LiaScript Exporter
Turns a Markdown course into a SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, IMS or xAPI package from the command line
The facts
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause — OSI approved
- Pricing
- Open source Price source for LiaScript Exporter, opens in a new tab
- Deployment
- Desktop application
- Platforms
- Command line · Windows · macOS · Linux
Standards support
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| Standard | Supported | Provenance | Checked | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCORM 1.2 | Yes | editor-checked · 24 Aug 2026— source, opens in a new tab | `-f scorm1.2` is a first-class export target with its own module; the README's per-LMS recipe table recommends it for Moodle 3–5, ILIAS and OPAL, with mastery score and iframe or embed options. | |
| SCORM 20044th edition | Yes | editor-checked · 24 Aug 2026— source, opens in a new tab | The 2004 exporter hard-codes `version: '2004 4th Edition'` in the manifest configuration; no other edition is offered. | |
| xAPI | Yes | editor-checked · 24 Aug 2026— source, opens in a new tab | `-f xapi` produces a tincan-style package. Statement coverage was not audited; treat the depth of tracking as unverified. | |
| cmi5 | No | editor-checked · 24 Aug 2026 | No cmi5 export target and no occurrence of cmi5 anywhere in the source. | |
| AICC | No | editor-checked · 24 Aug 2026 | — | |
| LTI | Not stated | — | — | — |
- Claimed
- — the vendor states it. We have not confirmed it.
- Checked
- — an editor confirmed it on the date shown.
- Verified
- — an official registry lists it, and we link to the entry.
Editor's notes
LiaScript is a Markdown dialect for interactive courses — quizzes, executable code blocks, text-to-speech, animations — that runs in a browser straight from a Git repository. The Exporter is the companion tool that converts one of those courses into something an LMS will accept: SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, IMS, xAPI, or a static web, PDF, ePub, DOCX or Android build.
It suits a particular author well: someone who wants course content to live in Git as plain text, be reviewed as diffs, and be rebuilt by CI, but who is required to deliver a SCORM package at the end. That is a common position in universities and in open-courseware projects, and it is poorly served by conventional authoring tools, which keep content in binary project files.
It is not a substitute for a WYSIWYG authoring suite. There is no visual editor, no template library and no built-in accessibility checking; you write Markdown and you own the result. The tracking model is also basic by design — completion and score, not the interaction-level reporting that a commercial tool emits.
Maintenance is healthy: the exporter was last released in July 2026, is available as a desktop app as well as a CLI and local web UI, and draws several thousand npm downloads a month. The one caution is version churn — 196 npm releases and a version scheme that pairs the exporter with a LiaScript build, so pin the version in any pipeline you rely on.
Alternatives to LiaScript Exporter
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