Oboete is a flashcard application designed for the COSMIC desktop.
It provides a straightforward interface for creating, organising and studying flashcards while keeping the data local. The application is built with libcosmic and follows COSMIC’s desktop conventions.
Recent development has added FSRS scheduling, image support and the ability to import flashcards from Anki.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Creates and organises flashcards into folders and collections.
- Uses FSRS for spaced-repetition scheduling.
- Imports flashcards from Anki collections.
- Supports images in flashcards.
- Keeps flashcard data local rather than relying on cloud synchronisation.
- Uses SQLite for local storage.
- Native COSMIC interface built with libcosmic.
Website: github.com/mariinkys/oboete
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Developer: Alex Marín
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Oboete is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| GUI Flashcard Software | |
|---|---|
| Anki | Extensible flashcard learning program |
| Mnemosyne | Spaced repetition flashcard program |
| Parley | Vocabulary trainer for KDE |
| KWordQuiz | Flashcard learning program for KDE |
| Kalba | Language learning tool based on the idea of sentence mining. |
| Lingueez | Desktop vocabulary trainer for language learning |
| Essentialist | Simple, private, and cross-platform flashcard app |
| Memorize | Store flashcard sets |
| Oboete | Simple flashcards application for the COSMIC desktop |
| Memorado | Learn using spaced repetition |
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