Skip to content
EN

Software · Education & science

GCompris

Educational game for children.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS, Linux and Android
  • Open source

At a glance

All of GCompris is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (AGPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

About

GCompris is a high quality educational software suite, including a large number of activities for children aged 2 to 10. Some of the activities are game orientated, but nonetheless still educational. Below you can find a list of categories with some of the activities available in that category. computer discovery: keyboard, mouse, different mouse gestures, etc. arithmetic: table memory, enumeration, mirror image, balance the scale, change giving, etc. science: the canal lock, color mixing, gravity concept, etc. games: memory, connect 4, tic tac toe, sudoku, hanoi tower, etc. reading: reading practice, etc. other: learn to tell time, the braille system, maze, music instruments, etc. Currently GCompris offers in excess of 100 activities and more are being developed. GCompris is free software, that means that you can adapt it to your own needs, improve it and, most importantly, share it with children everywhere.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Comptoir du Libre (source code, licence) —
  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

How listings are built →

Do you develop GCompris?

Correct this listing with the report form, or cite it with this optional badge (it shows the verified free status and changes nothing in the ranking):

<a href="https://licitpro.fr/en/resource/gcompris"><img src="https://licitpro.fr/badge/gcompris.svg?l=en" alt="Listed on LicitPro" height="20"></a>

Developers and publishers →

In the same category

Anki

Software · Open source

Anki is a flashcard program, available on Windows, macOS, Linux and iOS.

Free, with trade-offsWinMacLinuxiOS

Zotero

Software · Open source

Collect, organize and cite research.

Limited free planWinMacLinuxAndroidiOS

QGIS Desktop

Software · Open source

QGIS Desktop is a geographic information system, available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

Completely freeWinMacLinuxAndroidiOS

Google Earth Pro

Software

Google Earth Pro is a geographic information system, available on Windows and Linux: data import and export.

Free, with trade-offsWinLinux

Keypunch

Software · Open source

Practice your typing skills.

Completely freeLinux

Organic Maps

Software · Open source

Organic Maps is a maps and navigation program, available on Linux, Android and iOS: offline maps, offline use, data import and export.

Completely freeLinuxAndroidiOS