Community Edition now public

Acorn CCMS

Open-source childcare management software for centres that need practical floor operations, careful compliance records, and a self-hostable path that does not trap their data.

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Community Edition is AGPL licensed and designed for self-hosters. Paid offerings are focused on implementation, managed hosting, upgrades, backups, training, and operational support.

Built around how centres actually run.

Acorn CCMS brings children, families, educators, rooms, attendance, compliance, programming, billing foundations, and centre administration into one operational workspace.

Centre Operations

Rooms, ratios, occupancy, room assignments, staff assignments, and daily dashboard views for centre leaders and educators.

Children and Families

Child profiles, family records, guardian workflows, emergency contacts, enrolments, permissions, and invitation flows.

Compliance Records

Incidents, medications, drills, policies, QIPs, audit trail, documents, and Australian early-learning reference material.

Staff Workspace

Staff profiles, rosters, qualifications, Working With Children checks, emergency contacts, reflections, and document records.

Programming

Weekly programs, observations, reflections, documentation support, and EYLF-style workflows for learning records.

Optional AI

AI-assisted documentation, centre search, voice/chat surfaces, and provider integration points that stay optional for self-hosters.

A public product, not just a code dump.

The Community Edition is the foundation. The commercial path is support, hosting, migration, training, monitoring, and reliability around the same core product.

Acorn CCMS operations dashboard with ratios, incidents, enrolments, and compliance widgets
Acorn CCMS staff profile with photo, certifications, and emergency contacts Acorn CCMS child profile with photo, routine status, guardians, and schedule

Community Edition should stay useful for centres that self-host. Paid work should remove operational burden, not lock away the core workflows.

Acorn CCMS product principle

Choose the path that fits your centre.

Start with the public repository, then add paid help when setup, migration, support, or hosting becomes more valuable than doing everything alone.

Community Edition

Free

For developers, operators, and centres that want to self-host and contribute.

  • AGPL source code
  • Local Docker stack
  • Community issue tracking
Open GitHub

Self-hosted Support

Paid

For centres that want help with setup, upgrades, migration, or custom implementation.

  • Install and configuration help
  • Upgrade support
  • Training and implementation
Request support

Managed Cloud

Waitlist

For centres that want Acorn hosted, monitored, backed up, and kept current.

  • Managed hosting
  • Backups and monitoring
  • Operational support
Join waitlist

Ready to explore Acorn CCMS?

Use the Community Edition today, or reach out if you want paid help with setup, hosting, migration, upgrades, or commercial licensing.

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