GitHub Classroom alternative
After GitHub Classroom: how the MitsuruTech Learning Platform compares.
Two of the tools a department used to reach for have gone. Here is the platform beside the paid options a school, college or university is most likely weighing, from their own published pages on 5 October 2026.
The ones that have gone
- GitHub Classroom was deprecated on 28 August 2026, in favour of GitHub’s partner solutions; its website and APIs were turned off.
- Replit Teams for Education closed on 1 August 2024, after Replit announced in November 2023 that it was ending it.
Feature by feature
| MitsuruTech | Codio | CodeGrade | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published price | US$450 a year for the first 50 students, then US$9 a student a year, falling to US$6.75 | $48 per learner per semester, or $90 a year, for higher education | $24 (Starter) or $39 (Advanced) per student per course |
| Free option | The first 365 days, up to 50 students; individual accounts free for ever | A trial; instructor accounts stay free | Free plan, up to 50 students per course |
| Staff accounts freeHowever many teachers a department has | Yes | Yes | Not listed |
| Code in the browserPython, Java, Go, SQL, web pages and more | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Marked by your own testspytest, JUnit, go test or node:test | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Quizzes that mark themselvesAnswers never sent to the browser | Yes | Not listed | Yes |
| Lessons a class is taught fromText, code, diagrams, video, PDFs and quizzes | Yes | Yes | Not listed |
| A real Linux terminalBoots in the student’s browser | Yes | Not listed | Yes |
| Students deploy web apps from GitHubTo an address of their own | Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
| A database per studentBeside the deployed app | Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
| An AWS-compatible cloudS3, DynamoDB and SQS, no AWS account | Yes | Yes | Not listed |
| AI help for studentsExplains without giving the answer | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AI on UK modelsA student’s work stays with UK models | Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
| Timed, locked-down assessmentsEvery exit from the screen recorded | Yes | Not listed | Yes |
| Extra time for access arrangementsSet once per student, up to 100% more | Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
| Who is working on what, liveLive Classroom, work open read-only | Yes | Yes | Not listed |
| A record the student can readEvery open, save and download | Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
Codio and CodeGrade are described from their own websites as published on 5 October 2026. Not listed means we did not find it on their site, not that they do not offer it. Their prices are in US dollars and ours in USD. Our whole price is on the pricing page.
Questions people ask
- What happened to GitHub Classroom?
GitHub deprecated GitHub Classroom on 28 August 2026 in favour of its partner solutions, and its website and APIs were turned off. Repositories and organisations were kept; classroom data such as assignment names and rosters was not.
- What happened to Replit Teams for Education?
Replit announced in November 2023 that it was ending Teams for Education, and it closed on 1 August 2024.
- Is there a free alternative to GitHub Classroom for a school or college?
The MitsuruTech Learning Platform is free for a college’s first 365 days, for up to 50 students, with no payment method to start. Students write and run code in the browser, your own tests mark it, and staff accounts are always free.
- Can students deploy a web app from GitHub?
Yes. A student gives a public GitHub repository, a branch and a start command, and the app runs in a container of its own on an address the student can keep, with a database and an AWS-compatible cloud stack beside it and no AWS account.
- How much does it cost after the free year?
US$450 a year for your first 50 students, then US$9 a student a year, falling to US$6.75 for the largest cohorts. Staff are free, and the whole price is published with no quote to request.
Try it beside what you use now.
The first year is free, so the comparison that matters is your own department’s.