LibreTexts
LibreTexts is a non-profit open educational resource platform that provides free, openly licensed textbooks, an adaptive homework system (ADAPT), and authoring tools across 17 subject libraries to 500+ higher education institutions, primarily U.S. colleges and community colleges, supported by grants and paid professional development services.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2008
- HeadquartersDavis, United States
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What LibreTexts does
LibreTexts is a Davis, California-based non-profit open educational resource (OER) platform founded in 2008 that provides free, openly licensed textbooks, homework systems, and ancillary materials to higher education faculty, students, and institutions. The platform distributes over 3,000 textbooks across 17 subject libraries (Biology, Business, Chemistry, Engineering, Geosciences, Humanities, K-12, Mathematics, Health Sciences, Physics, Social Sciences, Statistics, Workforce, and more) and reports that students have saved more than $75 million by using its materials. The organization was founded by UC Davis chemistry professor Delmar Larsen, who continues to serve as CEO alongside a small leadership team including COO Joshua Halpern and CIO Ethan Turner.
LibreTexts' technology stack is branded as the LibreVerse, an integrated open-source ecosystem built on the Mindtouch content delivery platform and unified by LibreOne single sign-on (powered by Apereo CAS, with Google Workspace and Microsoft Active Directory integration). The LibreVerse comprises the OER Remixer for paragraph-level customization of textbooks, the ADAPT homework and assessment platform with 240,000+ openly licensed question elements and adaptive Learning Trees, Conductor for OER project management, Studio for content authoring, the Commons repository, the Forge open pedagogy platform, embedded Jupyter Notebooks for interactive content, and the in-progress Nota Bene social annotation layer. The platform supports LTI embedding into Canvas, Blackboard, and Moodle, and is indexed in Ex Libris Primo, EBSCO EDS, and Faculty Select.
Commercially, the core product is free for instructors and students, with no charge for up to five hosted books per instructor account. Revenue is generated through four streams: government and foundation grants (including a $5 million U.S. Department of Education grant in 2018, a $1 million California innovation grant in 2020, and NSF funding in 2025), fee-based professional development services through LibreTexts Academy (in-person workshops at $3,500 per day, virtual workshops at $2,000 per day, cohort mentoring at $5,000 per year, individual mentoring at $2,000 for six months, designated office hours at $1,000 per semester, and a $350 Academy Online subscription), print-on-demand book sales via Lulu.com, and Donorbox donations. The LibreNet consortium model, in which institutional members receive dedicated support and training, anchors institutional adoption; the September 2025 onboarding of all 124 CARLI member institutions in Illinois represents the platform's largest single expansion to date.
LibreTexts firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- LibreTexts
- Legal name
- LibreTexts, Inc.
- Website
- https://libretexts.org
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2008
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- LibreTexts is a non-profit open educational resource platform that provides free, openly licensed textbooks, an adaptive homework system (ADAPT), and authoring tools across 17 subject libraries to 500+ higher education institutions, primarily U.S. colleges and community colleges, supported by grants and paid professional development services.
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LibreTexts industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Open Educational Resources Platform
- NAICS
- Educational Support Services (611710), Software Publishers (5132), Software Publishers (51321)
- SIC
- Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Educational Services (8200)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Open Educational Resources (OER) & Curriculum Repositories (EDAFACAJ)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- OER Authoring, Remixing & Publishing Tools/Platforms (EDAGAJAM), Open Homework Systems & OER-Integrated Courseware (EDAGAJAH), Open Assessments & Question Banks (OER-aligned) (EDAGAJAD), Open Courseware & Course Modules (OCW) (EDAGAJAB), OER Licensing, Rights & Open Policy Support (Creative Commons) (EDAGAJAO)
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Where LibreTexts is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Davis
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
LibreTexts business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others
Revenue model
- Grants and Government Funding: LibreTexts is a non-profit that relies significantly on grant funding. Received a $5 million grant in Fall 2018 (related to the Affordable College Textbook Act). Received a $1 million California innovation grant in March 2020. An NSF proposal 'Collaborative Research: Transforming STEM Education Nationwide Through Scalable Open Educational Infrastructure, Social Annotation, and Collaborative Content Improvement' was funded in 2025. Grants fund platform development, content creation, and expansion of tools like ADAPT and Nota Bene.
- Donations: LibreTexts accepts donations through Donorbox. The organization conducts periodic fundraising campaigns, such as the 'LibreTexts Global Translation for Good' campaign aimed at translating OER into additional languages.
- LibreTexts Academy Support Services: Fee-based professional development services including in-person workshops ($3,500/day + travel), virtual workshops ($2,000/day), cohort mentoring ($5,000/year for up to 5 participants), individual mentoring ($2,000 for 6 months), designated office hours ($1,000/semester), ad hoc cohort training ($750 for 6 months), and asynchronous training subscriptions ($350 for 6-month access).
- Print-on-Demand Bookstore: Print copies of textbooks are available at cost through a print-on-demand service via Lulu.com. Payment processed through Stripe. Bulk orders available by email. The LibreTexts Store also sells access codes for ADAPT, Jupyter, and Forge platform, as well as Academy Online subscriptions and merchandise (swag).
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Freemium | Monthly | Free Account & OER Hosting (up to 5 books) |
| Subscription | Multi-year contract | Academy Online Asynchronous Training (6-month subscription) |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | In-Person Workshop |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Virtual Workshop |
| Subscription | Multi-year contract | Cohort Mentoring and Training (Year-long) |
| Subscription | Multi-year contract | Individual Mentoring Plan (6 months) |
| Subscription | Annual | Designated Office Hours (per semester) |
| Subscription | Multi-year contract | Ad hoc Cohort Training (6 months) |
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | Ongoing Hosting and Landing Page |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels6 records
Marketing channels9 records
LibreTexts product offering
Product offeringCore offering
LibreTexts operates the LibreVerse, a non-profit open educational resource (OER) platform providing free, openly-licensed textbooks, adaptive homework systems, and authoring tools across 17 subject libraries. The platform enables instructors and institutions to create, remix, customize, and distribute OER content with integrated assessment via ADAPT (240,000+ question bank), while monetizing through paid professional development (LibreTexts Academy) and institutional consortium memberships (LibreNet).
Product overview
LibreTexts is a non-profit OER platform operating as a multi-module ecosystem called the LibreVerse. The core platform provides free, openly-licensed textbooks across 17 subject libraries with over 3,000 textbooks and 1.5 million pages of content. Key integrated products include: ADAPT (adaptive homework and assessment system with 240,000+ questions), the OER Remixer (custom textbook creation tool), Conductor (project management), Studio (content authoring), The Forge (open pedagogy), and Commons (repository for ancillary materials). Additional services include LibreTexts Academy (professional development with certifications and badges), monthly webinars, LibreFest/OctoberFest workshops, and the LibreNet Consortium for institutional members. The platform integrates with Google/Microsoft SSO, Hypothes.is annotation, BeeLine Reader, Stripe/Lulu for bookstore, and Nota Bene social annotation (pending integration). LibreOne provides centralized single sign-on across all platform components.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- ADAPT: LibreTexts Homework System - a powerful web-based tool for creating, managing, and delivering homework assignments with adaptive learning capabilities and over 240,000 openly licensed elements.
- Conductor
- Commons
- Studio
- LibreVerse
- LibreTexts Academy
- LibreFest
- OctoberFest
- LibreNet Consortium
- LibreOne
- Forge
Products and services
- LibreTexts Platform The primary OER hosting and delivery platform providing free, openly-licensed textbooks and educational materials across 17 subject libraries. Built on Mindtouch infrastructure, it enables content creation, customization, remixing, and distribution of open educational resources for educators and institutions.
- ADAPT Homework System
Quantifiable outcome
- $75M+ in student savings
- +6 more outcomes
Companies that use LibreTexts
Customer profileNamed customers12 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
LibreTexts technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration12 records
AI capability4 records
Feature7 records
LibreTexts partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.
- Metropolitan State University of DenverminorMSU Denver hosted the OctoberFest 2025 workshop at St. Cajetan's on its downtown Denver campus, providing the venue for the first in-person OctoberFest since 2019. Located 20 minutes from the OpenEd Conference venue.
- Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI)coreAll 124 CARLI member institutions became LibreNet members in September 2025, representing the single largest institutional expansion of the LibreNet consortium. CARLI serves over 700,000 students, faculty, and staff across Illinois academic institutions.
- Nota BenecoreNota Bene (NB) is a web-based social annotation platform being integrated into LibreTexts under the NSF-funded project. It enables students and instructors to engage in contextual conversations directly alongside textbook content, with in-line comments used to identify confusing material and drive content improvement.
- CalOPENcoreCalOPEN is a statewide hub being built and operationalized under the NSF project to support OER creation, adoption, and innovation within California's higher education systems, designed to serve as a replicable national model.
- University of DundeeminorThe OSMA (OpenStax Microbiology Ancillary) project unites educators from City College of San Francisco and University of Dundee (Scotland) to co-create inclusive microbiology OER using LibreTexts and ADAPT, demonstrating international cross-border collaboration.
- ASCCC OERIcoreThe ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI) hosts a series of LibreTexts and ADAPT training webinars throughout the summer, promoting platform adoption across California community colleges. ASCCC also awarded recognition to LibreTexts partners.
- OpenRNcoreLibreTexts and OpenRN partnered on a new project to expand ADAPT for nursing students. The partnership specifically targets creating NCLEX Next-Generation style questions and case studies for nursing education, addressing a significant gap in OER for healthcare programs.
- LearnfulminorLibreTexts and Learnful announced partnership to promote open source technologies for OER. The partnership focuses on leveraging Learnful's expertise alongside LibreTexts infrastructure to advance open education technology.
- MindtouchcoreLibreTexts provides online content through the Mindtouch Platform. Mindtouch stores and manages UserIDs and passwords and is subject to its own privacy policy. The Mindtouch infrastructure underlies the content delivery layer of the LibreVerse.
- StripeminorStripe processes all payments for the LibreTexts bookstore (print book purchases) and donation transactions. Stripe collects payment information and shares transaction details with LibreTexts while not sharing billing information.
- Lulu.comminorLulu.com provides print-on-demand fulfillment for the LibreTexts bookstore. After Stripe collects payment, order information is transferred to Lulu.com to fulfill print orders.
Scale indicators12 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
LibreTexts competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Saylor Academy: Saylor Academy is a non-profit offering free online courses and open textbooks for higher education. It directly competes with LibreTexts in providing free course-level OER materials, though with a stronger focus on complete self-paced courses versus a modular authoring platform.
- OpenStax: OpenStax, based at Rice University, is the most prominent direct peer—publishing free, peer-reviewed textbooks across STEM, social sciences, and humanities. Both organizations compete for the same faculty market for OER textbooks and have overlapping partnerships (e.g., OSMA project).
- OER Commons: OER Commons is a digital library and curated OER repository serving K-12 and higher education. Like LibreTexts, it aggregates open educational resources across disciplines, though it focuses more on discovery/discovery hub functions while LibreTexts emphasizes authoring and integrated tools.
- Pressbooks: Pressbooks is an OER-enabled book publishing platform widely used by institutions to create and remix open textbooks. It serves a similar author and institutional market as LibreTexts' Studio and Remixer, often as a complementary or alternative authoring environment.
- CK-12 Foundation: CK-12 is a non-profit OER provider specializing in K-12 STEM content with interactive FlexBooks and adaptive practice. It overlaps with LibreTexts in offering free, customizable textbooks and adaptive learning, particularly in K-12 and STEM.
- MERLOT: MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) is a longstanding free OER repository and peer-review network for higher education faculty. Both serve educators seeking free teaching materials with community-driven quality controls.
Broad incumbents
- Khan Academy: Khan Academy is a much larger, broadly-scaled non-profit providing free educational content across K-12 and early college. While not a direct textbook competitor, it competes for student/educator attention and grant funding in the OER and free education space.
Emerging players
- Hypothes.is: Hypothes.is provides open-source social annotation technology integrated with educational content—directly comparable to LibreTexts' Nota Bene platform. Both serve the same annotation use case in higher education and have technical overlap.
- Edfinity: Edfinity is an NSF-supported STEM homework and testing platform that has an explicit partnership with LibreTexts. It is a partial competitor in homework/assessment, with deeper commercial orientation but narrower institutional penetration.
Regional players
- Open Education Global (formerly OCW Consortium): Open Education Global is an international membership organization promoting OER adoption worldwide. It overlaps with LibreTexts in advocacy and convening functions and serves as both a peer and an ecosystem partner for global OER initiatives.
Market position
Strengths1 record
Weaknesses1 record
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
LibreTexts social profiles
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LibreTexts leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles10 records
LibreTexts funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
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Frequently asked questions about LibreTexts
What does LibreTexts do?
LibreTexts operates the LibreVerse, a non-profit open educational resource (OER) platform providing free, openly-licensed textbooks, adaptive homework systems, and authoring tools across 17 subject libraries. The platform enables instructors and institutions to create, remix, customize, and distribute OER content with integrated assessment via ADAPT (240,000+ question bank), while monetizing through paid professional development (LibreTexts Academy) and institutional consortium memberships (LibreNet).
Is LibreTexts a public or private company?
LibreTexts is a private company. It is classified as nonprofit foundation owned and is currently operating.
When was LibreTexts founded?
LibreTexts was founded in 2008. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is LibreTexts based?
LibreTexts is headquartered in Davis, United States, in the North America region.
How does LibreTexts make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Grants and Government Funding is the primary driver. The others are donations, libreTexts Academy Support Services and print-on-Demand Bookstore.
Who are LibreTexts's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Saylor Academy, OpenStax, OER Commons, Pressbooks, CK-12 Foundation and MERLOT. Khan Academy is listed as a broad incumbent. Emerging players are Hypothes.is and Edfinity. Open Education Global (formerly OCW Consortium) is listed as a regional player.
Does LibreTexts have an API?
Yes. LibreTexts operates a bookstore API that transfers order information (name, address, shipping information) to Stripe.com for payment collection and to Lulu.com for print-on-demand fulfillment. The platform also provides publishing and harvest request functionality through a Support Center accessible via a blue question mark on any page within the LibreVerse. LibreTexts does not offer a comprehensive public developer API for the core OER platform functionality.
What industry is LibreTexts in?
LibreTexts's product category is Open Educational Resources Platform. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EDAFACAJ, Open Educational Resources (OER) & Curriculum Repositories, with a secondary code of EDAGAJAM, OER Authoring, Remixing & Publishing Tools/Platforms. Its NAICS code is 611710 and its SIC code is 7372.