openDesk Edu

openDesk Edu 🎓

An open-source extension of openDesk Community Edition that adds educational services to the sovereign workplace stack — designed specifically for universities and educational institutions.

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What's Added

openDesk Edu integrates learning management systems, video conferencing, and collaboration tools into the existing openDesk ecosystem:

Learning Management

• ILIAS - Full-featured LMS with SAML SSO for courses, assessments, and forums
• Moodle - Plugin-rich platform with assignments, workshops, and gradebook

Video & Collaboration

• BigBlueButton - Built-in video conferencing with recording, whiteboard, and breakout rooms
• Etherpad - Real-time collaborative document editing
• BookStack - Wiki for course materials and documentation

Additional Tools

• Planka - Kanban boards for student projects
• Zammad - Helpdesk system with multi-channel support
• LimeSurvey - Survey platform for course evaluations
• Draw.io - Diagramming and flowchart creation
• Excalidraw - Hand-drawn style whiteboarding

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Key Features

• 🔐 Single Sign-On - Keycloak-based SSO (SAML 2.0 + OIDC) for all services
• 🖥️ Unified Portal - Access educational services alongside openDesk apps
• 📦 Modular Design - Choose between alternatives (SOGo vs OX App, BBB vs Jitsi, OpenCloud vs Nextcloud)
• 🚀 One-Command Deploy - Helmfile on Kubernetes with 20+ integrated services
• 💾 Integrated Backups - Automated data protection via k8up operator

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Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Orchestration	Kubernetes 1.28+
Package Management	Helm + Helmfile
Authentication	Keycloak (SAML 2.0 + OIDC)
Backup	k8up (restic + Kubernetes operator)
Certificates	openDesk Certificates

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Quick Start

# One-command deployment
helmfile -e default apply

Prerequisites: Kubernetes 1.28+, Helm 3, helmfile

📖 Getting Started Guide | 📋 Requirements | 🏗️ Architecture

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GitHub Repository

🔗 https://github.com/tobias-weiss-ai-xr/opendesk-edu

• 📄 Documentation
• 🗺️ Roadmap
• 📝 Contributing

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Back openDesk Edu 🗳️

openDesk Edu is in the open-source competition. Back it with your vote — every vote counts for a sovereign, open-source education.

License

Apache-2.0 — openDesk Edu is a fork of openDesk CE by ZenDiS GmbH.