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Equip — open-source Bible LMS, we need your help (React, FastAPI, Supabase)

Why I’m writing this

Small Bible schools, home groups, and volunteer-run training programs still run classes on paper, messengers, and spreadsheets. Big LMS products are either too expensive or too heavy for a team that has no DevOps and no budget.

Equip is a free, open-source learning platform built for that reality: tens to low hundreds of users, not “enterprise 10k seats”.

We’re on GitHub (MIT) and we’d love contributors — code, UI, docs, accessibility, and ideas.


What it does today

  • Courses → modules → chapters with a TipTap rich editor (text, images, YouTube, callouts, audio).
  • Quizzes — multiple choice, true/false, short answer, essay; teacher grading and extra attempts when needed.
  • Assignments + gradebook, progress, certificates (with approval flow).
  • Teacher & admin tools: cohorts, calendar, announcements, analytics, soft-delete / restore, CSV export.
  • Auth via Supabase (email/password + Google).
  • Deploy: Vercel (static frontend + serverless FastAPI backend), Postgres on Supabase with RLS.

Live app: equipbible.com

Roadmap: in the repo → ROADMAP.md

How to contribute: CONTRIBUTING.md


Stack (if you like concrete tech)

Layer Tech
UI React 18, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind, shadcn/ui, TipTap, Radix
API Python 3.12, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy 2, Pydantic 2
Data PostgreSQL (Supabase), migrations in supabase/migrations/*.sql
CI GitHub Actions — lint, typecheck, tests (backend + frontend)

We keep conventional commits, no Docker in the project by design, and we care about types (mypy + strict TypeScript) and a clean codebase.


How you can help (no need to be a “10×” developer)

  • Good first issues — filter by good first issue on GitHub.
  • UI/UX — especially accessibility and a calmer, “editorial” reading experience.
  • Docs — setup stories from real machines (Windows / macOS / Linux) help a lot.
  • i18n — the product UI is largely Russian today; if you care about internationalization, that’s a meaningful roadmap area.

Open a draft PR, ask in an issue, or fork and experiment — we’re building in public and want this to stay approachable for nonprofits and volunteers.


One line pitch

Free LMS, small scale, real classrooms — if that resonates, star the repo and pick an issue.

Thanks for reading — hope to see you in the issues tab 🤝

GitHub logo ArVaViT / equip

Free, open-source LMS for Bible schools, ministries, and nonprofit educational programs. React + FastAPI + Supabase.

Equip logo

Equip

A free, open-source learning management system built for Bible schools church ministries, and nonprofit educational programs

MIT License Backend CI Frontend CI Good first issues

Live demo · Roadmap · Contributing · Changelog


Why this project?

Hundreds of small Bible schools, home churches, and missionary training programs around the world still manage courses on paper, WhatsApp, or spreadsheets. Commercial LMS platforms are expensive, overkill, or require technical expertise that volunteer-run organizations simply don't have.

Equip is designed to change that:

  • Free forever — MIT-licensed, no paywalls, no "premium" tiers.
  • Simple to deploy — one-click Vercel deploy with a free Supabase database. No Docker, no servers to manage.
  • Built for small scale — optimized for 20-100 students, not enterprise pricing models.
  • Contributor-friendly — clear docs, conventional commits, issue templates, and a welcoming community.

Features

Area What you get
Course authoring Courses, modules, chapters, rich content blocks (TipTap editor with images, YouTube, callouts, audio)
Assessments Multiple-choice, true/false, short-answer, and essay

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