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”.
The code is on GitHub under MIT. Issues and PRs are open.
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
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| 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.
Where contributions land
- Good first issues — filter by
good first issueon 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.
The project is built in public and meant to stay approachable for nonprofits and volunteers.
Free LMS, small scale, real classrooms.
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equip
Free, open-source LMS for Bible schools, ministries, and nonprofit educational programs. React + FastAPI + Supabase.
Equip
A free, open-source learning management system built for Bible schools church ministries, and nonprofit educational programs
Live demo · Roadmap · Contributing · Support · Changelog
Screenshots
Sign in (light)
Sign in (dark)
Account creation — student / teacher role picker
Mobile (390px)
Live at equipbible.com. Teacher and admin views (gradebook, course editor, analytics) are behind sign-in — create a free account to explore.
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…
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