Claude and Piztu: a classroom you manage by talking
Claude, Anthropic’s AI assistant, explains in the first person how it helps run a computer room of 23 Debian machines managed with…
Free software for the classroom
The classroom, on your terms.
Four modules — Xesta, Pancho, Tao and Lua — that you combine as needed. For primary, secondary and university.
- Free software · AGPLv3
- From primary school to university
Where do I start?
Three ways to use it
All free, all modular: pick the pieces you need and add the rest whenever you like.
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Full mode
Xesta Pancho Tao Lua
Manage the physical classroom, run a virtual classroom and create individualised material.
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Virtual classroom
Tao Lua
A virtual classroom against a server — the teacher’s or off-site — plus the material editor.
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Editor only
Lua
Assignments, exams and department paperwork, as PDF, Word or OpenDocument.
The ecosystem
Four modules, one ecosystem
From material to classroom
Creating material is easy. Handing it out and checking it isn’t.
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Create
Lua
By hand or with AI help. If the task uses random values, every student gets their own version.
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Hand out
Tao
Send each assignment to each student, or one general assignment with personalised copies.
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Check
Tao Xesta
Students hand in a digitally signed report, and you can require the work to be done in class.
Blog
Tutorials and news
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Why Windows says Lua can’t be trusted (and how to build it yourself)
Why Windows warns that the Lua installer can't be trusted, what code signing is and, step by step, how to build Lua…
Ready to try it?
Start with Lua: download it, open the sample schedule and compile it to PDF. Then add pieces as you go.
