Is there a genuinely free SCORM authoring tool?

Yes — Adapt Framework and eXeLearning are both free and open source and produce real SCORM packages. The cost is your time: you host and configure them yourself.

Can H5P export SCORM?

H5P has SCORM export but it's limited and works best within the H5P ecosystem. H5P is designed to produce interactive content inside platforms like Moodle or WordPress rather than standalone SCORM packages.

Can I export PowerPoint to SCORM for free?

Not directly. Exporting PowerPoint to HTML produces web pages with no tracking, completion or LMS integration. You need an authoring tool or add-in to produce a SCORM package.

What do free SCORM tools not give you?

Support when something breaks, tested output across different LMS platforms, accessibility compliance out of the box, and a clear path forward as your requirements grow.

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Free SCORM Authoring Tools: What's Actually Available

August 24, 2026

Free SCORM authoring exists, but the word 'free' does a lot of work in most articles on this subject. Here's what's genuinely available and what it actually costs you.

Genuinely free and open source

Adapt Framework

Responsive, well-maintained, and produces good output. There's a free authoring tool with a UI, plus the underlying framework for developers. You host it yourself.

The real cost: setup and hosting. If nobody on your team is comfortable with a command line and a server, this is not free — it's a project.

H5P

Excellent interactive content types, works inside Moodle, WordPress and Drupal. Free and widely used.

The catch: H5P produces interactive content, not standalone SCORM packages in the normal sense. SCORM export exists but is limited and works best inside the H5P ecosystem.

eXeLearning

Long-standing open-source tool, exports SCORM 1.2. Simple, stable, and looks it — output is functional rather than modern.

Free tiers of commercial tools

Several paid platforms have free tiers with real limits — usually a course cap, a watermark, or no SCORM export. Read carefully: SCORM export is the feature most often withheld from free tiers, and it's usually the reason you're there.

The approaches that are free but shouldn't be counted

Building SCORM by hand. Technically free. Practically, writing a compliant imsmanifest.xml and the JavaScript API calls is a specialist job.
Google Slides or PowerPoint exported to HTML. Produces web pages, not SCORM. No tracking, no completion, no LMS integration.
A free trial. Not free. It's a deadline.

What free tools genuinely can't do

Be realistic about the ceiling:

Support when something breaks before a deadline.
Reliable output across every LMS — testing burden falls entirely on you.
Accessibility compliance out of the box.
A migration path when your needs grow.

The honest recommendation

If you're producing one or two courses and have technical confidence, Adapt or eXeLearning will genuinely do the job. If you're producing regularly, or courses are part of how you earn a living, the time cost of free tools will exceed a modest subscription within a couple of projects. That's not a sales pitch — it's arithmetic on your hourly rate.

Many paid tools, including CourseConverter, offer a free tier that includes real course building; the usual limit is on SCORM export or course count rather than on the editor itself. Worth checking what's actually restricted before assuming free means unusable.