Show HN: I built a quizlet clone in 2 hours Quizlet, a popular tool among high schoolers and college students used to study for tests recently made it's core functionality paid. In an era where Autodesk, Adobe, and Microsoft hold their proprietary software to their chests, it's exciting to see opensource alternatives come to compete with them. I'm 15, and I'm excited to do my part to keep education free for everyone. https://openlearn.vercel.app |
e.g.
do, act, drive ago, agere, egi, actus
love, like amo, amare, amavi, amatus
dare audeo, audere, ausus sum
hear audio, audire, audivi, auditus
fall, perish cado, cadere, cecidi, casus
sing, sound cano, canere, cecini, cantus
You first get multiple choice questions, then short answer questions. Later, we want it to show you the flashcards first so you don't have to read through a boring list of terms. Critically, it keeps you from learning more than five novel terms in a row, which is proven to help immensely compared to flashcards.
If you want to learn more, google retrieval learning.
This site would benefit a lot by having some example data prepopulated on the site itself. For now, copy/paste the below text and set the top-left to use commas:
California,Sacramento
Wisconsin,Madison
Georgia,Atlanta
North Dakota,Bismark
South Dakota,Pierre
Massachusetts,Boston
Things I don't like: The design, the lack of information on how to use it, it seems to be broken in Firefox - or maybe I just don't know how to use it.
I’m no fan of Quizlet, but to call this a “clone” is outrageous. It’s like sticking four wheels on a wooden board and calling it a Corolla clone.
At best you can say that you made a flash cards toy app that can read data from Quizlet.
Also, take a look at Anki.
Intentionally misleading is not marketing, nor is it “hustle”, it almost always smells like a scam even if that’s not your intention.
If you really did all that in 2 hours, that's quite an accomplishment! But I think it's a little early for a Show HN. It's tough to use without any kind of instructional text. Repost when you've got a more usable interface, and I think you'll get more traction here.
I really like how you don't require people to register. I do the same thing for all my apps, and it's great for getting people hooked. No one likes a sign up form. Just store people's data in a cookie, or localstorage until they make the decision to sign up.
Your Anki comment is spot on. When I downloaded it (a few weeks ago actually), I spent 5 minutes making sure that website was _really_ the Anki I heard about on HN.
asuth was around 15 when he built Quizlet and now it's (somehow) worth a billion. There's plenty of room for a newcomer in the market especially since Quizlet started putting things behind a paywall. Good luck!
Anyway this is really impressive for 2 hours, well done!
If you don't mind me asking, are you taking any exams, is this the reason you made it?
> With Anki, I stop immediately. No real world user is installing software like that on their device, the homepage just screams virus to someone unfamiliar with opensource.
That’s a huge generalization. I’m a really world user and I use it heavily. I know many non-technical friends who use it as well. It screams virus for the ignorant. Don’t appeal to the lowest common denominator.
Quizlet’s killer features is that they have text books that are ready to use, and lots of decks that are ready to use. Your app will break if they stop allowing exporting data.