Open-source school information system

Six roles.One system.Built around how schools actually work.

EduStack IS connects administrators, principals, teachers, students and parents on shared data — each with a view shaped to their work.

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System Admin
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Headmaster
role · 03
Deputy Principal
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Teacher
role · 05
Student
role · 06
Parent
The idea

A school is a stack of overlapping roles.

Most school systems pick one audience and bolt the rest on. EduStack starts the other way around: six roles, one shared database, and a UI that adapts. Headmasters get oversight, deputies get scheduling, teachers get marking, students get clarity, parents get visibility, admins get control. No spreadsheets duct-taped to email.

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Shared data
One source of truth across roles. No exports, no copies, no Monday-morning reconciliation.
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Tailored views
Each role sees exactly what they need — and only what they need.
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Open by default
MIT-licensed. Czech-friendly. Built in public alongside a master's thesis.
How it works

From class register to report card, in five steps.

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Set up the school
Admin imports the school structure: years, classes, subjects, rooms, staff. Once.
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Compose the timetable
Deputies build the schedule with constraint-aware tools. Conflicts surface before they ship.
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Teach and record
Teachers run their lessons, log attendance and grades from the same screen.
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Stay in the loop
Students and parents see what's coming, what's due, and what they got — in real time.
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Close the year
Headmaster signs off on reports. Archive, export, hand the next year to the admin. Repeat.
Product tour

A view for every role.

Real screenshots from the working app.

is-edustack.org/admin-dashboard
Admin · DashboardAdmin
School · ManagementSchool
System · UsersSystem
System · MonitoringSystem
System · Generate dataSystem
Login screenLogin screen
For teachers

Less admin. More teaching.

  • 1One screen for attendance, grading and lesson notes.
  • 2Constraint-aware substitutions when someone's out sick.
  • 3Comment threads on assignments — visible to parents only when you want.
  • 4Class register, gradebook and timetable share the same data.
  • 5Czech grading scale (1–5) and pluses/minuses out of the box.
For students

Know what's next. Without 12 tabs open.

  • 1Today, this week, this term — at a glance.
  • 2Upcoming tests show up on the calendar before they ambush you.
  • 3Grades arrive with context: weight, average, what counts.
  • 4Direct messaging with teachers, scoped to the right class.
  • 5Works on the phone you already have.
Methodology

Designed alongside a master's thesis.

Every module ships with the thinking behind it — interviews with teachers, role-permission matrices, ER diagrams, user journeys. The methodology is part of the product, not a footnote.

Role permission matrices
6 roles × 80+ capabilities, fully spec'd.
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User research notes
Interviews with Czech teachers and admins.
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ER diagrams
Schema is documented, not implied.
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Worksheets
Adoption checklists for new schools.
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Downloads

Take the methodology with you.

Worksheets, role matrices and adoption guides. PDF and Google Docs.

PDF
Onboarding worksheet
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PDF
Role permission matrix
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PDF
Teacher quickstart
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PDF
Data model overview
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GD
Methodology master folder
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Live demo

Click around. It's really running.

A live testing instance with seed data for every role. Reset weekly.

demo.is-edustack.org
Open source

Read the code. Open an issue. Send a PR.

github.com/edustack-is
edustack-is
Backend & domain model
github.com/edustack-is
edustack-is-web
Web app · React + TS
github.com/edustack-is
edustack-thesis
Methodology & writing
About the author

Built by one person, on purpose.

EduStack IS is a master's thesis project. Have a question, want to deploy at your school, or just curious? Drop a line.

[email protected]