Essentialist is a minimalist flashcard app for seamless studying and note-taking in Markdown.
Your flashcard decks are just simple Markdown files, which means you can create cards directly while taking notes. This is a perfect workflow for students and anyone who takes notes and wants to quickly turn them into study material. Each card is defined by a simple H2 header (## Your Card Title).
Because your decks are plain text files, they are:
- Easy to manage: You can organize them with any file manager.
- Future-proof: Plain text is a universal format.
- Editable with any editor: Use your favorite text editor to make changes.
Essentialist supports a variety of Markdown features, including lists, tables, emojis, and basic text styling (italic and bold).
Essentialist doesn’t perform any network operations. There’s no cloud, no sync service, and no data collection. You can use an external app if you want to synchronize your cards and your scores.
This is free and open source software.
Website: github.com/essentialist-app/essentialist
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Developer: Ludovic Guegan
License: MIT License
Essentialist is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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