The Best Open Source Anki AlternativesTop Flashcard & Language Learning Tools like Anki

The best open source alternative to Anki is AnkiDroid. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Anki and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Anki are LibreLingo, Mnemosyne, Scholarsome and Memcode.

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  1. AnkiDroid icon
     153 likes

    Anki flashcards on Android. Your secret trick to achieve superhuman information retention.

    153 AnkiDroid alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
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  2. LibreLingo icon
     42 likes

    My goal is to start a community-driven language-learning platform that gives its users and contributors a way to influence its future and adapt it to special requirements.

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Mnemosyne icon
     35 likes

    Mnemosyne (named for the Greek goddess of memory, Mnemosyne) is spaced repetition software developed from 2003 until the present. The software is similar to SuperMemo, commercial software developed by Piotr Wozniak.

    107 Mnemosyne alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
     
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  4. Scholarsome icon
     8 likes

    Scholarsome is an open source studying system. Through the use of flashcards, among other core features, users can practice memorization of terms and definitions, along with keeping their data secure locally.

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Memcode icon
     42 likes

    Spaced-repetition app, the best for scientists and coders. With rich formatting, with images, with code formatting, with formulas, with multiple flashcard types. Entirely free, open-source.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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  6. Learntime icon
     2 likes

    Learntime is an innovative learning application designed to enhance long-term knowledge retention and comprehension. It employs scientifically proven techniques such as active recall and spaced repetition, coupled with AI-powered support, to help students solidify information...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Docker
     
  7. Create English Anki flashcards from macOS system Oxford Dictionary.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. VocabCoach icon
     1 like

    Inspired by the groundbreaking research of Craik & Tulving (1975), which showed that deeper, semantic-level processing significantly improves memory retention, this app helps students expand and retain their vocabulary more effectively than any memorization-based tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  9. AnyMemo icon
     4 likes

    AnyMemo is a free open-sourced spaced repetition flashcard learning software similar to SuperMemo for Android mobile phones. It implements an advanced adaptive scheduling algorithm based on modified Mnemosyne algorithm (Enhanced SuperMemo SM2 algorithm) to maximize the learning...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  10. 10,000 sentences is an Android app that will help you learn new words in foreign languages.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  11. Pauker icon
     5 likes

    Pauker is an intelligent

    • completely free (OpenSource, GPL)
    • flash card based,
    • learning application
    • written in «Java»
    • using the leitner cardfile system
    • available in Dutch, English, Esperanto, German, French, Polish, Spanish, Slovak and Vietnamese
    • works offl.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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