BlocksBuddy: Discover the Joy of Hands-on Learning
An interactive learning platform developed by PM Publishers that equips K-12 students with 21st-century computational thinking, AI vision, and integrated Python coding.
Free & Open Access
No subscription or paywalls
Scratch 3.0 & Python
Block to text graduation
Built-in AI Extensions
Vision, Speech, OCR & ML
Partner Schools & Labs
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Engineered for the Modern Computational Classroom
Built from the ground up to support modern computer science curriculum frameworks, aligned with NEP 2020 skill directives.
Interactive Learning
Engage with technology in a dynamic environment that responds to your code, microphone, and webcam actions in real time.
Safe & Secure
Prioritizing child safety with offline capability, zero biometric tracking, and an isolated, secure environment designed for young minds.
Community Driven
Join a nationwide community of budding coders, share inspiring block animations, and exchange textbook projects across school networks.
Future Ready
Demystify artificial intelligence, algorithmic logic, computer vision, and computational thinking well before high school.
How BlocksBuddy Works in the Classroom
A seamless 3-stage journey taking students from playful discovery to real-world code fluency.
Choose Your Project
Pick from curated interactive modules tailored to specific school grades, textbook chapters, and individual student interests.
Build & Experiment
Drag-and-drop intuitive block stacks with live camera tracking, voice sensors, and algorithmic logic that execute immediately on stage.
Inspect Python & Share
Test creations, showcase interactive games to teachers and peers, and inspect the auto-generated textual Python equivalent in real time.
What's in the Bag? Included AI Extensions
Turn every computer lab into an artificial intelligence laboratory. BlocksBuddy comes pre-loaded with hardware-accelerated, privacy-conscious AI libraries.
Pose Detection
Real-time human body skeleton tracking, keypoint motion capture, and interactive physical fitness or dance gaming.
Speech to Text
On-device audio transcription, voice command interpretation, and responsive conversational assistants.
Pen & Vector Art
Digital graphics canvas, mathematical fractal drawing, turtle-style geometric plotting, and creative procedural design.
Live Weather Data
Real-time meteorological API feed integration to program dynamic stage backgrounds responding to local temperature.
Teachable Machine ML
Train your own custom image, sound, or pose classification neural models and evaluate live predictions within Scratch blocks.
Text Recognition (OCR)
Scan flashcards, read handwritten notes held in front of the laptop camera, and parse alphabets dynamically.
Real-Time Object Detection
Recognize 80+ everyday objects (apples, bottles, books, cellphones, chairs) with live bounding boxes, classification tags, and confidence scores directly inside block logic.
More on the way...
IoT micro:bit telemetry, Arduino hardware blocks, and LLM generative storytelling integrations coming soon.
Quarterly Free UpdatesInstall BlocksBuddy Anywhere. Run Offline.
Designed for low-bandwidth school environments. Install once on your lab machines and learn uninterrupted without active internet.
Windows
Windows 8.1, 10, and 11 (64-bit)
- Standalone .EXE / .MSI installer
- Silent lab network deployment
- Integrated Python 3.10 runtime
Linux
Ubuntu 18.04+, Debian, Fedora
- Standard .deb package
- Portable .AppImage binary
- Raspberry Pi 4 / 5 compatible
macOS
macOS 11.0+ (Apple Silicon & Intel)
- Universal Apple Silicon & Intel
- Native Metal graphics acceleration
- Retina display high-DPI tuned
Everything You Need to Know About BlocksBuddy
Answers for educators, lab administrators, and parents exploring the BlocksBuddy ecosystem.
Equip Your School Computer Lab with BlocksBuddy
Schedule an institutional walkthrough with our curriculum engineers. Request complimentary school deployment kits, teacher training modules, and classroom sample project packs for your IT lab.
Complimentary for schools adopting PM Publishers Computer Series. No credit card or software license required.