CHchrismorgan·Feb 16, 2023
When you say “headless, open-source LMS”, I assume this is the backend parts. This does not appear to be the case (nor does the actual link target use the word “headless”).
https://developer.thoughtindustries.com/build/developer-guid... (that entire site seems to be much more appropriate than the GitHub repository, though I’m not sure where to start):
> Helium is a frontend web development framework for building highly contextual, dynamic and personalized learning experiences.
> Helium utilizes a modern technology stack that includes React, GraphQL, and Tailwind CSS to provide an exceptional developer experience. The out-of-the-box UI components make getting started easy and with GraphQL getting to the data you need is intuitive and fast.
And below:
> Helium is designed to run on the Thought Industries Enterprise Learning Cloud platform.
Read the rest
Therefore, an Enterprise Learning Cloud account is necessary.
So… it’s only any direct use for working with a commercial platform backend (and one with no posted price list, but only “schedule a demo” links). Being MIT-licensed, you might be able to pull substantial bits and pieces out of it (I dunno, the list in https://github.com/thoughtindustries/helium/tree/staging/pac... sounds mostly fairly generic), but it’s not designed for that in any way, and there will be a perpetual maintenance burden to doing so.
So I think that (a) the title here is wrong, and (b) it’s unsuitable for a Show HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html). I suspect a misunderstanding of the purpose of Show HN by OP, who I suspect is not connected with Thought Industries.