Development started in June 2009 on the open source project, its a achool management system based the Ruby on Rails framework. The state of Kerala, India uses Fedena in over 15,000 schools. Without any add on modules the basic Fedena system contains the elements pertaining to: student details, user management, news management, timetables, attendance, examination and admission. The software allows for the ability to create and include extra modules that can mould the portal to be used in a variety of ways.