Gibbon vs mySkoolApp
Gibbon
gibbonedu.orgmySkoolApp
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| Figure | Gibbon | mySkoolApp |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · School Management Software | 8.7 (#4) | 7.1 (#35) |
| Admissions | Application Form manages online school-place applications, priority queues and automatic account and family-link creation for accepted students. | The admission module supports online forms, student document uploads and records, parent or guardian details, and importing student data. |
| Headquarters | Hong Kong | Chandigarh, India |
| Intended users | Gibbon says it is used by international, public, home, and refugee schools. | The maker says it serves academic establishments of all types and sizes, including schools, colleges, universities and part time or afternoon academies. |
| Messaging | Messenger supports email, SMS and Message Wall announcements to flexible groups, with attachments from the resource bank. | The messaging module supports text and voice, attachments, group or individual recipients, two way staff and parent communication, and real time mobile updates. |
| Support | Gibbon offers documentation and community forums, with optional team expert support through ad hoc support or a support contract. | The maker lists [email protected] for questions and provides a contact form, office phone numbers and a Chandigarh office address. |
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In their own words
Gibbon
Gibbon is a free school platform for learning, teaching, and school management, designed by educators. Teachers, students, parents, and administrators use one web-based system with configurable access levels. The Planner supports lesson plans, homework submissions, curriculum mapping, and peer assessment. Student Profiles consolidate academic, behavioural, medical, and special educational needs alerts for authorised users. Markbook, rubrics, tracking, and formal assessment modules support recording and reviewing progress. Messenger can send group communications by email, SMS, or Message Wall. Schools can extend the platform with modules and themes, including BigBlueButton and Moodle integration; its documentation also describes Google calendar and single sign-on integration and Microsoft single sign-on setup. Gibbon is installed on a web server and hosting is self-managed. The v30 download page specifies PHP 8.0 and MySQL 8.0 as minimum requirements. Documentation and community forums are available, as is optional expert support through ad hoc help or a support contract. Older versions are not directly supported, and the security policy advises using the current stable release in production.
mySkoolApp
mySkoolApp has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.