# Lariyo

> Lariyo is a white-label learning management system (LMS) made by Saral Apps. It gives a coaching institute, school, college or teacher its own branded Android, iOS, Windows, Mac and web apps, an admin panel, encrypted video, live and written tests, Zoom live classes, eSewa, Khalti and Apple payments, and an AI admin that lets Claude or ChatGPT run the institute through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Prices are in Nepali rupees (NPR), per month, excluding VAT. Demos are booked at https://lariyo.com/demo (30 minutes, Sunday to Friday).

The full text of every feature, guide and article is in https://lariyo.com/llms-full.txt. Any help guide, blog article or feature page is also available as Markdown: add .md to its address (for example https://lariyo.com/help/getting-started/admin-panel-tour.md) or send Accept: text/markdown.

## Product
- [Features](https://lariyo.com/features): every feature with screenshots
- [Your own branded apps](https://lariyo.com/features/branded-apps.md): Students learn in an app with your name, logo and colours, on every device they own. You never write a line of code.
- [Secure video streaming](https://lariyo.com/features/secure-video.md): Every upload becomes an AES-128 encrypted, multi-quality HLS stream with a moving watermark and download controls.
- [Live tests and mock exams](https://lariyo.com/features/live-tests.md): Scheduled MCQ tests with a countdown, negative marking, result date, leaderboards and live monitoring of who is taking the test.
- [Written (subjective) exams](https://lariyo.com/features/subjective-exams.md): Students download the question paper, upload their answer sheets, and teachers mark them and release results.
- [Zoom live classes](https://lariyo.com/features/live-classes.md): Students join Zoom classes from the app, links never leak, attendance is recorded and recordings become course content.
- [Payments for Nepal](https://lariyo.com/features/payments.md): eSewa checkout, Apple in-app purchase and bank, QR, eSewa or Khalti transfers you approve, with partial payments, dues, receipts and printed bills.
- [Flexible pricing](https://lariyo.com/features/flexible-pricing.md): One-time, subscription or free plans, access for days, until a date, forever or by hours of video watched, and bundles with savings.
- [App builder](https://lariyo.com/features/app-builder.md): Banners, course rails, live-test cards, notices and success stories, arranged in the admin panel and live in the app at once.
- [Notifications](https://lariyo.com/features/notifications.md): Push campaigns to exactly the right students, automatic reminders and in-app pop-ups.
- [Analytics](https://lariyo.com/features/analytics.md): Revenue, learning progress, content performance, app use by screen and region, test and live-class analytics.
- [Anti-piracy and device control](https://lariyo.com/features/device-security.md): Device limits, device blocking, app integrity checks, hardware-bound sessions and screen-capture detection.
- [Team roles and audit log](https://lariyo.com/features/team-and-audit.md): Admins, instructors, content uploaders and custom roles, with every change logged, including those made by AI.
- [Institute website](https://lariyo.com/features/website.md): Pages, blog, course pages and a contact form on your own domain, with SEO built in.
- [Webhooks and automations](https://lariyo.com/features/integrations.md): Signed webhooks for registrations, enrolments, payments and course changes, plus Google Sheets, WhatsApp and Slack automations.
- [Reseller and franchise network](https://lariyo.com/features/resellers.md): Share courses and live classes with child institutes, set their plans and prices, and invoice them, with two sets of books.
- [AI admin](https://lariyo.com/ai-admin): run the institute in plain words from Claude or ChatGPT
- [Apps](https://lariyo.com/apps): Android, iPhone and iPad, Windows, Mac and web
- [Integrations](https://lariyo.com/integrations): eSewa, Khalti, Zoom, Google Sheets, WhatsApp, Slack, webhooks
- [Security](https://lariyo.com/security): encrypted streaming, device limits, integrity checks, audit logs

## Pricing
- Starter: NPR 2,000 a month, up to 200 students, 20 GB storage. Individual teachers and small tuition centres
- Growth: NPR 10,000 a month, up to 1,200 students, 100 GB storage. Growing coaching institutes
- Pro: NPR 30,000 a month, up to 3,000 students, 500 GB storage. Large institutes and colleges
- Enterprise: custom price, unlimited students, 2,048 GB storage. Franchise networks and very large institutes
- Full details: https://lariyo.com/pricing

## Who it is for
- [Coaching institutes](https://lariyo.com/solutions/coaching-institutes): Recorded lectures, live doubt classes, mock tests and fee collection in one app that carries your brand.
- [Lok Sewa preparation](https://lariyo.com/solutions/lok-sewa-preparation): Daily MCQ practice, model sets, Nepali-language notes and live revision classes in your own app.
- [Entrance preparation](https://lariyo.com/solutions/entrance-preparation): Physics, chemistry, biology and maths lectures, chapter tests and full mock exams with the real marking scheme.
- [Schools](https://lariyo.com/solutions/schools): Notes, homework tests, notices and live classes in one app parents and students trust, with your school's name on it.
- [+2 and colleges](https://lariyo.com/solutions/colleges): Recorded lectures, written assignments, internal tests and revision classes for every faculty, in one branded app.
- [Language institutes](https://lariyo.com/solutions/language-institutes): EPS-TOPIK, JLPT and IELTS courses with video lessons, listening tests, live speaking classes and batches.
- [CA and accounting](https://lariyo.com/solutions/accounting-and-ca): Long recorded lectures with chapters, secure PDF notes, past-paper tests and doubt classes for professional exams.
- [Tuition centres](https://lariyo.com/solutions/tuition-centres): Class recordings, homework tests, attendance and fee dues for a small centre, without extra staff.
- [Independent teachers](https://lariyo.com/solutions/teachers): Your name on Android, iOS, desktop and web; secure video; payments; and an AI assistant that does the admin.
- [Franchise networks](https://lariyo.com/solutions/franchise-networks): Share courses and live classes with each branch, set their plans and prices, and invoice them, with clear books for both sides.

## Comparisons
- [YouTube and WhatsApp](https://lariyo.com/compare/youtube-and-whatsapp): Free tools are how most institutes start. Here is what changes when your courses move into your own app.
- [Google Classroom](https://lariyo.com/compare/google-classroom): Google Classroom organises classwork for schools. Lariyo is built for institutes that also sell courses and run exams.
- [Moodle](https://lariyo.com/compare/moodle): Moodle is a flexible open-source platform you install and run. Lariyo is ready to use, with your own apps.
- [Google Forms](https://lariyo.com/compare/google-forms): Google Forms is a quick way to make a quiz. Mock tests for entrance and Lok Sewa need more.

## Help center
- [Getting started](https://lariyo.com/help/getting-started): Sign in, find your way around the admin panel and set up your institute.
  - [A tour of the admin panel](https://lariyo.com/help/getting-started/admin-panel-tour.md): The admin panel is where you run your institute: content, students, payments, the app's screens and settings, all from one sidebar.
  - [Set up your app's name, logo and store links](https://lariyo.com/help/getting-started/set-up-your-app.md): App config holds your app's identity: name, logo, support contacts and the Android, iOS and desktop store details.
  - [Connect Claude or ChatGPT to your institute](https://lariyo.com/help/getting-started/connect-ai-assistant.md): Account → MCP gives you a connector address and your institute ID so an AI assistant can work as one of your admins.
- [Courses and packages](https://lariyo.com/help/courses): Create courses, organise them in categories, build chapters and sell bundles.
  - [Organise courses with categories](https://lariyo.com/help/courses/create-categories.md): Categories group your courses and packages in up to three levels, and the app's browse screens are built from them.
  - [Create a course](https://lariyo.com/help/courses/create-a-course.md): A new course needs only a title, a short description and a price; everything else is filled in on the course page.
  - [Edit a course's details, prices and students](https://lariyo.com/help/courses/course-details.md): The course details page holds everything about a course: media, descriptions, platforms, SEO, pricing plans, batches and enrolled students.
  - [Build chapters and lessons in the course builder](https://lariyo.com/help/courses/build-course-content.md): The course builder is where chapters, headings, videos, notes, tests and live classes are added, ordered and published.
  - [Clone chapters and items to many courses](https://lariyo.com/help/courses/clone-content.md): Cloning copies chapters or items into other courses, either to one chapter or to up to 50 places at once.
  - [Sell several courses as a package](https://lariyo.com/help/courses/create-a-package.md): A package bundles courses at one price; buying it gives access to every course inside.
  - [Edit a package](https://lariyo.com/help/courses/package-details.md): A package's page has the same parts as a course's, plus the list of courses inside and the savings.
  - [Give courses automatically on sign-up or purchase](https://lariyo.com/help/courses/auto-assign.md): Auto-assign gives courses or packages for free: to every new student, or together with another purchase.
- [Videos, notes and images](https://lariyo.com/help/library): Upload content once to the library and use it in any course.
  - [Upload videos](https://lariyo.com/help/library/upload-videos.md): Videos are uploaded to the library once and turned into encrypted streams in several qualities, then placed in any chapter.
  - [Upload PDF notes](https://lariyo.com/help/library/upload-notes.md): Notes are PDFs and documents shown in the app's secure viewer, with an optional table of contents.
  - [Manage the image library](https://lariyo.com/help/library/image-library.md): Every image you upload for courses, banners or questions is kept in the image library for reuse.
- [Questions and tests](https://lariyo.com/help/tests): Build a question bank, run MCQ and written tests, and publish results.
  - [Add questions to the question bank](https://lariyo.com/help/tests/question-bank.md): Questions can be single-answer, multiple-answer or fill-in-the-blank, with images, math (LaTeX) and explanations.
  - [Import questions from Word, Excel or ZIP](https://lariyo.com/help/tests/import-questions.md): Bulk import reads hundreds of questions at once; Word equations become LaTeX and ZIP files carry images.
  - [Create an MCQ test](https://lariyo.com/help/tests/create-a-test.md): A test takes questions from the bank and adds a duration, pass mark, live window and result date.
  - [Run a live test on the app's home screen](https://lariyo.com/help/tests/run-a-live-test.md): A live test shows on the home screen while it is live or about to start, and you can watch who is taking it.
  - [Run a written (subjective) test](https://lariyo.com/help/tests/subjective-tests.md): Students download a question paper, upload their written answers, and teachers check and mark them.
  - [Check subjective answer sheets](https://lariyo.com/help/tests/subjective-checking.md): Subjective test analytics lists every submission as pending, checking or graded.
- [Live classes (Zoom)](https://lariyo.com/help/live-classes): Connect Zoom, schedule classes inside the app and track attendance.
  - [Connect a Zoom account](https://lariyo.com/help/live-classes/connect-zoom.md): Add one or more Zoom accounts with their host users; Lariyo creates meetings and moves students to another account when one is full.
  - [Schedule a Zoom meeting](https://lariyo.com/help/live-classes/schedule-meetings.md): Meetings are created on your Zoom account from the panel, with a topic, time, duration and host.
  - [Create a live class and add it to a course](https://lariyo.com/help/live-classes/live-class.md): A live class groups one or more meetings, opens joining a few minutes early and only for enrolled students.
  - [See live-class attendance](https://lariyo.com/help/live-classes/zoom-attendance.md): Zoom analytics shows every session, who joined, for how long, and which overflow slot they used.
- [App builder](https://lariyo.com/help/app-builder): Design your app's home, course and package screens without a new release.
  - [Design the app's home screen](https://lariyo.com/help/app-builder/home-screen.md): The home screen is built from sections such as banners, courses, live tests and notices, saved as a draft and then published.
  - [Design the course page](https://lariyo.com/help/app-builder/course-screen.md): Every course uses the shared default course page unless you give it its own.
  - [Design the package page](https://lariyo.com/help/app-builder/package-screen.md): Package pages work like course pages and add the list of courses and the savings.
- [Students and team](https://lariyo.com/help/students): Add students, instructors and admins, and control what each role can do.
  - [Add students one by one or in bulk](https://lariyo.com/help/students/add-students.md): Students can sign up in the app, or you can add them yourself, one at a time or from an Excel file.
  - [The add-student form](https://lariyo.com/help/students/add-student-form.md): The form creates a verified student account and can send the login details for you.
  - [Add instructors](https://lariyo.com/help/students/instructors.md): Instructors build and teach courses and check subjective tests; their earnings are tracked for payouts.
  - [Add admins](https://lariyo.com/help/students/admins.md): Admins can use the whole panel, or only what their role allows.
  - [Create roles with custom permissions](https://lariyo.com/help/students/roles.md): Roles decide exactly which pages and actions a team member can use.
- [Payments and money](https://lariyo.com/help/payments): See transactions, collect dues, approve bank transfers, refund and pay instructors.
  - [See and export transactions](https://lariyo.com/help/payments/transactions.md): Every payment is listed with its student, product, gateway, amount and status, with bills you can print or email.
  - [Refund a payment](https://lariyo.com/help/payments/refunds.md): A refund can remove access now or keep it for some days, keep a service charge, and needs a reason and proof.
  - [Follow up unfinished payments](https://lariyo.com/help/payments/initiated-payments.md): Initiated payments are checkouts a student started but did not finish.
  - [Collect dues and record installments](https://lariyo.com/help/payments/payments-due.md): Payments due lists students who still owe part of their fee, with due dates.
  - [Approve bank and QR transfers](https://lariyo.com/help/payments/manual-payments.md): Students can pay by bank, QR, eSewa or Khalti transfer and upload a screenshot; you approve or reject it.
  - [Add payees for instructor payouts](https://lariyo.com/help/payments/payees.md): Payees are the people paid from sales, with their VAT, TDS and bank or wallet accounts.
  - [Pay instructors](https://lariyo.com/help/payments/payouts.md): A payout adds up a payee's earnings for a period and takes off VAT, TDS and charges.
  - [Set up printed and emailed bills](https://lariyo.com/help/payments/bill-settings.md): Bills print on A4 or 58/80 mm thermal paper, with your details, taxes and terms, and can be emailed automatically.
  - [Connect payment gateways](https://lariyo.com/help/payments/payment-gateways.md): Payment config holds your eSewa, Khalti, Stripe, Razorpay and Apple keys, and the manual payment methods students see.
- [Notifications](https://lariyo.com/help/notifications): Send push campaigns, in-app messages and automatic reminders.
  - [Turn automatic notifications on or off](https://lariyo.com/help/notifications/automated-messages.md): Automatic notifications go out on their own for payments, new content, live tests, results and Zoom classes.
  - [Send a push notification campaign](https://lariyo.com/help/notifications/push-campaign.md): A campaign sends a push notification to the students you choose, now or at a set time.
  - [The campaign form](https://lariyo.com/help/notifications/campaign-form.md): The campaign form holds the message, the tap action, the audience and the platforms.
  - [Show in-app messages](https://lariyo.com/help/notifications/in-app-messages.md): In-app messages are banners or pop-ups shown when students open the app.
  - [Download notification reports](https://lariyo.com/help/notifications/notification-reports.md): Reports show what was sent and delivered over the last 7, 30 or 90 days.
- [Analytics](https://lariyo.com/help/analytics): Understand sales, learning, app use and where students are.
  - [Read the analytics overview](https://lariyo.com/help/analytics/analytics-overview.md): Overview shows app events over time and the most used screens, by quarter.
  - [See which content performs](https://lariyo.com/help/analytics/content-performance.md): Content performance ranks courses, videos, notes and packages by use, completion and sales.
  - [See where students use the app](https://lariyo.com/help/analytics/activity-map.md): The map shows activity by city and country, with platforms, networks and top screens.
  - [See who changed what (audit log)](https://lariyo.com/help/analytics/audit-log.md): The audit log lists every create, update and delete by your team, including the AI assistant.
- [Settings](https://lariyo.com/help/settings): Email, SMS, video quality, device limits, webhooks and your website.
  - [Set up SMS](https://lariyo.com/help/settings/sms.md): SMS sends OTP codes and login details through your provider: Twilio, MSG91, AWS SNS, Nexmo or any HTTP API.
  - [Set up email](https://lariyo.com/help/settings/email.md): Email goes through SMTP, SendGrid, Mailgun or AWS SES.
  - [Choose video qualities](https://lariyo.com/help/settings/video-quality.md): Video config sets which qualities every upload is converted to.
  - [Limit how many devices a student uses](https://lariyo.com/help/settings/device-limits.md): Device config decides how many phones, computers and browsers each student may sign in on, and what happens over the limit.
  - [Send events to other systems with webhooks](https://lariyo.com/help/settings/webhooks.md): Webhooks call your URL when a student registers, enrols or pays, or when a course changes.
  - [Edit your website's menus, pages and blog](https://lariyo.com/help/settings/website-content.md): Website config holds the navigation, pages and blog posts of your institute's website.
  - [Design website pages with the page builder](https://lariyo.com/help/settings/page-builder.md): The page builder edits your website's pages visually.
  - [Answer website contact messages](https://lariyo.com/help/settings/contact-submissions.md): Messages from your website's contact form arrive here.
  - [Write terms, privacy and contact pages](https://lariyo.com/help/settings/app-policies.md): CMS pages are shown in the app's settings and are needed for the app stores.
  - [Handle account deletion requests](https://lariyo.com/help/settings/account-deletion.md): Students can ask to delete their account from the app or a web page; you complete or reject each request.
  - [See your plan, usage and invoices](https://lariyo.com/help/settings/subscription.md): Subscription shows your Lariyo plan, usage against it, charges, invoices and how to pay.

## Blog
- [How to Write MCQ Questions That Actually Test Understanding](https://lariyo.com/blog/write-better-mcq-questions.md): Good multiple-choice questions test thinking, not memory of a sentence. Seven rules for writing questions and options that tell you what students really know.
- [How to Take Your Coaching Institute Online: A Step-by-Step Plan](https://lariyo.com/blog/how-to-take-your-coaching-institute-online.md): A practical plan for moving a coaching institute online without losing students, fees or your evenings: what to put online first, how to price it and how to launch.
- [Your Own App vs YouTube and WhatsApp Groups](https://lariyo.com/blog/own-app-vs-youtube-whatsapp.md): YouTube and WhatsApp are free and familiar, so why do growing institutes move to their own app? An honest comparison.
- [How to Stop Students from Sharing Your Paid Videos](https://lariyo.com/blog/stop-students-sharing-paid-videos.md): Paid lectures leak through shared passwords, screen recording and downloaded files. Here is how each leak happens and what actually stops it.
- [How to Reduce Unpaid Fees Without Losing Students](https://lariyo.com/blog/reduce-unpaid-fees-dues.md): Late fees are rarely about bad intentions. Clear terms, easy payment and timely reminders recover most dues without awkward conversations.
- [How to Collect Course Fees Online in Nepal: eSewa, Khalti and Bank](https://lariyo.com/blog/collect-course-fees-online-nepal.md): Screenshots on WhatsApp do not scale. Here is how to let students pay online, unlock courses automatically and keep every rupee accounted for.
- [Launching Your Institute's App on Google Play and the App Store: A Checklist](https://lariyo.com/blog/launch-institute-app-play-store-app-store.md): What you need before your institute's app goes live on Google Play and the App Store: accounts, names, icons, screenshots, privacy and review.
- [How to Run a Lok Sewa Mock Test Online](https://lariyo.com/blog/run-lok-sewa-mock-test-online.md): A good online mock test feels like the real exam: same time, same format, negative marking and a rank at the end. Here is how to run one.
- [How to Use AI to Run Your Institute's Admin Work Safely](https://lariyo.com/blog/use-ai-to-run-institute-admin.md): AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT can now do real admin work: building courses, importing tests and pulling reports. Here is how to use them without losing control.
- [How to Price an Online Course in Nepal](https://lariyo.com/blog/price-online-course-nepal.md): Too cheap and students doubt the quality; too expensive and they look for a copy. A simple way to set a fair price and grow from there.
- [Preeti to Unicode: Why Your Nepali Text Breaks and How to Fix It](https://lariyo.com/blog/preeti-to-unicode-guide.md): Nepali typed in Preeti turns into strange English letters on phones and websites. Here is why, and how to convert it to Unicode that works everywhere.
- [Live Classes or Recorded Lectures? How to Use Both](https://lariyo.com/blog/live-classes-vs-recorded-lectures.md): Live classes feel like school; recorded lectures fit around students' lives. The best online courses use each for what it does best.
- [NEB Grading System Explained: Grades, GPA and NG](https://lariyo.com/blog/neb-grading-system-gpa-explained.md): How NEB letter grades work for SEE and Grades 11 and 12: the grade scale, how GPA is calculated with credit hours, and what NG means.
- [Bikram Sambat Explained: How the Nepali Calendar Works](https://lariyo.com/blog/bikram-sambat-calendar-explained.md): Why Nepal's year is 56 years ahead, why months have 29 to 32 days, and how to convert dates between BS and AD without mistakes.
- [How to Make Notes and PDFs Students Actually Use](https://lariyo.com/blog/make-study-notes-students-use.md): Long scanned PDFs get downloaded and never opened. Short, structured notes tied to lectures and tests get used. Here is how to make them.
- [Marketing a Coaching Institute in Nepal: 12 Ideas That Work](https://lariyo.com/blog/marketing-coaching-institute-nepal.md): You do not need a big budget to fill batches. Twelve practical ways institutes in Nepal attract students, from free lessons to results that speak for themselves.
- [Running Classroom and Online Batches Together](https://lariyo.com/blog/hybrid-classroom-online-batches.md): Many institutes now teach the same course in a classroom and online. Here is how to run both from one set of lectures, tests and records.
- [Protecting Student Data: Privacy Basics for Institutes](https://lariyo.com/blog/student-data-privacy-institutes.md): Institutes hold phone numbers, addresses, marks and payment records. A short guide to keeping that data safe and using it responsibly.
- [How to Run Several Branches Without Losing Control](https://lariyo.com/blog/run-branches-franchise-institute.md): Opening a second or tenth branch multiplies everything: courses, teachers, fees and reports. Here is how to keep quality and numbers in one place.
- [Choosing an Online Teaching Platform: 15 Questions to Ask](https://lariyo.com/blog/choose-online-teaching-platform-questions.md): Before you commit to a platform for your institute, ask these fifteen questions about content security, payments, apps, support, data and price.

## Free tools
- [Nepali calendar](https://lariyo.com/tools/nepali-calendar): Every month of every Bikram Sambat year with the English dates beside it.
- [Nepali date converter](https://lariyo.com/tools/nepali-date-converter): Change BS dates to AD and back, for any day from BS 1971 to 2100.
- [Age calculator](https://lariyo.com/tools/age-calculator): Exact age in years, months and days from a BS or AD birth date, as on any date.
- [Preeti to Unicode](https://lariyo.com/tools/preeti-to-unicode): Turn text typed in the Preeti font into Unicode Nepali that works everywhere.
- [Nepali typing (Romanized)](https://lariyo.com/tools/nepali-typing): Type Nepali with an English keyboard: write "namaste", get नमस्ते.
- [Number to words](https://lariyo.com/tools/number-to-words): Write any amount in Nepali and English words, with lakh and crore, for cheques and receipts.
- [NEB and SEE GPA calculator](https://lariyo.com/tools/gpa-calculator): Turn marks into grades and GPA on the NEB scale for SEE and Grades 11 and 12.
- [Marks percentage calculator](https://lariyo.com/tools/percentage-calculator): Total marks, percentage and division from subject marks in seconds.
- [Negative marking calculator](https://lariyo.com/tools/negative-marking-calculator): Score an MCQ test with negative marking, the way Lok Sewa and entrance exams do.
- [Fee receipt maker](https://lariyo.com/tools/fee-receipt): Fill in a student's fee and print a clean receipt with the amount in words.
- [Class timetable maker](https://lariyo.com/tools/timetable-maker): Lay out a week of classes and print it or save it as a PDF.
- [Earnings calculator](https://lariyo.com/tools/earnings-calculator): What your courses can earn online each month and year, after fees and your plan.

## Optional
- [How to start an online coaching institute in Nepal](https://lariyo.com/guides/start-an-online-coaching-institute-in-nepal): A practical plan for taking your classes online: what to teach first, how to price, how students pay, and how to stop your videos being shared.
- [How to stop students sharing your course videos](https://lariyo.com/guides/stop-students-sharing-your-videos): Why paid videos leak, what actually stops it, and what to do when a video is shared anyway.
- [How to run online mock tests that feel like the real exam](https://lariyo.com/guides/run-online-mock-tests): Set up timed mock tests with negative marking, a live window, results and leaderboards for entrance and Lok Sewa preparation.
- [Glossary](https://lariyo.com/glossary)
- [Nepali pages](https://lariyo.com/ne)
- [Contact](https://lariyo.com/contact): hello@lariyo.com