.Read 12 Oct 2026 · sakailms.org

Deployment

Sakai is a Java-based web application typically deployed with Apache Tomcat, and can scale through multiple Tomcat instances in a cluster.Read 12 Oct 2026 · source.sakaiproject.org

Free plan

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · sakailms.org

Integrations

Sakai implements the IMS LTI specification and provides an API for native integrations with third-party applications.Read 12 Oct 2026 · sakailms.org

Support

The project says official community support for Sakai 22 ceased with the Sakai 25 series and encourages older-version users to upgrade for current security patches.Read 12 Oct 2026 · source.sakaiproject.org

License

The Sakai 25 series is licensed under the Educational Community License version 2.0.Read 12 Oct 2026 · source.sakaiproject.org

Accessibility

The Sakai community states a goal of meeting WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA success criteria and says it regularly evaluates accessibility.Read 12 Oct 2026 · sakailms.org

Administration

Sakai provides course and system administration and configurable roles and permissions.Read 12 Oct 2026 · sakailms.org

API access

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · sakailms.org

Assessments

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · sakailms.org

Authentication and data

The project lists CAS, Kerberos, LDAP, Shibboleth, and WebAuth among supported external authentication services; production deployments typically use a database and file storage.Read 12 Oct 2026 · source.sakaiproject.org

Communication

Sakai includes synchronous and asynchronous tools for messaging, discussions, social connections, and collaborative work.Read 12 Oct 2026 · sakailms.org

Community tools

Community members develop Sakai-specific tools that can be used outside the packaged release, and users can build their own.Read 12 Oct 2026 · sakailms.org

Course tools

Instructors can organize text, resources, quizzes, tests, assignments, links, video, and other media into lessons or modules, with conditional release for materials.Read 12 Oct 2026 · sakailms.org

Grading

Sakai supports student submissions, feedback, high-stakes tests, formative assessments, online assignments, rubric-based scoring, and grade entry.Read 12 Oct 2026 · sakailms.org

Help resources

The maker points users to Sakai user guides and a community wiki for feature help, participation, deployment information, and best practices.Read 12 Oct 2026 · sakailms.org

Hosting and services

The Sakai site says commercial affiliates develop, host, and support Sakai, and identifies Longsight, Learning Experiences, and EDF as its main affiliates.Read 12 Oct 2026 · sakailms.org

Plans and prices

Every Sakai plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Learning Management Systems#49 of 1118.1
• Education Learning Management#9 of 207.9
• Education software#14 of 297.9
• Educational Software#13 of 267.9
• E-Learning Software#20 of 287.9