Show HN: Open-source alternatives to tools you pay for

Re:Show HN: Open-source alternatives to tools you pay for by raffraffraff on Saturday March 01, 2025 @11:56AM (#43221174)

Mini rant. I live the concept of flashcards and I think that Anki is a great idea. Good to see it there. But how in hell is that the best we have? Why is the format so arcane, why is it so hard to create decent flashcards etc? Just try looking for good quality decks and you'll quickly find yourself going through the familiar disappointment, followed by a burst of can-do fervour "I CAN BUILD AND SHARE GOOD DECKS!" and the eventual frustration at the whole experience. So you give up, and after a while the one or two half decent decks you had on Anki get auto deleted.

Anyway, sorry for the rant.

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Re:Show HN: Open-source alternatives to tools you pay for by jamager on Saturday March 01, 2025 @03:53PM (#43223570)

Anki is in fact not an alternative to anything, it is the de-facto flashcard tool. Nothing else comes remotely close, free or paid.

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Re:Show HN: Open-source alternatives to tools you pay for by raffraffraff on Friday March 07, 2025 @03:38AM (#43288335)

Yes but I want an alternative to anki because I find it horrible to create or edit decks

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Re:Show HN: Open-source alternatives to tools you pay for by tero on Sunday March 02, 2025 @05:32AM (#43229112)

I have found Leaf [1] to be a simple and plain spaced repetition program. It has very few features compared to Anki.

It does not have a large ecosystem of stack sharing, it's mostly aimed for those who write their own decks. You can compile it to a static binary and be sure that the decks you create work for a long time.

[1] https://github.com/ap4y/leaf

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Re:Show HN: Open-source alternatives to tools you pay for by raffraffraff on Friday March 07, 2025 @03:40AM (#43288346)

Thanks, I'll check it out!

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