Hey everyone! I’d like to introduce the beta version of the Universal Open edX Mobile App. The idea is simple: add your LMS to the directory — and it shows up in the mobile app right away, with your branding and settings. No forks, no separate builds, no store submissions. The barrier to entry for…

I’ve wanted to see something like this for a while, so congrats! Is it open source? What’s the business model?

Note that there was a discussion of this in the last TOC meeting that @e0d posted, with more details about the project: 2026-03-11 Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) Meeting Notes

Sorry, but unless I’m missing something, neither the TOC meeting notes nor @Ivan_Stepanok 's response above say anything about whether or not it’s open source nor who would pay for it, or if it would eventually cost money to be listed as one of the LMSs in the directory after the beta period is over…

This is super interesting @Ivan_Stepanok . ku-dos for moving it forward. We’ll go ahead with registration of an Ulmo site and testing :slight_smile:

The app is based on the existing Open edX iOS and Android codebase – it’s not a new app from scratch. The universal layer (directory, wizard, branding configuration, admin panel) is a POC built on top of it. The plan is for the app to be open source, yes. The code isn’t published yet simply because…

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Ivan_Stepanok (Ivan Stepanok) April 15, 2026, 2:48pm 4

I hope it will be an official Open edX app on the App Store and Google Play, but right now it depends on community interest.

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