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2026 Rankings

Best EdTech Startups 2026

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The top edtech startups in 2026, ranked by GitHub engineering acceleration. These are the companies whose engineering teams are shipping the fastest, a signal that has historically preceded fundraise announcements by three to six weeks.

Key Takeaway

In Q3 2026, 11 of 37 tracked edtech startups show positive engineering acceleration. ucfopen leads with 1 commits over 14 days (+999% change). The dominant signal pattern is "Deceleration". Average sector commit velocity is 52 commits per 14-day window. These engineering momentum signals have historically preceded fundraise announcements by three to six weeks.

#CompanyStageCommits (14d)ChangeContributorsSignal
1ucfopen

ucfopen is aedtech pre-seed startup, shipping product updates at an accelerated pace.

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Pre-seed1+999%4Deploy frequency spike
2ccao-data

The CCAO's Data Department creates models, tools, and analyses to improve Cook County's property tax system

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Pre-seed1+999%6Deploy frequency spike
3The-Mu-Foundation

Non-profit, startup, free, adaptive, science-based trainer

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Series A/B2+999%22Deploy frequency spike
4ClassIsland

一款适用于班级多媒体屏幕的课表的信息显示工具,可以一目了然地显示各种信息。

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Growth5+400%56Deploy frequency spike
5KDE

Official read-only mirror of the KDE project. Please don't send pull requests; to contribute code see https://community.

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Growth5+400%314Deploy frequency spike
6OpenCircuits

Online, free circuit designer

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Growth34+386%71Engineering hiring burst
7nfdi4plants

Services and infrastructures to support #FAIRData science and good data management practices within the plant basic rese

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Series A/B27+200%32Engineering hiring burst
8tutors-sdk

A collection of open source components & services supporting the creation of transformative learning experiences using o

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Series A/B27+145%21Engineering hiring burst
9zoonk

learn. build. shape.

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Pre-seed36+71%5Framework migration
10Vacademy-io

Vacademy io is aedtech series a/b startup based in APAC, modernizing their technology stack for scale.

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Series A/B425+29%23Framework migration
11osunyorg

CMS d'intérêt général

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Pre-seed91+18%6Framework migration
12L5lua

Processing-like creative coding in Lua

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Pre-seed1+0%6Infrastructure buildout
13MOVACT

Digital Agency based in Berlin, Germany

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Pre-seed1+0%4Framework migration
14scribe-org

Open-source language solutions

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Growth6+0%59Engineering hiring burst
15sonic-pi-net

Sonic Pi Network

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Growth94-8%378Deceleration
16classroomio

The Open Source Customer/Employee Training Software

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Series A/B45-12%30Deceleration
17hpi-schul-cloud

hpi schul cloud is aedtech growth startup based in EU, modernizing their technology stack for scale.

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Growth14-12%4Deceleration
18oaknational

Creating an openly licensed, fully resourced and AI-enabled curriculum for teachers and pupils as a not for profit and i

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Pre-seed462-16%5Deceleration
19OpenOLAT

Open Source Learning Management System written in Java

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Seed121-17%16Deceleration
20DSACMS

Digital Service at CMS

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Series A/B30-23%31Deceleration
21StudyDrift

Study Drift is aedtech pre-seed startup, modernizing their technology stack for scale.

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Pre-seed74-27%3Deceleration
22foundation50

OpenCourseWare and Open-Source Software

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Pre-seed188-31%7Deceleration
23hedyorg

hedyorg is aedtech growth startup based in EU, modernizing their technology stack for scale.

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Growth10-33%362Deceleration
24bitcoin-dev-project

100% free and open-source resources for bitcoin devs. bitcoin + FOSS = ₿OSS

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Series A/B7-42%26Deceleration
25towardsai

The leading AI community and content platform focused on making AI accessible to all.

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Pre-seed28-42%3Deceleration
26otter-sec

Blockchain consulting and audits

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Growth9-47%354Deceleration
27Submitty

Submitty Homework Submission Server

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Growth23-48%332Deceleration
28learning-commons-org

Learning Commons provides AI infrastructure to scale proven learning practices to reach every learner.

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Seed4-56%9Deceleration
29iblai

Sovereign AI infrastructure to build your agents and apps. You own all the code and data for privacy, security and contr

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Seed46-65%11Deceleration
30codeforlife-education

Giving everyone the ability to shape technology's future

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Pre-seed1-67%3Deceleration
31ai-shifu

ai shifu is aedtech series a/b startup based in APAC, modernizing their technology stack for scale.

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Series A/B33-74%21Deceleration
32elimu-ai

Free open-source learning software for out-of-school children 🚀✨

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Seed8-77%12Deceleration
33cpinitiative

We promote competitive programming among pre-college students through resources, competitions, clubs, and classes.

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Growth53-80%342Deceleration
34spectrocloud

Enterprise Kubernetes Management at Scale

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Series A/B1-80%38Deceleration
35learningeconomy

Agency & Opportunity For All

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Seed14-84%15Deceleration
36haxtheweb

Tools

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Series A/B5-90%42Deceleration
37learnhouse

The modern Open source learning platform for everyone.

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Series A/B5-93%35Deceleration
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Ranked by commit velocity change (14-day window). Data: Q3 2026.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best edtech startups in 2026?

Based on GitHub engineering acceleration data, the top edtech startups in 2026 are ucfopen, ccao-data, The-Mu-Foundation, ClassIsland, KDE. Rankings are based on commit velocity change, the rate at which engineering output is accelerating.

How are these rankings determined?

Startups are ranked by commit velocity change, the percentage change in 14-day commit counts versus the prior period. This measures engineering acceleration, not absolute size. Read the full methodology.

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