CourseLit
Build, sell, and market online courses and digital downloads with an all-in-one, self-hostable platform. Alternative to Thinkific, Teachable, and Podia.
CourseLit is an open-source platform for creating, selling, and marketing online courses and digital downloads. It provides a complete suite of tools including website hosting, email automation, blogs, and communities—all in one place.
Key Features
- Courses: Build feature-rich online courses with images, videos, and files. Offer free or paid access.
- Digital Downloads: Sell ebooks, infographics, and other digital assets directly from your website.
- Website Builder: Create a free website with a no-code page builder to host products and blogs.
- Email Automations: Send marketing emails to engage your audience (beta).
- Blogs: Publish SEO-optimized blog posts integrated into your platform.
- Communities: Create paid or free communities for audience engagement (beta).
- Graded Quizzes: Add interactive quizzes to your courses.
- Custom Domains: Use your own domain for a professional presence.
- Payments Integration: Accept payments through integrated payment gateways.
- Self-Hosting: Deploy on your own infrastructure for full data control.
Tech / Self-Hosting
CourseLit is 100% open-source and can be self-hosted on your own server. The platform supports custom domains, unlimited products, and communities. Self-hosted users manage their own infrastructure, including file storage (requires AWS S3-compatible storage). Cloud-hosted plans are also available with automatic updates and premium support.
For self-hosting, refer to the official documentation.