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Canvas LMSvsnextcloud-aio-mastercontainer

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

Canvas LMSnextcloud-aio-mastercontainer
Score68/10076/100
Rank in category#2 of 14 in Learning Management System#2 of 27 in File Sharing & Collaboration
GitHub stars6 89010 745
Stars, last 30 days+55+265
Stable releases, 12 months037
Latest release—helm-chart-14.4.2 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageRubyPHP

Which one should you pick?

nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer scores 76/100 against 68/100 for Canvas LMS, so it is the safer default.

nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer ships more often: 37 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Canvas LMS.

If you want the quickest setup, nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer is easier to run; Canvas LMS needs more configuration.

nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer is growing faster right now (+265 stars in 30 days).

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