LibreTexts vs Wikibooks
LibreTexts
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| Figure | LibreTexts | Wikibooks |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $104.17/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 7 | 0 |
| Spec score · Open Educational Resource Platforms | 8.4 (#6) | 7.1 (#26) |
| Downloads | LibreTexts book pages can provide downloads including PDF, EPUB, and editable file formats. | Users can download an XML dump of the entire English Wikibooks site or export selected pages. |
| Founded | 2008 | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Davis, California, United States | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Privacy | LibreTexts says it does not accept advertising or sell, rent, or lease user lists to third parties, and it describes collection of voluntarily provided personal information and anonymous Google Analytics demographics. | The Wikimedia Foundation says it collects very little personal information and does not rent or sell it to third parties. |
| Purpose | LibreTexts is a nonprofit open education resource platform for creating, customizing, and sharing accessible, interactive textbooks, adaptive homework, and ancillary materials. | Wikibooks is an open-content collection of textbooks that anyone can edit. |
| Support | LibreTexts offers free support tickets, monthly webinars, weekly office hours, and free Academy lessons. | Wikimedia Phabricator is used to track MediaWiki bugs and feature requests. |
Plans
LibreTexts
- ADAPTFree
- All-AccessFree
- Jupyter HubFree
- LibreTexts core platformFree
- The ForgeFree
- LibreNet Consortium (affiliate)$1,250 a year
- LibreNet Consortium (full)$2,500 a year
In their own words
LibreTexts
LibreTexts is a nonprofit open education platform for creating, adapting, and sharing accessible textbooks, homework, and related learning materials. Its libraries cover 17 subject fields and more than 2,000 textbooks, and instructors can remix chapters into custom books. Pages can include Jupyter Notebooks, ADAPT homework questions, 3D visualizations, and videos. ADAPT supports formative and summative assessment and includes a shared bank of more than 240,000 openly licensed elements. LibreTexts can be embedded in institutional learning management systems over a secure connection, with optional grade and assessment exchange. Guides cover importing books into Canvas, Moodle, and D2L, and also mention Blackboard. Book pages may provide PDF, EPUB, and editable downloads. Educators can create, adapt, and host open educational resources free of charge. The service is available on the web, Android, and iOS, with offline access and annotation tools. A free plan is listed, with paid pricing from $15/mo.
Wikibooks
Wikibooks has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.