LearnHouse

Most learning platforms lock you in. You're paying monthly fees, renting your courses, and giving up control of your own content to some SaaS company that'll raise prices when they feel like it. LearnHouse said nah—you actually own your courses.

LearnHouse is an open-source learning platform that lets you build, host, and sell courses on your own infrastructure. It's AGPLv3 licensed, so you can self-host it on any server using Docker—no recurring platform fees, no lock-in, no catch. They've got a free forever plan with 1 course and 10 members if you just want to test things out, or you can go fully self-hosted with zero limits.

What makes them different from Teachable, Thinkific, Kajabi, and all those other course platforms charging 30% transaction fees? LearnHouse charges 0% platform fees when you connect your own Stripe account—which works in 40+ countries. They've also packed in features that the proprietary players don't have: AI tools, code playgrounds for devs, podcasts, and collaborative boards. It's basically what you'd build yourself if you had six months and hated your time zone.

It's GDPR ready, EU compliant, and they've got reviews on G2. For agencies, developers, and anyone who's tired of renting what they could own, LearnHouse is the move. They're based everywhere and nowhere since anyone can self-host—build your school, keep your data.