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canvas-lms
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instructure / canvas-lms

canvas-lms

The open LMS by Instructure, Inc.

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REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

The open LMS by Instructure, Inc.

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 2:17:07 AM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by year34 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2011-02-01 05:46:28 UTC to 2026-05-12 19:53:07 UTC.

0369122011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments20112012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 0 submissions, 6 comments2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20182019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 12 mentions; 0 submissions, 12 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20112011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20122012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20132013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20142014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC606
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC12012

From the project README

An excerpt from the repository, fetched Nov 13, 2026.

Read the project’s introduction
Canvas LMS Canvas is a modern, open-source LMS developed and maintained by Instructure Inc. It is released under the AGPLv3 license for use by anyone interested in learning more about or using learning management systems. Please see our main wiki page for more information Installation Detailed instructions for installation and configuration of Canvas are provided on our wiki. Quick Start Production Start
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What Hacker News says

2 sources
meakr1900·Sep 1, 2015
Instructure - Chicago, IL & Salt Lake City, UT - Software Developer About Instructure: We make software that makes people smarter, including Canvas (http://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms), an open source learning management system used by universities and K-12 schools, and Bridge, a corporate learning platform (http://www.getbridge.com/). What we're looking for: - Front-end developers with experience developing single-page web apps, iOS and Android apps, and/or beautiful administration apps with modern web technology. - Back-end developers with experience building web scale services in a loosely coupled but highly integrated system. - We are a mixed stack and polyglot team with a deep commitment to quality and to using the right tech for each problem we solve. Tech includes Ruby (Rails), React, Node, and Postgres running on AWS. My per
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sonal opinions on why I like working here: - Rails at scale is a fun challenge (~1400 universities and/or school districts and often over 200k concurrent users) - Strong engineering culture. We were founded and are still run by technologists which has a positive impact (open source commitment, addressing tech debt, quarterly hackathons, general openness) More info at http://bit.ly/1MImhw5 or email me at mnomitch(at)instructure(dot)com if you have questions and want to chat.
In Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2015)
meakr1900·Aug 3, 2015
Instructure - Chicago, IL & Salt Lake City, UT - Software Developer About Instructure: We make software that makes people smarter, including Canvas (http://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms), an open source learning management system used by universities and K-12 schools, and Bridge, a corporate learning platform (http://www.getbridge.com/). What we're looking for: - Front-end developers with experience developing single-page web apps, iOS and Android apps, and/or beautiful administration apps with modern web technology. - Back-end developers with experience building web scale services in a loosely coupled but highly integrated system. - We are a mixed stack and polyglot team with a deep commitment to quality and to using the right tech for each problem we solve. Tech includes Ruby (Rails), React, Node, and Postgres running on AWS. More i
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nfo at http://bit.ly/1MImhw5
In Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2015)

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