[OSS GAP] Cohort Course Operations #education #ops #cohorts #creator
Pain: Educators running cohorts need enrollment, session tracking, and simple progress views — not a bloated LMS meant for entire institutions. “I recently accepted my offer to the new embedded systems development program but it got cancelled. Is there still a way for me to take those courses individually? Should I contact ” — reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/georgebrowncollege/comments/1sh84pq/t415_embedded_systems_development_for_fall_2026/)
Why now: Small teams in 2026 are cutting tool spend and refusing extra platform debt. Kajabi, Circle, Mighty Networks are strong products, but they are packaged for bigger companies than course creator and other small teams. That makes a smaller, self-hosted wedge in cohort course operations unusually easy to explain.
Tiny wedge: Cohort roster for course creator and other small teams without Kajabi-style pricing and platform weight.
Why this wins: Replaces recurring Kajabi spend with a boring self-hosted alternative for course creator and other small teams.
Scope cut: Skip full LMS and video hosting CDN in v1.
Stack: Node.js + Express + SQLite + Web Components.