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Hello polyglots, 😀 
Polyglots are individuals who are able to speak multiple languages fluently. With the rise of the internet and technology, there are now numerous online free resources and [https://polyglotclub.com/language/tool tools] available for polyglots to improve their language skills and connect with other language enthusiasts. This article aims to provide an overview of the most useful internet resources for polyglots, including language learning websites, forums, and social media communities. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned polyglot, these resources can help you take your language skills to the next level and further your language journey.
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* Links with “!!!!” are the most important resources for you if you don't know English well;  
* Links with “!!!!” are the most important resources for you if you don't know English well;  
* Links with “!!” has low English skill requirement. For English-learning resources, go [[Language/English/Culture/Internet-resources-for-learning-English|HERE]];
* Links with “!!” has low English skill requirement.
* For a condensed version of this article, go [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/IRFP-in-brief|HERE]].
* For the condensed version of this article, go [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/IRFP-in-brief|HERE]].
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Hello polyglots, 😀


This page has a child: [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-resources-for-learning-specific-languages]].


The Internet is a giant treasure. It provides so many free services.  
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Welcome to our lesson on "Multiple-languages Culture → Internet resources for polyglots"! 🌍 In this lesson, we will explore various online resources that can help you enhance your language learning journey and dive deeper into the fascinating world of polyglots. After completing this lesson, you can also check out other related pages, such as our [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/The-Polyglot-Club-Team|Polyglot Club Team]] page, where you can learn more about the people behind the scenes who are passionate about multiple languages and cultures.  


On this page we have listed the sites that offer the most useful services for polyglots.
If you're interested in learning how to study languages more effectively, don't miss our guide on [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/How-to-Study-with-a-Markup-Language|studying with a markup language]], which can help you organize your language learning materials in a more structured way. And for those who love video games, we have a special treat for you! Discover how you can explore real-life locations through [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Video-Games-with-Real%E2%80%90Life-Locations|video games with multiple languages and cultures]]! 🎮


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So, let's dive into the world of polyglots and explore the best internet resources to help you become a true language enthusiast!
 
== -- Introduction -- ==
==Introduction==
=== Advices ===
===Advices===
This page is updated from time to time, not frequently, not regularly. “But how do I know what you have changed since the last time I come here?” Try this: hover your mouse over “Actions” in the upper right corner of this page, click on “history”, select the current and the version you saw last time, click on “Compare selected versions”.
This page is updated from time to time, not frequently, not regularly. “But how do I know what you have changed since the last time I come here?” Try this: hover your mouse over “Actions” on the upper right corner of this page, click on “history”, select the current and the version you saw last time, click on “Compare selected versions”.


It would be great if you pay a visit to every site on the list. Don't lose your curiosity.
It would be great if you pay a visit to every site on the list. Don't lose your curiosity.
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If you want to do creative work to help others to learn languages and to know about cultures, please visit [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Productivity-tools-for-polyglots]].
If you want to do creative work to help others to learn languages and to know about cultures, please visit [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Productivity-tools-for-polyglots]].


If you see GitHub or GitLab links, please notice that the download icons mean to download the source code. Unless its language is [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3265357/compiled-vs-interpreted-languages interpreted] like Python and Perl, you will need to build the program on your own. Links to download binaries (built programs) are elsewhere like “Releases” or links in the README.MD file.
It is not recommended to put some banner like “featured in Polyglot Club” on your website, because this list is dynamic.
 
It is highly recommended to have privacy protections on. There are resources on privacy:
* [https://github.com/pluja/awesome-privacy Awesome Privacy]
* [https://digital-defense.io/ Digital Defense]
* [https://privacyguides.org/ Privacy Guides]
 
=== Tips ===
Some programs require the use of command-line. There is an article about [https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-open-command-prompt-2618089 how to do it on Windows]. If you want to customise the font in command-line on Windows, you can use [https://conemu.github.io/ ConEmu].
 
Some programs split words in a sentence with spaces. In this case, texts in Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese and other languages need a [https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Introduction-to-some-language-tools#Word_segmentation word segmentation].
 
To customise the display of webpages, see [https://greasyfork.org/ Greasy Fork] to find corresponding tools.


It is not recommended to put some banner like “featured in Polyglot Club” on your website, because this list is dynamic.
See if you are downloading the binary file or the source code. Unless its language doesn't require compilation, you would need to build the program on your own with the source code. Links to download binaries (built programs) are elsewhere like “Releases” or links in the README.MD file. If you see there are multiple links in “Releases”, select the link with your corresponding operating system, CPU architecture and other clues in its filename. The “amd64” and “x86_64” have minor differences and are usually considered the same when describing a binary. “md5”, “sha256”, “sha512”, etc. are checksum formats, which can be used to check the integrity of the downloaded file. You can use the open-source tool [https://gtkhash.org/ GtkHash] to check the integrity of the files with the same name of the checksum files.
 
If you see SourceForge, you may simply click on the “Download” button. In some cases, the downloaded file is not what you want. Then you need to find it out in “Files”.
 
If you don't see an executable file in the program, then you may have to compile it and then run it, if the programming language of the program requires it. You may find details on the internet.
 
JavaScript and some other languages support running something with two programs: a server and a client. You need to start the server, then access the server with the client.
 
JavaScript programs often utilise Electron.js to have cross-platform support easily, which integrates a Chromium in every program and occupies a lot of resources.
 
Java relies on a virtual machine, which is an emulator of a computer system and requires some more system resources.
 
See if the program is updated recently. Outdated programs may be no longer reliable, because they may rely on something else, like another program or a webpage, which can become invalid with the change of time. It may also contain security loopholes that were not discovered at that time and discovered now.


It is highly recommend to have privacy protections on. An open-source website on privacy: https://privacyguides.org/
Political activism can motivate people to cause unexpected damage, like [https://securityaffairs.co/129174/hacking/node-ipc-npm-package-sabotage.html node-ipc by RIAEvangelist on GitHub].


===Resource Selection Criteria===
=== Resource Selection Criteria ===
To be listed on this page, resources should possess at least one of the following characteristics:
To be listed on this page, resources should possess at least one of the following characteristics:


# be rich in '''FREE''' content (not just a trial or not fulfilling the need in the free part), and the free content is mostly accurate, and the free content is not all covered by other free ones;
# be rich in '''FREE''' content (not just a trial or not fulfilling the need in the free part), and the free content is mostly accurate, and the free content is not all covered by other free ones;
# be made with a unique good idea;
# be made with a unique, good idea;
# has no better alternatives.
# has no better alternatives.


Resources must not possess the following characteristics:
Resources possessing the following characteristics will be given disadvantage:


# propagate specific political or religious ideas without possibility of discussion.
# propagate specific political or religious ideas without possibility of discussion.
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# available on multiple platforms;
# available on multiple platforms;
# multilingual user interface;
# multilingual user interface;
# lightweight;
# lightweight (including “written in C”);
# open source;
# open source;
# privacy-friendly (including “registration not required”).
# privacy-friendly (including “registration not required”).
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== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Blue Light Filter & Dark Mode</div> ==
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Blue Light Filter & Dark Mode</div> ==


<hr><big><big> !! https://getgammy.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://codeberg.org/fusco/gummy </big></big>


Filter for Linux and Windows. It is open-source.
Filter for Linux. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/LibreShift/red-moon/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/LibreShift/red-moon/ </big></big>
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Filter for Android. It is open-source.
Filter for Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/Tyrrrz/LightBulb </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://codeberg.org/ltguillaume/redshift-tray </big></big>


Filter for Windows 7 and newer versions. It is open-source.
Filter for Windows. It is open-source.
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://codeberg.org/sanshiro/EyeCareWindow </big></big>
 
Coloured window with mouse passthrough. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://darkreader.org/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://darkreader.org/ </big></big>
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➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=7 Write a review]
➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=7 Write a review]


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/AllanChain/sane-break </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://hovancik.net/stretchly/ </big></big>
Reminder with notice in advance. It is open-source.
 
Rest reminder. It supports Windows, Linux, BSD and macOS. Fewer features than Workrave. It is open-source.
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/adrcotfas/Goodtime </big></big>
 
Pomodoro timer on Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://gitlab.com/axet/android-hourly-reminder </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://gitlab.com/axet/android-hourly-reminder </big></big>
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Repeating timer. It alarms every hour or even minute. This reminds you how a minute passes by. It is open-source.
Repeating timer. It alarms every hour or even minute. This reminds you how a minute passes by. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/thetwom/toc2 </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://bdt.jepfa.de/ </big></big>


Metronome on Android. It is open-source.
Break down a period of time to equal slices on Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.antcom.de/gtick/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/mattvchandler/ProgressBars  </big></big>


Metronome on Linux. It is open-source.
Progress bars on Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://sourceforge.net/projects/openmetronome/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Work-Break Timer</div> ==


Metronome on Windows. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/vjousse/pomodorolm </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://tmendes.gitlab.io/waterydroid/ </big></big>
Simple work-break timer on desktop. It is open-source.


Reminder of drinking water on Android with the notification function. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/ayoisaiah/focus </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Self-Control Helper</div> ==
Work-break timer in command-line. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.proginosko.com/leechblock/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/Arijit-05/Fomodoro </big></big>


Browser add-ons for blocking websites. It is open-source.
Work-break timer with custom sessions on Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://timelimit.io/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/adrcotfas/Goodtime </big></big>


Limit your app using time for Android. It is open-source.
Work-break timer with statistics on Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://detoxdroid.flx-apps.com/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Activity Tracker</div> ==


Some other measures to help you on Android. Need to use a PC to enable developer mode. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> https://activitywatch.net/ </big></big>
 
It can be downloaded from [https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.flx_apps.digitaldetox/ F-droid].


<hr><big><big> !! https://selfcontrolapp.com/ </big></big>
Track your own desktop activity. It is open-source.


Block websites for Mac. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/rybak/resoday </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Activity and Habit Tracker</div> ==
Habit calendar on desktop. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://activitywatch.net/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://codeberg.org/fynngodau/usageDirect </big></big>


Track your own activity. It is open-source.
It shows your app usage on Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://codeberg.org/fynngodau/usageDirect </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://codito.github.io/habito/ </big></big>


It shows your app usage on Android. It is open-source.
Habit tracker in command-line. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/SamAmco/track-and-graph </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/SamAmco/track-and-graph </big></big>


Habit tracker with graphs for Android. It is open-source.
Habit tracker with graphs on Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/iSoron/uhabits </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/Razeeman/Android-SimpleTimeTracker </big></big>


Simple habit tracker for Android. It is open-source.
Timer for activities on Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/Glitchy-Tozier/githo </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/iSoron/uhabits </big></big>


Form a habit step by step, on Android. It is open-source.
Simple habit tracker on Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://gottcode.org/kapow/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://gottcode.org/kapow/ </big></big>


Timer for activities. It can also generate a report. It is open-source.
Timer for activities on desktop. It can also generate a report. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/albertvaka/bettercounter </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/appstome/timetome-app </big></big>


Counter for activities on Android. It is open-source.
Timer for activities on Android. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Brain Training</div> ==
Its timer doesn't stop, so if you would like to do anything untracked, you need to select “other” and that category is tracked as well.
'''Notice: Whether brain training works or not is still controversial. If you don't believe it works, please skip this section.'''


<hr><big><big> https://www.lumosity.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/Glitchy-Tozier/githo </big></big>


Practise through mini-games, 3 random games everyday for free.
Form a habit step by step on Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Apps/gbrainy </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/Destaq/language-learning-dashboard </big></big>


Mini-games. It is open-source.
Dashboard for language learning, requiring some programming knowledge. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> http://brainworkshop.sourceforge.net/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Self-Control Helper</div> ==


Dual n-back. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://safing.io/ </big></big>


Its latest version 4.8.7 is not available on the website, but on the [https://sourceforge.net/projects/brainworkshop/files/brainworkshop/Brain%20Workshop%204.8/ SourceForge page].
Firewall for blocking Internet traffic for Desktop. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://github.com/vivekthazhathattil/dekadico </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/anfragment/zen </big></big>


Memory trainer with numbers. It is open-source.
Internet traffic filter list on desktop. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Workout</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !! https://rethinkdns.com/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/oliexdev/openWorkout </big></big>
Firewall for blocking Internet traffic on Android. It is open-source.


Workout assistant for Android with videos. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://launchpad.net/timekpr-next </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Eating</div> ==
Limits the using times with a schedule for Linux. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://world.openfoodfacts.org/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.proginosko.com/leechblock/ </big></big>


Information about food nutrition.
Browser add-ons for blocking websites. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Relaxation & Meditation</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !! https://selfcontrolapp.com/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.freesoundslibrary.com/ </big></big>
Block websites for Mac. It is open-source.


It has more than 200 ambient sounds for download. Turn loop on and enjoy.
<hr><big><big> !! https://timelimit.io/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://gitlab.com/tslocum/meditationassistant </big></big>
Limit your app using time for Android. It is open-source.


Meditation assistant. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://detoxdroid.flx-apps.com/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://gitlab.com/axet/android-binaural-beats </big></big>
Some other measures to help you on Android. Need to use a PC to enable developer mode. It is open-source.


Binaural beats. It is open-source.
It can be downloaded from [https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.flx_apps.digitaldetox/ F-droid].


<hr><big><big> !! https://ashutoshgngwr.github.io/noice/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/sweakpl/unlock-master </big></big>


Background noise. It is open-source.
Limit your mobile phone usage. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://sites.google.com/view/jithware </big></big>
It can be downloaded from [https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/com.sweak.unlockmaster IzzyOnDroid].


Meditation helper with breath control for Android. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">[https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Input-methods <u>Keyboard</u>]</div> ==
Blocklists. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://colemak.com/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Skill Training</div> ==


This one supports a lot of languages in Latin script, but it means to learn typing again. [https://waddles.org/2007/04/21/switching-to-colemak-part-4/ It is worth it]. You may have noticed that “Kolemak” is even better than Colemak. How to modify keyboards will be discussed below.
<hr><big><big> https://humanbenchmark.com/ </big></big>


[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KB_US-Colemak_with_AltGr.svg A better layout image].
Tester of multiple skills.


Note that the download link on the home page is “Caps Lock Unchanged”. The idea of replacing Caps Lock with Backspace is great because of its convenience to press Backspace, but having it unchanged is generally better because it's punitive to press Backspace, urging you to make fewer misspellings.
<hr><big><big> !! https://aimtrain.gitlab.io/ </big></big>


There is a flaw of no “„” or “‚”. You can replace “÷” and “×” with them. Also, the positions of single and double quotation marks only benefit British people for not pressing Shift. You can exchange their positions, too.
First-person shooter training for better cognition. It is open-source.


*[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=102134 Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator] for Windows;
<hr><big><big> !! https://codeberg.org/quentin-bettoum/libre-memory-game </big></big>
*[https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/ Karabiner-Elements] for macOS;
*[https://karols.github.io/blog/2013/11/18/creating-custom-keyboard-layouts-for-linux/ A guidance] for Linux.


If you want to type even more characters, you will need the autocorrection, which can turn multiple characters into one.
Memory game. It is open-source.


*[https://autohotkey.com/ AutoHotkey] for Windows, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_9-QkD-zJ4 a video about it];
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Workout</div> ==
*[https://support.apple.com/guide/automator/welcome/mac Automator] for macOS, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z56PBanBSx4 a video about it];
*[https://github.com/autokey/autokey AutoKey] for Linux, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9-Rj5P1dq8 a video about it].


There is [https://colemakmods.github.io/mod-dh/ a modified version] and [https://forum.colemak.com/topic/1458-locale-colemak-variants-for-several-countries-the-edreymar-way/ local variants].
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/oliexdev/openWorkout </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://bepo.fr/wiki/Accueil </big></big>
Workout assistant for Android with animations or videos. It is open-source.


Based on French, giving consideration to European languages. But if you don't type French much, it might be not ideal.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Eating</div> ==


No English translation for this site, but it doesn't matter, because this keyboard is generally pre-installed in common operating systems. You just need to find it in the “French” section of keyboard settings.
<hr><big><big> https://codeberg.org/epinez/Energize/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://forum.colemak.com/topic/519-rulemak-russian-colemak-layout/ </big></big>
Nutrition tracker for Android. It is open-source.


Variant of Colemak for typing Cyrillic. It is available as source code. It is pre-installed in Linux, but it require some effort as mentioned in the “Colemak” section to make sure it appears in the files. “Greek (Colemak)” is also available.
<hr><big><big> https://world.openfoodfacts.org/ </big></big>


For Windows, [http://pkl.sourceforge.net/ Portable Keyboard Layout] is required. Or you can use that keyboard creator to do it manually.
Information about food nutrition.


<hr><big><big> !! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kl.ime.oh </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Relaxation & Meditation</div> ==


It is lightweight and supports many languages, with many keyboard layouts. But it has problems, such as poor Japanese support.
<hr><big><big> !! https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/ </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Typing</div> ==
Sound effects. Turn loop on and enjoy. Its works are under a public license.


<hr><big><big> !! https://klavaro.sourceforge.io/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/rafaelmardojai/blanket </big></big>


Typing tutor. It is open-source.
Play multiple audio files simultaneously on Linux. It is open-source.


➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=6 Write a review]
<hr><big><big> !!  https://github.com/CliffracerMerchant/SoundAura </big></big>


Play multiple audio files simultaneously on Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://10fastfingers.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/yuttadhammo/BodhiTimer </big></big>


A place to train typing.
Meditation timer. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Shortcut</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/Mr-Kumar-Abhishek/brain-beats </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_keyboard_shortcuts </big></big>
Binaural beats and more for desktop. It is open-source.


Keyboard shortcuts in general.
<hr><big><big> !! https://gitlab.com/axet/android-binaural-beats </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://defkey.com/ </big></big>
Binaural beats for Android. It is open-source.


Keyboard shortcuts for specific programs.
<hr><big><big> !! https://sites.google.com/view/jithware </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">To-Do-List & Task Calendar</div> ==
Meditation helper with breath control for Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://abstractspoon.com/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">[https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Input-methods <u>Keyboard</u>]</div> ==


A to-do-list with different views. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://colemak.com/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://super-productivity.com/ </big></big>
This one supports a lot of languages in Latin script, but it means to learn typing again. [https://waddles.org/2007/04/21/switching-to-colemak-part-4/ It is worth it]. You may have noticed that “Kolemak” is even better than Colemak. How to modify keyboards will be discussed below.


Good-looking schedule with a pomodoro timer. It is open-source.
[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KB_US-Colemak_with_AltGr.svg A better layout image].


By the way, that “at a glance” video recording guy behaved so similar with some college lecturers.
Note that the download link on the home page is “Caps Lock Unchanged”. The idea of replacing Caps Lock with Backspace is great because of its convenience to press Backspace, but having it unchanged is generally better because it's punitive to press Backspace, urging you to make fewer misspellings.


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8a5rA-Exmw A video about it].
There is a flaw of no “„” or “‚”. You can replace “÷” and “×” with them. Also, the positions of single and double quotation marks only benefit British people for not pressing Shift. You can exchange their positions, too.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.taskcoach.org/ </big></big>
There is [https://colemakmods.github.io/mod-dh/ a modified version] and [https://forum.colemak.com/topic/1458-locale-colemak-variants-for-several-countries-the-edreymar-way/ local variants].


It has many functions: hierarchy, progress, different views of the list. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> https://bepo.fr/wiki/Accueil </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/ransome1/sleek </big></big>
Based on French, giving consideration to European languages. But if you don't type French much, it might be not ideal.


To-do-list based on [http://todotxt.org/ todo.txt]. It is open-source.
No English translation for this site, but it doesn't matter, because this keyboard is generally pre-installed in common operating systems. You just need to find it in the “French” section of keyboard settings.


Electron.js is used, which means a lot of bloat.
<hr><big><big> https://forum.colemak.com/topic/519-rulemak-russian-colemak-layout/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://tasks.org/ </big></big>
Variant of Colemak for typing Cyrillic. It is available as source code. It is pre-installed on Linux, but it requires some effort as mentioned in the “Colemak” section to make sure it appears in the files. “Greek (Colemak)” is also available.


To-do-list on Android. It is open-source.
For Windows, [http://pkl.sourceforge.net/ Portable Keyboard Layout] is required. Or you can use that keyboard creator to do it manually.


<hr><big><big> !! https://crazymarvin.com/to-dont/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kl.ime.oh </big></big>


To-don't-list on Android. It is open-source.
It is lightweight and supports many languages, with many keyboard layouts. But it has problems, such as poor Japanese support.


<hr><big><big> !! https://eck.cologne/peafactory/en/html/calendar_pea.html </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard </big></big>


Calendar program with encryption. Java is required. It is open-source.
Keyboard on Android with initial CJKV support. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/Etar-Group/Etar-Calendar </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://florisboard.org/ </big></big>


Calendar program. It is open-source.
Keyboard on Android with CJKV support in its beta version. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Notebook</div> ==
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Typing</div> ==


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/zadam/trilium </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/max-niederman/ttyper </big></big>


Advanced notebook with hierarchy, text formatting, link map, synchronization and encryption. It is open-source.
Typing practice in command-line with detailed statistics and missed-word practice. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/bloznelis/typioca </big></big>


Simple notebook with hierarchy. It is open-source.
Typing practice in command-line with a time limit. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://joplinapp.org/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/Mithil467/mitype </big></big>


Markdown notebook with a lot of features such as LaTeX. It is open-source.
See the replay of your typing session. It is open-source.


Electron.js is used, which means a lot of bloat.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/plu5/retype </big></big>


Similar products built with Electron.js are [https://www.zettlr.com/ Zettlr] and [https://marktext.app/ Mark Text].
Type books in EPUB format. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://wereturtle.github.io/ghostwriter/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Shortcut</div> ==


Simple markdown notebook. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_keyboard_shortcuts </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://gsantner.net/project/markor.html </big></big>
Keyboard shortcuts in general.


Text editor with markdown and todo.txt supports on Android. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://defkey.com/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.zim-wiki.org/ </big></big>
Keyboard shortcuts for specific programs. Add “?pdfOptions=True” to the end of address to download its PDF.


A simple desktop wiki. It is open-source.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Cheat Sheet</div> ==


<hr><big><big> https://tiddlywiki.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://cheatography.com/ </big></big>


Non-linear Wiki on web that require some effort to install. It is open-source.
Cheat sheets for programs.


<hr><big><big> https://orgmode.org/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/gnebbia/kb </big></big>


Plain text markup for GNU Emacs. It is open-source.
Knowledge base of commands in command-line. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://eck.cologne/peafactory/en/html/notebook_pea.html </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">File Management</div> ==


Write RTF files with encryption. Java is required. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://rednotebook.sourceforge.io/ </big></big>
File manager in command-line. It is open-source.


Notebook for diary. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/sharkdp/fd </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://xournalpp.github.io/ </big></big>
Find local files in command-line. It is open-source.


Handwritten note ditor. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/phiresky/ripgrep-all </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://getcarnet.app/ </big></big>
Find texts in local files in command-line. It is open-source.


Simple note taking app with binaries available for Linux and Android. It is open-source.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Text Editor</div> ==


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Mind Map</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.geany.org/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.freeplane.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page </big></big>
Text editor with features like replacing text in multiple files. It is open-source.


Successful fork of the discontinued [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page FreeMind]. Java is required. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! http://lapce.dev/ </big></big>


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCfGAuHJk0s A video about it]; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKt9Bm9krBM another video about it].
Text editor with plugins. Input methods like Fcitx not supported yet. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/juzzlin/Heimer </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/gsantner/markor </big></big>


Simple and intuitive mind map. It is open-source.
Text editor with markdown and todo.txt supports on Android. It even has a “speed read” function. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Hierarchical Spreadsheet</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !! https://micro-editor.github.io/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://strlen.com/treesheets/ </big></big>
Simple text editor in command-line. It is open-source.


It combines mind map, spreadsheet and other forms of data. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> https://neovim.io/ </big></big>


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB-saQZfrsw A video about it].
Text editor in command-line with modes and plugins. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Media Management</div> ==
A configuration like [https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim LazyVim] is recommended.


<hr><big><big> !! http://www.gcstar.org/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://github.com/helix-editor/helix </big></big>


For creating databases of what you have read, listened, watched, and so on. It is open-source.
Text editor in command-line with modes. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://hydrusnetwork.github.io/hydrus/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Terminal Emulator</div> ==


File tagging for some specific types. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://alacritty.org/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://calibre-ebook.com/ </big></big>
Terminal with high performance and correct Unicode support. It is open-source.


E-Book management tool. It is open-source.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Spreadsheet</div> ==


The main drawback is it has to keep a copy of your book in a central directory, which will cause duplication if you also keep the book elsewhere.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.marktyler.org/ced/ </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;"> Web Table Extraction</div> ==
Minimal spreadsheet program. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://merribithouse.net/copytables/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/wfxr/csview </big></big>


Capture tables from webpages for Chrome and Safari. It is open-source.
Spreadsheet viewer in command-line. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/nirantak/copytables </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/jqnatividad/qsv </big></big>


Fork of Copytables for Firefox. It is open-source.
Spreadsheet tool in command-line. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">International Phonetic Alphabet</div> ==
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Comprehensive Tool</div> ==


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://affine.pro/ </big></big>


The site of the maker. The full IPA chart can be downloaded here. There is also a link to an interactive IPA chart.
Text and whiteboard. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://easypronunciation.com/en/ipa-phonetic-transcription-converters </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://super-productivity.com/ </big></big>


IPA and romanization transcriptions. Very detailed, but there is a limitation for each hour. Its “More Tools” is also noteworthy.
Good-looking schedule with a pomodoro timer. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://github.com/dmort27/epitran/ </big></big>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8a5rA-Exmw A video about it].


Transcription to IPA. It is open-source. It won't help if you don't know Python.
<hr><big><big> !! https://xwmx.github.io/nb/ </big></big>


It only supports words, as is [https://github.com/dmort27/epitran/issues/12 discussed]. Somebody can develop a tool for sound change.
Knowledge management in command-line. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Logic</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !! https://jtx.techbee.at/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://forallx.openlogicproject.org/ </big></big>
Journal, note, todo with tags on Android. It is open-source.


Book under a public license and is edited by different people.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/mhss1/MyBrain </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://tellerprimer.ucdavis.edu/pdf </big></big>
All-in-One productivity on Android. It is open-source.


Book under a public license. Old and short.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Task Planner & To-Do-List</div> ==


<hr><big><big> https://www.logicmatters.net/tyl/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.abstractspoon.com/ </big></big>


All rights reserved, conditioned distribution allowed.
Versatile task planner on desktop. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">[https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-Courses <u>Course</u>]</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.taskcoach.org/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.duolingo.com/ </big></big>
Simple task planner on desktop. It is open-source.


The best free online language courses. It is actually a collection of exercises instead of real teaching courses. It is also under criticism, from quality to method.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/v1tzor/TimePlanner </big></big>


Don't neglect their other products, especially [https://push.duolingo.com/ Push].
Task planner on Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://www.coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/materials </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://taskwarrior.org/ </big></big>


This one has a lot of materials as well as other things.
Task planner in command-line. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://github.com/anufrievroman/calcure </big></big>


Mainly courses of Foreign Service Institute, Defense Language Institute, Peace-Corps. FSI is initially aimed at middle-aged officials, so maybe not everyone likes it.
Simple task planner in command-line. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://www.coursera.org/browse/language-learning/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://eck.cologne/peafactory/en/html/calendar_pea.html </big></big>


Some super cool courses. This is suggested by RomDasha.
Task calendar with encryption on Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.lingolia.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/Etar-Group/Etar-Calendar </big></big>


A little site with useful basic courses of 5 languages with good design.
Task calendar on Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Subject:Languages </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/Sztorm/NoteCalendar </big></big>


Books are mostly incomplete and in lack of update, but some are nearly completed or completed, not bad.
Note calendar. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://librelingo.app/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/ransome1/sleek </big></big>


An experimental language-learning platform by community. Still far from being mature and is active. It is open-source.
To-do-list based on [http://todotxt.org/ todo.txt]. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Speaking</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/kraanzu/dooit </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://forvo.com/ </big></big>
To-do-list in command-line with TUI. It is open-source.


Dictionary of pronunciation.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/Zaloog/kanban-python </big></big>


➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=3 Write a review]
Kanban in command-line. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://speechling.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://tasks.org/ </big></big>


Submit the recording and wait for the response. Supported languages are not many.
To-do-list on Android. It is open-source.


➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=2 Write a review]
<hr><big><big> https://github.com/ribeirompl/144_blocks </hr></big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/ </big></big>
Plan a day in 144 blocks. It is open-source.


With this one, you can say you are “studying” pronunciation.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Notebook</div> ==


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjlFNOzfdPo A little tutorial] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDNhmBsOXcM&list=PL4mxJ1XKfFjK9VswLDnYqgJiO4mOoVzyQ a big playlist of various videos].
<hr><big><big> !! https://logseq.com/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://ivypanda.com/tongue-twisters </big></big>
Knowledge manager with graphic view of nodes and flashcards. It has plugins including adding Anki Flashcards. It is open-source.


Try not to hurt yourself when practicing.
<hr><big><big> !! https://joplinapp.org/ </big></big>


It covers [http://www.tongue-twister.net/ an older site] and has improved a lot. There's no copyright affair involved because such a list is not a “creative work”.
Notes with end-to-end encryption and syncronisation. It is open-source.


You may want to ask if this page is protected by copyright. All my comments are protected, the list of links like the one in [https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/IRFP-in-brief that brief version] is not.
<hr><big><big> !! https://mindforger.com/ </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Vocabulary</div> ==
Notes with hierarchy and tags, and can be exported to CSV files. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://apps.ankiweb.net/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/TriliumNext/Notes </big></big>


Offline flashcard platform. You can find its manual at “Docs” on the website. Content can be rendered in HTML and CSS. There are also [https://ankiweb.net/shared/addons/ many powerful add-ons for it]. It is open-source.
Advanced notebook with hierarchy, text formatting, link map, synchronization and encryption. Good for working. It is open-source.  


Its community has [https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks/ many shared decks], but this is not mentioned at the home page. [https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Helpful-Anki-Shared-Decks Some language-learning decks are picked out by me]. There is also a successful collaborative project: [https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2109889812 Ultimate Geography].
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes </big></big>


Unfortunately, not free on iOS.
Notes and Todos. It is open-source.


*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XaJjbCSXT0 A video] about the intervals of Anki;
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree/ </big></big>
*[https://www.lengthytravel.com/create-anki-deck-google-sheets-spreadsheet/ An article] about how to import from a spreadsheet;
*[https://www.expatden.com/thai/creating-anki-flashcard-decks-with-audio-and-pictures/ An article] about how to add images and audios;
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saVJN5-_JDM&list=PLoRUsKSPCHAYv6OnDZQnb_TjGn6WGIpud A playlist] of tutorial.
*[https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAnKing A channel] about add-ons and techniques.


Related [https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Useful-Anki-add%E2%80%90ons add-on wiki page]. [https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Useful-Anki-add%E2%80%90ons Some are picked out by me].
Hierarchical notebook with encryption. It is open-source.


You can set up your own server for synchronization with [https://github.com/ankicommunity/djankiserv djankiserv] or [https://github.com/ankicommunity/anki-sync-server anki-sync-server]
<hr><big><big> !! https://eck.cologne/peafactory/en/html/notebook_pea.html </big></big>


Good open-source browser add-ons for Chromium or Chrome include:
Write RTF files with encryption. It is open-source.
* [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ankitab/ihoaepdiibjbifnhcjoaddgcnfgjmjdk learn with new tabs]
* [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/anki-quick-adder/gpbcbbajoagdgnokieocaplbhkiidmmb adding flashcards easily]
* [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ruzu-anki-pop-ups/mpjdjilfcgmndfnailloidpemknemeno pop-up every interval of time]


<hr><big><big> !! https://quillpad.github.io/ </big></big>


If you want to batch rename files, there is [http://file-folder-ren.sourceforge.net/ a program to do it] and it is open-source.
Simple note-taking app for Android. It is open-source.


If you are still confused, go to communities about Anki and find solution.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/YangDai2003/OpenNote-Compose </big></big>


Note-taking app for Android with Markdown, LaTeX and Mermaid support. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/tema6120/ForgetMeNot </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://safenotes.dev/ </big></big>


Flashcard program for Android. More advanced than AnkiDroid in many aspects, including necessary instructions. You can even set intervals for the spaced repetition. It is open-source.
Encrypted notes on Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://jrnl.sh/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://mnemosyne-proj.org/ </big></big>
Notes in command-line. It is open-source.


If your want a simple alternative to Anki, try this one. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/AmmarAbouZor/tui-journal </big></big>


Journal in command-line. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.memrise.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://orgmode.org/ </big></big>


Flashcards in high quality can be found. Some most popular languages have courses of 0-5k and 5k-8k words, or divided differently and still reach 8k. A few can be over 30k.
Notebook for Emacs, Neovim and other text editors. It is open-source.


To see the flashcards without registration, go [https://app.memrise.com/courses/ here].
<hr><big><big> !! https://gitlab.com/ferreum/pto </big></big>


Though it is said to be memorizing words with “mems” (memes in many cases), the “mems” are actually not in good quality.
Plain Text that can be activated at the lock-screen on Android. It is open-source.


You can [https://memrise.helpshift.com/a/memrise-learn-a-new-language/?p=all&l=en&s=course-creation&f=how-can-i-add-words-to-my-course-can-i-upload-words-from-a-spreadsheet import from a spreadsheet].
<hr><big><big> !! https://postkevone.github.io/tiddlyresearch/ </big></big>


➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=5 Write a review]
Notebook for Tiddly Wiki. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Handwriting Notebook</div> ==


<hr><big><big> !! https://quizlet.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://xournalpp.github.io/ </big></big>


It is not so good at efficient memorization as Memrise. It is for having quizzes. But you can find specific practice such as reflexive verbs, weak nouns.
Handwritten note editor. It is open-source.


It even encourages you to copy other people's card decks and create your own variants, in case a good deck has flaws and the creator doesn't respond to it.
<hr><big><big> !! https://saber.adil.hanney.org/ </big></big>


You can [https://quizlet.com/help/2444107/import-content-to-quizlet import from a spreadsheet].
Note with handwriting. It is open-source.


➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=17 Write a review]
<hr><big><big> !! https://rnote.flxzt.net/ </big></big>


Handwriting program. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.clozemaster.com/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Audio Notebook</div> ==


Learn with cloze. It is effective, but sometimes it is just repeating the same point in different questions. Also, synonyms are not supported.
<hr><big><big> !! https://certified84.github.io/AudioNote/ </big></big>


➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=18 Write a review]
Audio notebook on Andriod. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Whiteboard</div> ==


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://context.reverso.net/translation/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://excalidraw.com/ </big></big>


Among its products, the mobile version of Context seems to be the most helpful: learn and practise new words with example sentences.
Online whiteboard. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.tldraw.com/ </big></big>
Online whiteboard. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://babadum.com/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Wiki</div> ==


It's pretty good for educating young polyglots.
<hr><big><big> https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki </big></big>


➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=19 Write a review]
Wiki with many add-ons. It is open-source.


It requires setting up a server.


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://github.com/tkrajina/10000sentences </big></big>
It has [https://github.com/fabienli/DokuwikiAndroid an open-source viewer for Android].


Sentences from Tatoeba to practice. It is aesthetically same with Anki (I mean copy-paste). It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> https://tiddlywiki.com/ </big></big>


➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=22 Write a review]
Non-linear Wiki on web with HTML files. It is open-source.


Not ideal if the file is large. If the file is large, that means each time you modify and save it, it writes another large file.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.languageguide.org/ </big></big>
It has [https://github.com/donmor/Tiddloid an open-source viewer for Android].


Some basic vocabulary.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.zim-wiki.org/ </big></big>


Simple wiki. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://babadada.com/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Diary</div> ==


Visual dictionary. No grammatical genders or pronunciation, suitable for reviewing.
<hr><big><big> !! https://rednotebook.app/ </big></big>


A lot of languages has not been completed yet, without any notice. Also, look out for polyseme mistakes.
Diary for desktop. It is open-source.


➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=20 Write a review]
<hr><big><big> !! https://billthefarmer.github.io/diary/ </big></big>


Diary for Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://github.com/lexica/lexica </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Diagram</div> ==


Game of finding words on Android. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.diagrams.net/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Swadesh_lists </big></big>
Diagrams. It is open-source.


Swadesh lists are basic vocabulary initially for linguistic use. But it can be the starting point of vocabulary building for language learners as well.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Timeline</div> ==


<hr><big><big> !! http://thetimelineproj.sourceforge.net/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Frequency_lists </big></big>
Timeline. It is open-source.


Frequency lists. Make use of it with programs that help to memorise, such as Anki.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Mind Map</div> ==


If you seriously want to learn a language, and there are no ready-made free flashcards reaching the native level, and you don't want to spend money, this may be the most effective way to memorise words.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.insilmaril.de/vym/ </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Test</div> ==
Mind map with not many and not few features. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://lingua.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/juzzlin/Heimer </big></big>


A few materials for beginners. Better treat it as your proficiency tests instead of learning materials because it's not much.
Simple and intuitive mind map. It is open-source.


➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=21 Write a review]
<hr><big><big> !! https://markmap.js.org/ </big></big>


Markdown mind map with VSCodium / VS Code support. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.transparent.com/language-resources/tests.html </big></big>
<hr><big><big> http://tiddlymap.org/ </big></big>


Test your proficiency.
Mind map for Tiddly Wiki. It is open-source.


There is only one set of test for each language. Don't search the meanings of the words you don't know, if you want to take this test again later.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Hierarchical Spreadsheet</div> ==


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.arealme.com/vocabulary-size-test/en/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://strlen.com/treesheets/ </big></big>


For testing your vocabulary size.
It combines mind map, spreadsheet and other forms of data. It is open-source.


There is only one set of test for each language. Don't search the meanings of the words you don't know, if you want to take this test again later.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB-saQZfrsw A video about it].


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.ezglot.com/vocabulary-test.php </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Graph</div> ==


Test your vocabulary size. It's faster and maybe not so accurate. The result is at an inconspicuous corner.
<hr><big><big> !! https://foambubble.github.io/ </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">[https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Reading-material-enhanced-for-language-learning <u>Reading</u>]</div> ==
Graph for VSCodium and VSCode. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://okular.kde.org/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Media Management</div> ==


Reader for desktops. It supports annotations. Dark mode at “Settings -> Configure Okular... -> Accessibility -> Change Colors”. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.tagspaces.org/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/ </big></big>
File tagging. It is open-source.


Reader for Windows. Dark mode and Annotation are available. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://calibre-ebook.com/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://johnfactotum.github.io/foliate/ </big></big>
E-Book manager. It is open-source.


Reader for Linux with features like layout and online translation. It is open-source.
The main drawback is it has to keep a copy of your book in a central directory, which will cause duplication if you also keep the book elsewhere.


<hr><big><big> !! https://librera.mobi/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/mateusz-bak/openreads-android </big></big>


Reader for Android. It is open-source.
E-Book tracker on Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://koreader.rocks/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;"> Web Table Extraction</div> ==


Reader with a simple user interface for Android. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.libreoffice.org/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://nomacs.org/ </big></big>
Office suite with spreadsheet that can [https://help.libreoffice.org/6.0/en-US/text/scalc/guide/webquery.html capture web tables]. It is open-source.


Image viewer. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://merribithouse.net/copytables/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://quiterss.org/ </big></big>
Capture tables from webpages for Chrome and Safari. It is open-source.


RSS feeder for desktop. No pre-installed mainstream media. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/nirantak/copytables </big></big>


If you don't know what RSS is, you can read [https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-an-rss-feed-4684568 this article].
Fork of Copytables for Firefox. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://gitlab.com/spacecowboy/Feeder </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Logic</div> ==


RSS feeder for Android. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> https://forallx.openlogicproject.org/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.wikipedia.org/ </big></big>
Book edited by different groups of people. Its work is under a public license.


Numerous articles in many languages and they are usually proofed to read.
<hr><big><big> https://www.logicmatters.net/tyl/ </big></big>


Use [https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect Privacy Redirect] to be redirected to a Wikiless instance, a private front-end.
Book, conditioned distribution allowed.


Also take a look at its sister projects on [https://www.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia].
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Artificial Intelligence</div> ==


Remember [https://thecritic.co.uk/the-left-wing-bias-of-wikipedia/ it is left-leaning] and [https://hbr.org/2014/12/wikipedia-is-more-biased-than-britannica-but-dont-blame-the-crowd this is nothing new].
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.deepseek.com/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page </big></big>
One of the top open AI models online. It is open-source.


Literature in public domain. They can be downloaded.
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://chat.qwenlm.ai/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.kiwix.org/ </big></big>
One of the top open AI models online. It is open-source.


Raed Wikipedia and some other sites offline. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://gpt4all.io/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/ </big></big>
AI application with several models available for offline use. It is open-source.


The largest collections of books in the public domain, mostly in English though.
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://chatboxai.app/ </big></big>


There is a book catalog website with ever-changing domain names: LibGen, which contains a wider range of books. Make sure you don't see any strange link there. [https://github.com/manuelvargastapia/libgen_mobile_app It is also available on Android].
Client for online and self-host AI services. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://storyweaver.org.in/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">International Phonetic Alphabet</div> ==


Stories in a lot of languages and are under a public license.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/archives.html </big></big>
The site of the maker. The full IPA chart can be downloaded here. There is also a link to an interactive IPA chart.


List of book collections. Many links are available in “https” now but appear as “http” on this page.
<hr><big><big> !! https://easypronunciation.com/en/ipa-phonetic-transcription-converters </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://readlang.com/ </big></big>
IPA and romanization transcriptions. Very detailed, but there is a limitation for each hour. Its “More Tools” is also noteworthy.


Articles in many languages, with online dictionaries.
<hr><big><big> https://github.com/dmort27/epitran/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://vocabhunter.github.io/ </big></big>
Transcription to IPA. It is open-source. It won't help if you don't know Python.


Find unfamiliar words in a document. Great for getting familiar with all words in a document before reading. Better to disable the filter. Java is required. It is open-source.
It only supports words, as is [https://github.com/dmort27/epitran/issues/12 discussed]. Somebody can develop a tool for sound change.


For Chinese, Japanese, Lao, Thai, Vietnamese and some other languages, [https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Introduction-to-some-language-tools#Word_segmentation word segmentation] is required.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Pronunciation</div> ==


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/jeffkowalski/gritz </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://lingualibre.org/ </big></big>


Reading speed trainer. [https://www.perl.org/get.html Perl] and GTK are required. It is open-source.
Pronunciation data from Wikimedia Commons. Its work is under a public license.


To open it, just run “gritz.pl”.
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://forvo.com/ </big></big>


For Chinese, Japanese, Lao, Thai, Vietnamese and some other languages, [https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Introduction-to-some-language-tools#Word_segmentation word segmentation] is required.
Dictionary of pronunciation.


You can also modify the source code (don't execute the file, but open it with a file editor), like these:
➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=3 Write a review]


* $font: font name and size.
<hr><big><big> !! https://phoible.org/ </big></big>
* $span_black_open: colors of black characters.
* $span_red_open: colors of red characters.


p.s. Colors are “[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors web colors]”. You can find a “[https://www.wincalendar.com/Color-Picker color picker]” to get the hex values of a color.
Phonological data. Its work is under a public license.


* $wpm = 200: default reading speed (words per minute).
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">[https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-Courses <u>Course</u>]</div> ==


* button_slower: WPM increment per click.
<hr><big><big> https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/ </big></big>
* button_faster: WPM decrement per click.


Maybe when I have free time, I can try converting it into Python and do some modification: add shortcuts, create a user interface with BeeWare, add word segmentation support.
Mainly courses of Foreign Service Institute, Defense Language Institute, Peace-Corps. FSI is initially aimed at middle-aged officials, so maybe not everyone likes it. Its work is partly in public domain.


<hr><big><big> !! https://comfortreader.rhizomaticdesign.net/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://www.coursera.org/browse/language-learning/ </big></big>


Streaming reader for Android. It is open-source.
Some super cool courses. This is suggested by RomDasha.


<hr><big><big> !! https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/autoscrolling/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.lingolia.com/ </big></big>


Autoscrolling for Firefox. Good for practising reading speed. It is open-source.
A little site with useful basic courses of 5 languages with good design.


<hr><big><big> !! https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/simple-auto-scroll/dccjkemhmffnljlnnoffljpkhkfpldff </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Subject:Languages </big></big>


Autoscrolling for Chrome. Good for practising reading speed.
Books are mostly incomplete and in lack of update, but some are nearly completed or completed, not bad.


<hr><big><big> https://www.bible.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://ikindalikelanguages.com/ </big></big>


Declaration: suggesting it is not for preaching.
Introductions to languages.


The full Bible has been translated into at least 670 languages, more than double the number of languages of Wikipedia.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Speaking</div> ==


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://youglish.com/ </big></big>


Save the web page as a single file.
Pronunciation from videos, with a large subtitle frame.


There is also a [https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile SingleFileZ], which can compress pages.
It is better to be used together with the Chromium or Chrome extension [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/separate-window/cbgkkbaghihhnaeabfcmmglhnfkfnpon/related Separate Window].


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/sienori/Tab-Session-Manager </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://speechling.com/ </big></big>


Saving a lot of tabs instead of saving bookmarks individually. It is open-source.
Submit the recording and wait for the response. Supported languages are not many.


<hr><big><big> https://learning-with-texts.sourceforge.io/ </big></big>
➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=2 Write a review]


This is a PHP project. The page design is very bad and you need sufficient patience to read the guide and follow it. It's a DIY, offline and free version of LingQ. Inflection is not supported. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://ivypanda.com/tongue-twisters </big></big>


LingQ is freemium, but it can't be recommended for its unacceptable limitations on free users.
Try not to hurt yourself when practising.


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXHFktejxBo A video for its introduction]; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOrpB51I_N4 a video about its setup]; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZLfH77NMt4 a video about its more features].
It covers [http://www.tongue-twister.net/ an older site] and has improved a lot. There's no copyright affair involved because such a list is not a “creative work”.


Their discussion is open again now. Hope they can get on well with each other.
You may want to ask if this page is protected by copyright. All my comments are protected, the list of links like the one in [https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/IRFP-in-brief that brief version] is not.


I have a question: Why not Python?
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Flashcard</div> ==


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Writing</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://apps.ankiweb.net/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://owl.excelsior.edu/ </big></big>
Offline flashcard platform. You can find its manual at “Docs” on the website. Content can be rendered in HTML and CSS. It is open-source.


It is not for learning languages, but for how to write and read.
Unfortunately, not free on iOS.


It is teaching about English, so something does not applies to some other languages.
Related resources:


<hr><big><big> https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html </big></big>
{{Anki-menu}}


Another online writing lab. A bit dumb but also good.
There is also [https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/How-to-become-a-polyglot#Flashcard a section of an article] on flashcards.


<hr><big><big> https://www.theologeek.ch/manuskript/ </big></big>
There is an infamous issue of it: if you add or delete fields in a note type, you have to upload all your data when syncronising. Also expect Bazel, which it utilises to cause troubles.


Tool for writing stuff. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://mnemosyne-proj.org/ </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">[https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-Dictionaries <u>Dictionary</u>]</div> ==
Flashcards with basic functions. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.wiktionary.org/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/abeleinin/goki </big></big>


Practical, no need to switch dictionaries, translations in many languages are shown together.
Flashcards in command-line through TSV or CSV files with ChatGPT support. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.wordreference.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/proycon/vocage </big></big>


It is really completed.
Minimalistic flashcards in command-line through TSV files. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.linguee.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://www.memcode.com/ </big></big>


It is completed, with example sentences of high quality. You can even find uncommon words with meanings of common words.
Flashcards on web. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://bab.la/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/FilippVolodin/ReeePlayer </big></big>


It is completed for several languages.
Flashcard with video clips. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://github.com/meetDeveloper/Dictionary-Anywhere </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/alyssaxuu/carden </big></big>


Add-on for Firefox, powered by Google's partner Oxford Languages. You can download history in TSV format (with “txt” as file extension). It is open-source.
Chromium/Chrome addon. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://iate.europa.eu/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/tema6120/ForgetMeNot </big></big>


Terminology dictionary of European Union. That is to say, what you search should be a term.
Flashcard program for Android. More advanced than AnkiDroid in many aspects, including necessary instructions. You can even set intervals for the spaced repetition. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://glosbe.com/ </big></big>
➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=16 Write a review]


It supports a lot of languages, citing results from several corpora. It is somehow messy and in many cases inaccurate, but if the dictionaries listed above have no result about a word, this one may help.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/rh-id/a-flash-deck </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !!!! http://goldendict.org/ </big></big>
Flashcards with notification on Android. It is open-source.


It supports several dictionaries in the free version, and also Lingoes in the paid Android version. No one would want to pay after knowing a link below. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> https://tadeas.dev/twsr/ </big></big>


You can search the word by selecting it and listen to Forvo pronunciation. You can also add dictionary websites.
Flashcard for Tiddly Wiki. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://github.com/pnlpal/dictionaries </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Presentation</div> ==


Browser add-on with clear results and can export to Anki decks. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://codeberg.org/GrimPixel/Fountain </big></big>


➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=16 Write a review]
Presentation with TSV in command-line. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://maaslalani.com/slides/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !!!! http://aarddict.org/ </big></big>
Presentation with Markdown in command-line. It is open-source.


Offline dictionaries. It is open-source.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Wallpaper</div> ==


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Translator</div> ==
<hr><big><big> https://peterlevi.com/variety/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://translate.google.com/ </big></big>
Wallpaper changer for Linux. It is open-source.


The best translator by now. It also supports optical character recognition on mobile.
It has “quotes”, which can be used as the flashcard. An example is [https://github.com/amirgi73/variety-german-words variety-german-words]. To customise its code:


Use [https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect Privacy Redirect] to be redirected to a SimplyTranslate instance, a private front-end.
In “german_words.py”
* Search and find “data = ”, change its structure;
* Replace “reader(fin)” to “reader(file, delimiter="\t")” to support TSV;


There is [https://tipsmake.com/3-simple-ways-to-download-pronunciation-files-on-google-translate an article on how to save its text-to-speech files]
In “words.csv”, change its content.


There is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpXjFwVdIE a video about how machine translation works].
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Danmaku</div> ==


There is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAgp7nXdkLU a video about why machine translation makes mistakes].
<hr><big><big> https://github.com/luyuhuang/DWords2 </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.bing.com/translator </big></big>
Shoot entries on the screen. It is open-source.


It supports several languages that Google Translation doesn't support, but its quality is not so good as Google's.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">[https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-Vocabularies <u>Vocabulary</u>]</div> ==


<hr><big><big> !! https://translate.yandex.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://context.reverso.net/translation/ </big></big>


Another translator. It is sometimes better than Google's.
Among its products, the mobile version of Context seems to be the most helpful: learn and practise new words with example sentences.


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/FilipePS/Traduzir-paginas-web </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://babadum.com/ </big></big>


Webpage translation for Firefox. It is open-source.
It's pretty good for educating young polyglots.


<hr><big><big> !! https://simple-translate.sienori.com/ </big></big>
➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=19 Write a review]


Browser add-on for Google Translate with detailed information. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://github.com/tkrajina/10000sentences </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://translatr.varunmalhotra.xyz/ </big></big>
Sentences from Tatoeba to practice. It is aesthetically same with Anki (I mean copy-paste). It is open-source.


Translate to multiple languages at one time. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.clozemaster.com/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://nicetranslator.com/ </big></big>
Learn with cloze. It is effective, but sometimes it is just repeating the same point in different questions. Also, synonyms are not supported.


Similar to Translatr, but it is powered by Microsoft.
➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=18 Write a review]


<hr><big><big> https://www.soimort.org/translate-shell/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.languageguide.org/ </big></big>


Command-line translator from different sources. It is open-source.
Some basic vocabulary.


<hr><big><big> https://www.apertium.org/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://babadada.com/ </big></big>


It is open-source. Promising.
Visual dictionary. No grammatical genders or pronunciation, suitable for reviewing.


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2atSy3Zfiec A video about it].
A lot of languages has not been completed yet, without any notice. Also, look out for polyseme mistakes.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Conjugation</div> ==
➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=20 Write a review]


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://cooljugator.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://trielingual.com/ </big></big>


Conjugation and some declension.
See the related phrases of a word. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.verbix.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Swadesh_lists </big></big>


Conjugation.
Swadesh lists are basic vocabulary, initially for linguistic use. But it can be the starting point of vocabulary building for language learners as well.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Gender</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !! https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Frequency_lists </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! http://www.passion4teq.com/apps/ </big></big>
Frequency lists. Make use of it with programs that help to memorise, such as Anki.  


Apps for practising genders in 4 languages. You can also estimate how long you can practice until your battery goes empty.
If you seriously want to learn a language, and there are no ready-made free flashcards reaching the native level, and you don't want to spend money, this may be the most effective way to memorise words.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Number</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/frekwencja/most-common-words-multilingual </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://codeberg.org/GrimPixel/Numeration </big></big>


Program to practise reading numbers. Python is required It is open-source.
Word frequency of top 5000 words.


In progress. It can see major progresses during school holidays. Introduction: [[Language/Multiple-languages/Vocabulary/Numeration-Tutorial]].
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/rspeer/wordfreq </big></big>


➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=14 Write a review]
Word frequency tool for Python. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Vocabulary Builder</div> ==


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.languagesandnumbers.com/numbering-systems/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://github.com/jzohrab/lute-v3 </big></big>


Rules of writing numbers, more concise than Wikipedia's entries.
Build vocabulary list by adding definitions to words on texts. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Grammar Checker</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://github.com/simjanos-dev/LinguaCafe </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://languagetool.org/ </big></big>
Build voocabulary lists for some languages on local web. It is open-source.


It supports several languages but works well on the few. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://vocabhunter.github.io/ </big></big>


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnQCHo14gOU A video about the rule editor].
Find unfamiliar words in a document. Great for getting familiar with all words in a document before reading. Better to disable the filter. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">[https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Listening-material-with-transcript <u>Listening</u>]</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://github.com/FreeLanguageTools/vocabsieve </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://audacious-media-player.org/ </big></big>
Analyse the sentence, find the vocabulary and create Anki flashcards. It is open-source.


Lightweight audio player for desktops. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://github.com/geajack/Wordology </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/enricocid/Music-Player-GO </big></big>
Browser add-on for building vocabulary. It is open-source.


Lightweight audio player for Android with comfortable UI design. It is open-source.
Available for [https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/wordology/ganonoebdpdnhcbolgkelccfaffgmlpd Chromium] and [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/wordology/ Firefox].


<hr><big><big> !!!! http://www.listeningpractice.org/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/xxyzz/WordDumb </big></big>


To practice listening. Voices are from volunteers and their qualities vary. It also has conjugation exercises.
Footnote creator for e-books. It is open-source.


If your browser doesn't play the audio automatically, then you need to grant the website the autoplay permission (next to the URL in Firefox).
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Etymology</div> ==


<hr><big><big> https://globalstorybooks.net/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://etymologeek.com/ </big></big>


Stories in a lot of languages and are under a public license, translated from [https://africanstorybook.org/ African Storybook].
Etymology in European languages.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.easy-languages.org/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922;">[https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/How-to-Customise-Open%E2%80%93Source-Language-Games <u>Language Game</u>]</div> ==


Street interview videos with embedded subtitles. Real and fun.
<hr><big><big> !! https://sourceforge.net/projects/scrabble/ </big></big>


The first time I watch a video, I was busy picking up the unknown words; the second time, I understood the sentences; the third time, I got an impression what kind of person the interviewee is.
Scrabble. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://librivox.org/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://gottcode.org/tanglet/ </big></big>


Books read by volunteers.
Boggle. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://lyricstraining.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://gottcode.org/connectagram/ </big></big>


Listen to songs and fill in the blanks of lyrics.
Connectagram. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://rhinospike.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://gitlab.gnome.org/jrb/crosswords </big></big>


Listen to recordings.
Crossword on Linux. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.languagepod101.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/lexica/lexica </big></big>


Materials can become non-free after a period of time.
Game of finding words on Android. It is open-source.


It doesn't mean that you can't see an archived lesson forever if you don't pay. They offer a random lesson each Thursday for free.
<hr><big><big> !! https://billthefarmer.github.io/gurgle/ </big></big>


Just too much English.
A word game on Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://audio-lingua.eu/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://billthefarmer.github.io/gridle/ </big></big>


Listening materials under public licenses with CEFRL levels. It doesn't have transcripts so speech-recognition is required.
A word game on Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.audacityteam.org/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/Magoninho/word-search-puzzle-generator </big></big>


This is for editing audio files, but it can also do something else: [https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorial_recording_audio_playing_on_the_computer.html record the playback from your computer], which means that you can record online stream radios.
Word search game on command-line. It is open-source.


There are [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3jUONYgiak a video about labeling], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEStFcRQSbE a video about pronunciation checking] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02vwciRkRYg a video about automatically splitting words from a vocabulary recording].
To change the letters in the game, modify the list in “alphabet.py”.


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCisC3sHneM A video about tips for using Audacity].
<hr><big><big> !! https://gitlab.com/Hague/forkyz </big></big>


It is open-source.
Crosswords on Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://obsproject.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/devarshi16/HangMan </big></big>


When you are playing games in the languages you are learning, it is often hard to focus on the voices and subtitles without failing your goals in the games. You can solve this problem by recording your gameplay with this program. It is open-source.
Hangman. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://greatlanguagegame.com/ </big></big>
Its data is at “hangmanultimate/data.py”.


Listen and identify the language. It has been shut down, but it has links to other sites in the same type.
<hr><big><big> !! https://gemelo.org/grabagram/ </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Text-to-Speech</div> ==
Anagram on mobile. It is open-source. Code at [https://github.com/bpeel/verda-sxtelo its github repository].
If you don't know how to get the voices on Windows, you can see [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/How-to-use-SR-and-TTS-on-Windows]].


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.cwu.edu/central-access/reader </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Quiz</div> ==


A TTS program. Supported platforms are limited. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/Yvee1/hascard </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !!!! http://www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm </big></big>
Quizzes in Markdown files in command-line. It is open-source.


A TTS program.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/ismet55555/exam-terminal </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://github.com/Danesprite/tts-util-app </big></big>
Quizzes in YAML files in command-line. It is open-source.


Text-to-Speech For Android. It is open-source.
You may need to enter full-screen mode, otherwise the program won't work for not having enough space.


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://app-t2s.web.app/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/JeromeSchmied/crablit </big></big>


It is the highest rated platform on Android.
Quizzes TSV or other files in command-line. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://readaloud.app/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://codeberg.org/GrimPixel/Quiz_Grid </big></big>


Browser add-on. It is open-source.
Generate HTML tooltip quiz from TSV files. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://pypi.org/project/pyttsx3/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Test</div> ==


Offline Text-to-Speech with Python. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> https://lingua.com/ </big></big>


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2F9hTlCUs8 a video about it].
A few materials for beginners. Better treat it as your proficiency tests instead of learning materials because it's not much.


<hr><big><big> https://pypi.org/project/gTTS/ </big></big>
➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=21 Write a review]


Online Google Text-to-Speech with Python. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.transparent.com/language-resources/tests.html </big></big>


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q8wtPCyMdo a video about it].
Test your proficiency.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Speech Recognition</div> ==
There is only one set of test for each language. Don't search the meanings of the words you don't know if you want to take this test again later.


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.speechtexter.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.arealme.com/vocabulary-size-test/en/ </big></big>


Turn audios into texts, powered by Google.  
For testing your vocabulary size.


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://speech-to-text-demo.ng.bluemix.net/ </big></big>
There is only one set of test for each language. Don't search the meanings of the words you don't know if you want to take this test again later.


Turn audios into texts, powered by IBM Watson.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.ezglot.com/vocabulary-test.php </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://pypi.org/project/SpeechRecognition/ </big></big>
Test your vocabulary size. It's faster and maybe not so accurate. The result is at an inconspicuous corner.


Speech recognition with Python.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Reader</div> ==


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QebIJmWwXfA A video about it].
<hr><big><big> !! https://jakubmelka.github.io/ </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Example Sentence</div> ==
PDF reader and editor. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://tatoeba.org/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://mupdf.com/ </big></big>


Example sentences in many languages. It is open-source.
Lightweight PDF reader for desktops. It is open-source.


Don't forget to try searching in both directions. You can not only see the meaning of a sentence, but also try to translate a sentence into the language you are learning and see how you did.
Type “man mupdf” in command-line to see its shortcuts.


If you want to translate, please translate sentences with audio first, because the translations may appear on sites which provide translations of audio.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.dictionarist.com/ </big></big>
PDF reader for Windows. Dark mode and Annotation are available. It is open-source.


Search for example sentences of a word, with the Lingoes dictionary inserted. Many results are from Tatoeba.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/max-kammerer/orion-viewer </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://deskell.sketchengine.co.uk/run.cgi/skell </big></big>
PDF reader for Android. It is open-source.


Sketch from a large of text corpus.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.libreoffice.org/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://weblate.org/ </big></big>
Editor for many document formats. It is open-source.


Website for localisation. You can easily find parallel texts. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://johnfactotum.github.io/foliate/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://subasub.com/ </big></big>
Reader for Linux with features like layout and online translation. It is open-source.


Search for parallel texts in subtitles.
<hr><big><big> !! https://librera.mobi/ </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Parse Tree</div> ==
Reader for Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.mapsofspeech.com/2017/10/02/treeform/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://koreader.rocks/ </big></big>


A tool to draw parse trees and have a better understanding of sentence structures. It is open-source.
Reader with a simple user interface for Android. It is open-source.


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5DhtQgrlTE A video about it].
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.kiwix.org/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://ltc.sourceforge.io/ </big></big>
Read Wikipedia and some other sites offline. It is open-source.


A different one to draw parse trees. It is open-source.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">RSS Tool</div> ==


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Text Memorization</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !! https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/373252-rss-show-site-all-rss </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/zg/text-memorize </big></big>
User script for showing RSS feeds of a website. It is open-source.


For memorizing text. Python is required.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">RSS Client</div> ==


For Chinese, Japanese, Lao, Thai, Vietnamese and some other languages, [https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Introduction-to-some-language-tools#Word_segmentation word segmentation] is required.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.feedflow.dev/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://rememberthetext.com/ </big></big>
Simple RSS feeder. It is open-source.


Memorization with hints. It has some libraries of text samples. You can add your texts.
<hr><big><big> !! https://lzone.de/liferea </big></big>


It is also useful for building the impressions of sentence structures.
RSS feeder for Linux. It is open-source.


Unfortunately, there are problems:
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/martinrotter/rssguard </big></big>
# It does not recognize the punctuation of many scripts such as Arabic;
# For Chinese, Japanese, Lao, Thai, Vietnamese and some other languages, [https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Introduction-to-some-language-tools#Word_segmentation word segmentation] is required.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Image Memorization</div> ==
RSS feeder for desktop. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://lgames.sourceforge.io/LPairs/ </big></big>


Match the pairs. You can create your own “themes” i.e. sets of images. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://newsboat.org/ </big></big>


You may need open-source screen capture tools like [https://getsharex.com/ ShareX] or [https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot Flameshot].
RSS feeder in command-line. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Phrasebook</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/readrops/Readrops </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.funeasylearn.com/ </big></big>
RSS feeder for Android. It is open-source.


It provides apps for both phrase and vocabulary, but I have categorized it in this one because it provides IPA in the apps of phrases.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">RSS Feed</div> ==


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.cyberseo.net/public-rss-feed-catalogue/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.loecsen.com/ </big></big>
Catalogue of RSS feeds.


It supports many languages, and it is detailed.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Image Viewer</div> ==


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/nomacs/nomacs </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.50languages.com/ </big></big>
Image viewer. It is open-source.


Actually a few more than 50 languages. You can also have a test there.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/atanunq/viu </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">World Clock, Calendar & Weather</div> ==
Image viewer in command-line. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.timeanddate.com/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Webpage Tool</div> ==


It has not only the world clock for every city but also many other features, such as calendars with festivals of most countries.
<hr><big><big> !! https://tabsets.web.app/ </big></big>


Group tabs in sets. It is open source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.ventusky.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile </big></big>


A lot of things about meteology.
Save the web page as a single file.


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/lapwat/papeer </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://earth.nullschool.net/ </big></big>
Save webpages in different formats in command-line. It is open-source.


Wind, weather, ocean conditions.
<hr><big><big> https://github.com/OlegWock/anori </big></big>


Browser extension for customised new tab with Anki support. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://waqi.info/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://github.com/zimocode/smartupGesturefy </big></big>


Air condition around the world.
Gestures for some Browsers. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Community</div> ==
<hr><big><big> https://floccus.org/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.italki.com/ </big></big>
Synchronise bookmarks. It is open-source.


The most popular language learning community by now. It also pushes helpful articles written by teachers.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Speed Reader</div> ==


<hr><big><big> https://github.com/Darazaki/Spedread </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.tolearnfree.com/free-educational-sites.php </big></big>
Reading speed trainer for Linux. It is open-source.


The design of the webpages is old-fashioned but it has a lot of content, including little tests.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/pasky/speedread </big></big>


Its French version has something more.
Reading speed trainer. Perl is required. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/nemanjan00/uniread </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://polyglotclub.com/ </big></big>
Speed reader with e-book support. It is open-source.


There are some rare features of it, such as Wiki lessons, Events. It adopts ISO 639-3, almost every language is included here.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/Quantum-mutnauQ/Fast_Reader_GTK </big></big>


Speed reader for Linux. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.reddit.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://comfortreader.rhizomaticdesign.net/ </big></big>


Use [https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect Privacy Redirect] to be redirected to a Libreddit instance, a private front-end.
Streaming reader for Android. It is open-source.


Go to r/languagelearning or r/linguistics to enjoy.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/FP22FD/auto-scroll-down-chrome-extension </big></big>


Autoscrolling for Chromium/Chrome. Good for practising reading speed.


<hr><big><big> https://www.minetest.net/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/hisakaz0/AutoScrolling </big></big>


Voxel game, with endless possibility for creation, ultimate immersive language learning tool. There are some bilingual servers and bilingual people. It is open-source.
Autoscrolling for Firefox. Good for practising reading speed. It is open-source.


If you know some language learning partners, you can go there and practice language exchange.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Book Catalogue</div> ==


For singleplayer, Minetest is just a tool for development. You will need a “game” to play, like the default “Minetest Game”. There is a game called “Tutorial” that helps beginners. There are also cool mods like “technic”, “digiline”, where you can program with Lua.
<hr><big><big> https://github.com/tfonteyn/NeverTooManyBooks </big></big>


[https://servers.minetest.net/ Servir list].
Book catalogue on Android. It is open-source.


To look for a good server, see if people there welcome you warmly, if signs are properly written for guidance, if the public infrastructure is complete and easy to access.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">[https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Reading-material-enhanced-for-language-learning <u>Reading Material</u>]</div> ==


There is a server with rules banning controversial names like Hitler, where I saw a Stalin.
<hr><big><big> !! https://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page </big></big>


When you are looking at the scene, you are also a part of the scene.
Literature in public domain. They can be downloaded.


<hr><big><big> https://www.gutenberg.org/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://workadventu.re/ </big></big>
The largest collections of books in the public domain, mostly in English, though.


Virtual environment with Jitsi. It is open-source.
Android app for downloading books is available at [https://github.com/Pool-Of-Tears/Myne Myne].


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">[https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Most-Popular-Forums-around-the-World <u>Forum</u>]</div> ==
There is a book catalogue website with ever-changing domain names: LibGen, which contains a wider range of books. Make sure you don't see any strange link there. [https://github.com/manuelvargastapia/libgen_mobile_app It is also available on Android].


<hr><big><big> https://hinative.com/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Writing</div> ==


Ask and answer with people around the world. Unfortunately, don't expect them to be effective in dealing with spamming and abusing. But I'm not encouraging you to do so.
<hr><big><big> https://owl.excelsior.edu/ </big></big>


Search before you ask.
It is not for learning languages, but for how to write and read. Its work is under a public license.


Do not feed the trolls.
It is teaching about English, so something does not apply to some other languages.


Do not answer blanked homework questions, because the questioner is too lazy to deserve an answer.
<hr><big><big> https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html </big></big>


Do not answer the meaning of a single word. The questioners should consult a dictionary on their own. Exceptions are newbies, because they may be just following the tutorial and have a try, not lazy.
Another online writing lab.


Do not ask questions in English channels, because the questions are too many, the answer rate is extremely low. Try asking at Polyglot Club.
<hr><big><big> https://www.theologeek.ch/manuskript/ </big></big>


Ask in parallel text. Then the respondent won't need to ask you about the real meaning if the sentence is not understood.
Tool for writing stuff. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://stackexchange.com/sites#culturerecreation </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://github.com/Wavesonics/hammer-editor </big></big>


One of the most popular Q&A site.
Tool for writing on Android. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Language Exchange</div> ==
<hr><big><big> https://github.com/Wavesonics/hammer-editor </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://conversationexchange.com/ </big></big>
Corrector of minor typos. It is open-source.


Find language exchange partners online.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">[https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-Dictionaries <u>Dictionary</u>]</div> ==


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.lingbe.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.wiktionary.org/ </big></big>


An app for talking with people.
Practical, no need to switch dictionaries, translations in many languages are shown together.


<hr><big><big> !! https://mylanguageexchange.com/ </big></big>
there is a [https://github.com/tatuylonen/wiktextract parser] for its data. [https://kaikki.org/index.html Extracted JSON data] are also available.


Free users can be contacted by those who have paid. Since they have paid, they are more likely to be serious learners.
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.wordreference.com/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://cryptpad.fr/ </big></big>
It is really completed.


Cloud office suit. Zero knowledge. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.linguee.com/ </big></big>


It's also great for language partners to do something together.
It is completed, with example sentences of high quality. You can even find uncommon words with meanings of common words.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">[https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-Blogs <u>Blog</u>]</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://bab.la/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://blog.thelinguist.com/ </big></big>
It is completed for several languages.


Things about language learning. It is active.
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://iate.europa.eu/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://blogs.transparent.com/ </big></big>
Terminology dictionary of European Union. That is to say, what you search should be a term.


There are periodically good contents being presented.
<hr><big><big> !! https://glosbe.com/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://www.thoughtco.com/languages-4133094 </big></big>
It supports a lot of languages, citing results from several corpora. It is somehow messy and in many cases inaccurate, but if the dictionaries listed above have no result about a word, this one may help.


Languages are fewer than Transparent's, and so do the update frequency. But its quality is still high.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Dictionary Client</div> ==


<hr><big><big> https://blog.feedspot.com/culture_blogs/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://xiaoyifang.github.io/goldendict-ng/ </big></big>


Blogs about cultures. There are also [https://blog.feedspot.com/culture_magazines/ magazines].
It supports online and offline dictionaries, based on [http://goldendict.org/ GoldenDict]. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Lyrics</div> ==
You can search the word by selecting it and listen to Forvo pronunciation. You can also add dictionary websites.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.musixmatch.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://github.com/farfromrefug/OSS-Dict </big></big>


See lyrics and translations.
Offline dictionary in SLOB format. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://lyricstranslate.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://github.com/pnlpal/dictionaries </big></big>


Lyrics and translations.
Browser add-on with clear results and can export to Anki decks. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Subtitle</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://mouse-dictionary.netlify.app/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.opensubtitles.org/ </big></big>
Browser add-on for searching local dictionary files. It is open-source.


One of the most popular subtitle sites. Subtitles in European languages are easier to find.
To convert dictionary text files into TSV format, see [https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/How-to-make-a-TSV-file this article]. The files at “mouse-dictionary/data/rule/” will need to be edited as well.


➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=9 Write a review]
<hr><big><big>  https://crissium.github.io/SilverDict/ </big></big>


Web version of GoldenDict. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://subscene.com/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Translation</div> ==


One of the most popular subtitle sites. Subtitles in English, Arabic, Persian, Indonesian are easier to find.
<hr><big><big> !! https://invent.kde.org/office/crow-translate </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://getcaption.co/ </big></big>
Translator with multiple engine support. It is open-source.


For downloading subtitles on desktop. You can add websites on your own. It is open-source.w
<hr><big><big> !! https://invent.kde.org/office/crow-translate </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/FunkyMuse/SubHub </big></big>
Translator with multiple engine support and plugins. It is open-source.


For downloading subtitles on Android. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> https://www.soimort.org/translate-shell/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://bonigarcia.github.io/dualsub/index.html </big></big>
Command-line translator from different sources. It is open-source.


It can help to merge two subtitles. It may crash at the second time. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/Bnyro/TranslateYou </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.smplayer.info/ </big></big>
Translator for Android. It is open-source.


This player can display two subtitles. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://linguister.io/ </big></big>


What a good name of this program.
Webpage translation with sentence dictionaries. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! http://subs2srs.sourceforge.net/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://github.com/ttop32/MouseTooltipTranslator </big></big>


Turn subtitles into flashcards. It is open-source.
Translator for Chromium and other Browsers with mouse hovering. It is open-source.


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AvgqVGHP8A A video about it].
This extension sets AltGr key to translate.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">News</div> ==
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Transliteration</div> ==


<hr><big><big> !! http://www.abyznewslinks.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://codeberg.org/GrimPixel/Transliteration </big></big>


Links to news websites.
Transliterator. It is at the beginning phase. It is open-source.


Some TV have shows for free, some of which even with subtitles.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Conjugation</div> ==


<hr><big><big> https://liveuamap.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://cooljugator.com/ </big></big>


Instant news about hot spots from social media.
Conjugation and some declension.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Radio & Podcast</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.verbix.com/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.radio-browser.info/ </big></big>
Conjugation.


A list of internet radio stations. You can find clients in “Apps”, some of which are open-source.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Gender</div> ==


I prefer two stations: Public Domain Classical, Public Domain Jazz. Pleasing names.
<hr><big><big> !! http://www.passion4teq.com/apps/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.listennotes.com/ </big></big>
Apps for practising genders in 4 languages. You can also estimate how long you can practice until your battery goes empty.


Search Engine of podcasts.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Number</div> ==
<hr><big><big> https://codeberg.org/GrimPixel/Numeration </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://antennapod.org/ </big></big>
Program to practise reading numbers. It is open-source.


Podcast player with search engine for Android. It is open-source.
In progress. It can see major progresses during school holidays. Introduction: [[Language/Multiple-languages/Vocabulary/Numeration-Tutorial]].


<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/z-------------/CPod </big></big>
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Podcast player with search engine. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.languagesandnumbers.com/numbering-systems/ </big></big>


Electron.js is used, which means a lot of bloat.
Rules of writing numbers, more concise than Wikipedia's entries.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Live & Video</div> ==
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Grammar Checker</div> ==


<hr><big><big> !! https://mpv.io/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://languagetool.org/ </big></big>


Video player with fast response. It is open-source.
It supports several languages, but works well on the few. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://livetvcentral.com/ </big></big>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnQCHo14gOU A video about the rule editor].


The most complete list of worldwide online TV channels.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Audio Player</div> ==


Many links are dead, but the live stream is still available somewhere else in many of these sites.
<hr><big><big> !! https://audacious-media-player.org/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.squidtv.net/ </big></big>
Lightweight audio player for desktops. It is open-source.


Another list of TV channels, has fewer channels but contains details.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.strawberrymusicplayer.org/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.twitch.tv/ </big></big>
Audio manager with many features. It is open-source.


There are players speaking different languages. Its “IRL” section is people in real life. You can interact with them in their languages. Lots of slang to learn.
<hr><big><big> !! https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.youtube.com/ </big></big>
Simple audio manager. It is open-source.


No one can be richer in content than this. Heavy censorship, demonetization, weird copyright terms.
<hr><big><big> !! https://codeberg.org/coleblvck/AntiiQ </big></big>


Use [https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect Privacy Redirect] to be redirected to an Invidious instance, a private front-end.
Audio player for Android with speed control. It is open-source.


There are some open-source alternatives to it such as [https://joinpeertube.org/ PeerTube].
<hr><big><big> !! https://musikcube.com/ </big></big>


There are many channels teaching languages and introducing cultures, which people may forget. However, YouTube is not the only source of such channels.
Audio player in command-line. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://similarchannels.com/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Video Player</div> ==


It can find similar channels.
<hr><big><big> !! https://mpv.io/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://newpipe.schabi.org/ </big></big>
Video player with fast response. It is open-source.


Watch YouTube videos without being watched by YouTube on Android. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.smplayer.info/ </big></big>


Downloading YouTube videos violates YouTube's terms of service. What a great move of grabbing your videos and claiming them as their properties.
It is a frontend of [http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html MPlayer] and can display two subtitles. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://freetubeapp.io/ </big></big>
What a good name of this program.


Watch YouTube videos privately on desktop. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/moneytoo/Player </big></big>


There is a [https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube redirect plug-in], so you can always open the YouTube links with FreeTube. It is open-source.
Video player for Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">[https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Listening-material-with-transcript <u>Listening Material</u>]</div> ==


Download videos with command line. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.listeningpractice.org/ </big></big>


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A-HLSvtBWc A tutorial about it].
To practice listening. Voices are from volunteers and their qualities vary. It also has conjugation exercises. Its work is under public licenses.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Language Information</div> ==
If your browser doesn't play the audio automatically, then you need to grant the website the autoplay permission (next to the URL in Firefox).


<hr><big><big> https://www.omniglot.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://globalstorybooks.net/ </big></big>


It provides information about basic knowledge of many languages. Many “Alphabet and Pronunciation” lessons on this site are from there.
Stories in many languages translated from [https://africanstorybook.org/ African Storybook]. Its work is under a public license.


➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=11 Write a review]
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.easy-languages.org/ </big></big>


Street interview videos with embedded subtitles. Real and fun.


<hr><big><big> https://glottolog.org/ </big></big>
The first time I watch a video, I was busy picking up the unknown words; the second time, I understood the sentences; the third time, I got an impression what kind of person the interviewee is.


Information of languages of the world. Not only languages, but also many varieties. It is open-soruce.
<hr><big><big> !! https://librivox.org/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://www.scriptsource.org/ </big></big>
Books read by volunteers. Its work is under public licenses.


Information of scripts.
<hr><big><big> !! https://lyricstraining.com/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://www.muturzikin.com/countries.htm </big></big>
Listen to songs and fill in the blanks of lyrics.


Linguistic maps.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.captionpop.com/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://lingvo.info/ </big></big>
Watch videos and learn with subtitles.


General knowledge about European languages.
<hr><big><big> !! https://lingualibre.org/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://iso639-3.sil.org/ </big></big>
Recordings. Its work is under a public license.


Codes for every language and is still being updated. You can find the whole table.
<hr><big><big> !! https://rhinospike.com/ </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">General Knowledge</div> ==
Recordings.


<hr><big><big> https://www.britannica.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://audio-lingua.ac-versailles.fr/ </big></big>


A comprehensive encyclopedia.
Listening materials with CEFRL levels. Its work is under public licenses.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Educational Resources</div> ==
It doesn't have transcripts, so speech-recognition is required.


<hr><big><big> https://libguides.humboldt.edu/openedu/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Audio & Video Tool</div> ==


Educational resources including geography, history and sociology. When you have learned such subjects, you will have insights on a culture or civilisation.
<hr><big><big> !! https://tenacityaudio.org/ </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Map</div> ==
For audio edit, as well as training your pronunciation by comparing your own voice with the recording you were imitating. Fork of Audacity without potential privacy violation. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.google.com/maps/ </big></big>
There are videos about [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEStFcRQSbE checking your pronunciation], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_PpDODVpNg practising dialogues on your own], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lla74qPiGQ8 recording computer audio], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hUFTitJVyc labeling audio positions].


It resolves the exotic sense. If you are careful enough, you can find trivia about a place.
<hr><big><big> !! https://obsproject.com/ </big></big>


From the maps you can only see the appearance, not inside the societies. Actually, people in somewhere looks rich maybe not so happy as people in somewhere looks poor.
When you are playing games in the languages you are learning, it is often hard to focus on the voices and subtitles without failing your goals in the games. You can solve this problem by recording your gameplay with this program. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.openstreetmap.org/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/ </big></big>


Another map site. You can even download them. It is open-source.
With this one, you can say you are “studying” pronunciation.


There is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_v7HrDJfyk a video about its modification with Inkscape].
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjlFNOzfdPo A little tutorial] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDNhmBsOXcM&list=PL4mxJ1XKfFjK9VswLDnYqgJiO4mOoVzyQ a big playlist of various videos].


<hr><big><big> !! https://marble.kde.org/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Text-to-Speech</div> ==
If you don't know how to get the voices on Windows, you can see [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/How-to-use-SR-and-TTS-on-Windows]].


Alternative to Google Earth. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/ideasman42/nerd-dictation </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://osmand.net/ </big></big>
TTS for Linux. It is open-source.


Offline maps for mobile with OpenStreetMap data. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.cwu.edu/student-life/student-support/central-access/resources/reader.php </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://ontheworldmap.com/ </big></big>
A TTS program. It is open-source.


Downloadable maps. It even includes cities. I don't expect them to be up-to-date.
<hr><big><big> !!!! http://www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Culture & Travel</div> ==
A TTS program with support other than SAPI 5.


<hr><big><big> https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://github.com/Danesprite/tts-util-app </big></big>


Introductions to cultures.
Text-to-Speech for Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://www.wikivoyage.org/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://readaloud.app/ </big></big>


Introduction of the city and many details of countries. It is open-source.
Browser add-on. It is open-source.


The most important page for travelers is [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Stay_safe this].
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/suno-ai/bark </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://www.everyculture.com/ </big></big>
Text-to-Speech model. It is open-source.


Its information is old. There are details of peoples and countries.
<hr><big><big> !! https://codeberg.org/GrimPixel/Altering_TTS </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://www.civilopedia.net/ </big></big>
A little program to generate audio files with altering TTS voices. It is open-source.


Encyclopedia for Sid Meier's Civilization VI. It even has multiple languages so it's great for reading as well.
Configure everything in “setting.yaml”, have a look at “demo.tsv”. Change your command-line directory into the folder, run “python do.py“ to start.


<hr><big><big> https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/ </big></big>
Currently only Google Translate is supported. Offline engines on the way.


It is about countries and in progress.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Speech Recognition</div> ==


<hr><big><big> https://www.commisceo-global.com/country-guides/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://github.com/audapolis/audapolis </big></big>


It is mainly about some details about manners.
It transcribes audio. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://guide.culturecrossing.net/index.php </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.speechtexter.com/ </big></big>


It is mainly about some details about manners.
Turn audio into texts, powered by Google.  


<hr><big><big> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_subcultures </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://speech-to-text-demo.ng.bluemix.net/ </big></big>


Subcultures, modern things.
Turn audio into texts, powered by IBM Watson.


<hr><big><big> https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Example Sentence</div> ==


Cultural heritages. There is also an interactive map.
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://tatoeba.org/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://ich.unesco.org/en/lists/ </big></big>
Example sentences in many languages. Its work is under public licenses.


Intangible cultural heritages.
Don't forget to try searching in both directions. You can not only see the meaning of a sentence, but also try to translate a sentence into the language you are learning and see how you did.


<hr><big><big> https://rammworldcultures.org.uk/home/objects/ </big></big>
If you want to translate, please translate sentences with audio first, because the translations may appear on sites which provide translations of audio.


Cultural Objects.
<hr><big><big> !! https://deskell.sketchengine.co.uk/run.cgi/skell </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://www.tripadvisor.com/ </big></big>
Sketch from a large of text corpus.


Guide of traveling cities.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Parallel Text</div> ==


<hr><big><big> https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://weblate.org/ </big></big>


A formal publication of basic information about countries.
Website for localisation. You can easily find parallel texts. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://worldcultures.webs.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! http://sublearning.com/ </big></big>


Links to other sites about cultures.
Subtitles in parallel. Sometimes the selected lines don't match because the sentences are not complete. Sometimes there are mistakes in subtitles.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">History</div> ==
<hr><big><big> https://www.manualslib.com/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://www.worldhistory.org/ </big></big>
Manuals. Some of them are in multiple languages. You can also find their German, Spanish, French domains at the bottom of the page.


An encyclopedia. Articles, images, videos, 3D images, podcasts and more.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Parse Tree</div> ==


<hr><big><big> http://www.fsmitha.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://sourceforge.net/projects/treeform/ </big></big>


Detailed articles about history.
A tool to draw parse trees and have a better understanding of sentence structures. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.timleg.historytimeline </big></big>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5DhtQgrlTE A video about it].


An app about major events of history.
<hr><big><big> !! https://ltc.sourceforge.io/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html </big></big>
A different one to draw parse trees. It is open-source.


Basic knowledge of the world history. Looks old-fashioned, but it is not bad if you get used to it.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Text Memorization</div> ==


<hr><big><big> https://histography.io/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://codeberg.org/GrimPixel/Cloze_Test </big></big>


Historical events in dots.
Take cloze tests from texts, sentence by sentence. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://omniatlas.com/ </big></big>
The problem of spaCy and Python 3.12.4 is still to be fixed.


It shows you some old news with detailed maps.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Phrasebook</div> ==


<hr><big><big> https://www.timemaps.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://www.funeasylearn.com/ </big></big>


Maps of history.
It provides apps for both phrase and vocabulary.


<hr><big><big> https://geacron.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.loecsen.com/ </big></big>


Map of every year.
It supports many languages, and it is detailed.


<hr><big><big> https://www.oldmapsonline.org/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.50languages.com/ </big></big>


Old maps around the world.
Actually a few more than 50 languages. You can also have a test there.


The site has trouble with the mobile site. You need to set to view the desktop site on mobile.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Calendar & Clock</div> ==


<hr><big><big> http://www.kingsandgenerals.net/</big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/PaskoZhelev/holidayz-app </big></big>


Videos and podcasts about the history of how nations reason each other with truth. Animations are abundant and the art is familiar to some game players. The comments of its videos provide more information such as corrections.
View holidays on Android. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Philosophy & Religion</div> ==
It can also be downloaded from [https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.MNPDigital.holidayz/ F-Droid].


<hr><big><big> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religions_and_spiritual_traditions </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://theknight.co.uk/ </big></big>


List of religions and spiritual traditions.
Clock widget on Linux. It is open-source.


Not believing a religion itself is also religious.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.timeanddate.com/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://www.philosophybasics.com/ </big></big>
It has not only the world clock for every city, but also many other features, such as calendars with festivals of most countries.


The basics of philosophy, “by a layman for the layman”.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Weather</div> ==


<hr><big><big> https://religionfacts.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/chubin/wttr.in </big></big>


Facts about religions.
Weather program in command-line. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Geography</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/woheller69/omweather </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://www.geographynow.com/ </big></big>
Weather program for Android. It is open-source.


Videos about world geography.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.ventusky.com/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://www.worldatlas.com/ </big></big>
A lot of things about meteorology.


Short articles.
<hr><big><big> !! https://earth.nullschool.net/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://gedevapps.com/flags/ </big></big>
Wind, weather, ocean conditions.


Flags, capitals, currencies, some landmarks, in multiple languages. Dependencies included are not many.
<hr><big><big> !! https://waqi.info/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! http://worldmapquiz.qbisstudio.com/index.html </big></big>
Air condition around the world.


An app for practising world map in several languages.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Community</div> ==
Dependencies are not all included. The form of address in Chinese version is a mixture of PRC's and ROC's, which is not good. For Chinese names of countries, there is a list: [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/Countries-and-Nationalities]].


<hr><big><big> https://userbase.kde.org/KGeography </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.italki.com/ </big></big>


Learn Geography on Linux. Information is incredibly outdated, though [https://github.com/KDE/kgeography it's still being maintained]. This is where I don't like KDE: no issues can be opened on their repositories. It is open-source.
The most popular language learning community by now. It also pushes helpful articles written by teachers.


For Linux users, maps and flags are at /usr/share/kgeography/
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.tolearnfree.com/free-educational-sites.php </big></big>


I am thinking about creating my own version.
The design of the webpages is old-fashioned, but it has a lot of content, including little tests.


<hr><big><big> https://www.flagid.org/ </big></big>
Its French version has something more.


Flag identifier.
<hr><big><big> !! https://polyglotclub.com/ </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Music</div> ==
There are some rare features of it, such as Wiki lessons, Events. It adopts ISO 639-3, almost every language is included here.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.youtube.com/user/pupsibaerle1 </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">[https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Most-Popular-Forums-around-the-World <u>Forum</u>]</div> ==


All about traditional music.
<hr><big><big> https://hinative.com/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.chosic.com/ </big></big>
Ask and answer with people around the world.


Many tools about music including similar song finder.
In some channels, questions are too many, answer rates are low. Try asking at Polyglot Club.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.soundhound.com/ </big></big>
Ask in parallel text in case the respondent doesn't understand your formulation.


Recognize music with recording or your humming. It has some advantages over Shazam.
<hr><big><big> https://stackexchange.com/sites#culturerecreation </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.shazam.com/ </big></big>
One of the most popular Q&A site.


Recognize music with recording. It has some advantages over Soundhound.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Language Exchange</div> ==


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Art</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !! https://conversationexchange.com/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.wikiart.org/ </big></big>
Find language exchange partners online.


All kinds of artwork around the world.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.lingbe.com/ </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Dance</div> ==
Talking with people.


<hr><big><big> !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic,_regional,_and_folk_dances_by_origin </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://mylanguageexchange.com/ </big></big>


Dances by origin. You can search for them on video sites.
Free users can be contacted by those who have paid. Since they have paid, they are more likely to be serious learners.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Cuisine</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !! https://cryptpad.fr/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://www.allrecipes.com/ </big></big>
Cloud office suit. Zero knowledge. It is open-source.


A little bit of recipes around the world.
It's also great for language partners to do something together.


<hr><big><big> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cuisines </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Chat</div> ==


List of cuisines.
<hr><big><big> !! https://pidgin.im/ </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Board Game</div> ==
Chat client that supports multiple protocols through plug-ins. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://gajim.org/ </big></big>


Traditional board games. Its user interface is more cruel than AI opponents. It is open-source.
XMPP client on desktop. It is open-source.


There are pre-installed engines, but they are somehow old. The most versatile engine is [https://github.com/ianfab/Fairy-Stockfish Fairy Stockfish].
<hr><big><big> !! https://codeberg.org/iNPUTmice/Conversations </big></big>


[https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess Cute Chess] looks good but Xiangqi and Janggi are missing.
XMPP client on Android. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Folk Costume</div> ==
<hr><big><big> https://github.com/paulfariello/aparte </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_costume </big></big>
XMPP client in command-line. It is open-source.


List of folk costume.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/SrainApp/srain </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Folktale</div> ==
IRC client on desktop. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://fairytalez.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://github.com/osa1/tiny </big></big>


Some faire tales.
IRC client in command-line. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://www.worldoftales.com/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">[https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-Blogs <u>Blog</u>]</div> ==


Some fairy tale books.
<hr><big><big> https://blogs.transparent.com/ </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Festival</div> ==
There are periodically good contents being presented.
<hr><big><big> !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_festivals_by_country </big></big>


Not complete, but still good.
<hr><big><big> https://www.thoughtco.com/languages-4133094 </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://www.world-festivals.net/ </big></big>
Languages are fewer than Transparent's, and so do the update frequency. But its quality is still high.


It includes more countries than the one above. I wonder if it is so difficult to gather information about festivals.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Lyrics</div> ==


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Martial Art</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.musixmatch.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_martial_arts </big></big>


List of martial arts.
Lyrics and their translations.


<hr><big><big> https://blackbeltwiki.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://lyricstranslate.com/ </big></big>


Introduction to many martial arts.
Lyrics and their translations.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Name </div> ==
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Subtitle</div> ==


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.behindthename.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://subripper.com/ </big></big>


Find the meanings of a given name.  
Download subtitles form many [https://subripper.com/sites websites].


Don't expect you can understand every Chinese name.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.opensubtitles.org/ </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Astronomy</div> ==
One of the most popular subtitle sites. Subtitles in European languages are easier to find.


<hr><big><big> https://stellarium.org/ </big></big>
➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=9 Write a review]


You can see the sky in different locations and times. There are starlores in different cultures. Some even have constellation art.
<hr><big><big> !! https://subscene.com/ </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Living Standard</div> ==
One of the most popular subtitle sites. Subtitles in English, Arabic, Persian, Indonesian are easier to find.


<hr><big><big> https://www.craigslist.org/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/FunkyMuse/SubHub </big></big>


Living information. It's also on GTA IV.
Subtitle downloader on Android. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://bonigarcia.github.io/dualsub/index.html </big></big>


Prices from the world. Sometimes inaccurate.
It can help to merge two subtitles. It may crash at the second time. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://www.globalbrandprices.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! http://subs2srs.sourceforge.net/ </big></big>


The prices of the same products in different regions.
Turn subtitles into flashcards. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Statistics</div> ==
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AvgqVGHP8A A video about it].


<hr><big><big> https://www.statista.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !!!! https://github.com/garywill/multi-subs-yt </big></big>


All kinds of statistical data. Some are free.
Display multiple subtitles on YouTube.


<hr><big><big> https://ourworldindata.org/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/jdepoix/youtube-transcript-api </big></big>


It has detailed explanation on each data.
YouTube caption downloader in command-line. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Trivia Quiz</div> ==
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">News</div> ==


<hr><big><big> https://www.jetpunk.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! http://www.abyznewslinks.com/ </big></big>


Trivia quizzes of the world. It is available in multiple languages.
Links to news websites.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Prepaid SIM Card</div> ==
Some TV have shows for free, some of which even with subtitles.


<hr><big><big>https://prepaid-data-sim-card.fandom.com/wiki/Prepaid_SIM_with_data </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean / https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean</big></big>


Details about SIM cards.
Paywall bypasser for Chromium/Chrome, Firefox and other browsers. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">License Plate</div> ==
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Radio & Podcast</div> ==


<hr><big><big> !! http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.radio-browser.info/ </big></big>


Take a look if you are interested. It's so completed.
A list of internet radio stations. You can find clients in “Apps”, some of which are open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">National Anthem</div> ==
I prefer two stations: Public Domain Classical, Public Domain Jazz. Pleasing names.


<hr><big><big> !! http://www.nationalanthems.info/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/zaps166/QMPlay2 </big></big>


National anthems with lyrics.
Podcast player for desktop with RadioBrowser support. It is open-source.


I can only appreciate an unheard one by listening to it more times. It's not only me, i guess.
<hr><big><big> https://github.com/gilcu3/hullcaster </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Model</div> ==
Podcast client in command-line. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://castle-engine.io/view3dscene.php </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://antennapod.org/ </big></big>


3D model viewer with support of walking and flying. It is open-source.
Podcast player for Android with playback speed change and rewind 10s. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> https://sketchfab.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://podcharts.co/ </big></big>


3D models, some are under public licenses. Make sure your computer's memory is large enough to view them.
Charts of podcasts.


You can also use 3D printers to print them if you like.
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.listennotes.com/ </big></big>


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Font</div> ==
Search Engine of podcasts.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.google.com/get/noto/ </big></big>
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Live & Video</div> ==


It presents a lot of fonts in one art style. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv </big></big>


<hr><big><big> !! https://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html </big></big>
Database of IPTV stream addresses. It is under a public license.


No one covers more of the Unicode map than GNU Unifont. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/yuki-iptv/yuki-iptv </big></big>


Its function is limited, such as bad support for South and Southeast Asian characters.
IPTV player on desktop. It is open-source.


<hr><big><big> !! https://www.fontspace.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> !! https://brunochanrio.github.io/DangoPlayer/ </big></big>


You can go to its “stuff” and search by Unicode characters.
IPTV player on Android. It is open-source.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Optical Character Recognition</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !! https://livetvcentral.com/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://github.com/manisandro/gImageReader </big></big>
The most complete list of worldwide online TV channels.


It recognizes characters on the screen with Tesseract. It is open-source.
Many links are dead, but the live stream is still available somewhere else in many of these sites.


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ba7mflTI1I A video about training].
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.downthemall.org/ </big></big>


<hr><big><big> https://github.com/SubhamTyagi/android-ocr </big></big>
Link and image downloader. It is open-source.
 
 
It uses Tesseract 4 data on Android. It is open-source.
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp </big></big>
 
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Language Identifier</div> ==
Video downloader in command-line. It is open-source.
 
 
<hr><big><big> !! http://www.polyglot3000.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://www.favoree.io/ </big></big>
 
 
It identifies languages.
Popular YouTube channels, in English.
 
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Resource Links</div> ==
<hr><big><big> https://similarchannels.com/ </big></big>
Unlike this page, those are for some specific languages, and I am not responsible for their qualities.
 
It can find similar YouTube channels.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Language Information</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.omniglot.com/ </big></big>
 
It provides information about basic knowledge of many languages. Many “Alphabet and Pronunciation” lessons on this site are from there.
 
➡ [https://polyglotclub.com/language.php?tool_id=11 Write a review]
 
<hr><big><big> https://glottolog.org/ </big></big>
 
Information of languages of the world. Not only languages, but also many varieties. It is open-source. Its work is under a public license.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.scriptsource.org/ </big></big>
 
Information of scripts. Its work is under a public license.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.muturzikin.com/countries.htm </big></big>
 
Linguistic maps.
 
<hr><big><big> https://lingvo.info/ </big></big>
 
General knowledge about European languages.
 
<hr><big><big> https://iso639-3.sil.org/ </big></big>
 
Codes for every language and is still being updated. You can find the whole table.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">General Knowledge</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.britannica.com/ </big></big>
 
A comprehensive encyclopedia.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Educational Resources</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://oercommons.org/ </big></big>
 
Educational resources search engine. Its contents are under public licenses.
 
<hr><big><big> https://oasis.geneseo.edu/index.php </big></big>
 
Educational resources. Its contents are under public licenses.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Map</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.openstreetmap.org/ </big></big>
 
Another map site. You can even download them. It is open-source.
 
There is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_v7HrDJfyk a video about its modification with Inkscape].
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://marble.kde.org/ </big></big>
 
Alternative to Google Earth. It is open-source.
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://organicmaps.app/ </big></big>
 
Offline maps for mobile with OpenStreetMap data. It is open-source.
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://ontheworldmap.com/ </big></big>
 
Downloadable maps. It even includes cities. I don't expect them to be up-to-date.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">National Symbol</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_national_symbols </big></big>
 
Lists of national symbols.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Culture & Travel</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/ </big></big>
 
Introductions to cultures.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.wikivoyage.org/ </big></big>
 
Introduction of the city and many details of countries. It is open-source.
 
The most important page for travelers is [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Stay_safe this].
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.everyculture.com/ </big></big>
 
Its information is old. There are details of peoples and countries.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.civilopedia.net/ </big></big>
 
Encyclopedia for Sid Meier's Civilization VI. It even has multiple languages, so it's great for reading as well.
 
<hr><big><big> https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/ </big></big>
 
It is about countries and in progress.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.commisceo-global.com/country-guides/ </big></big>
 
It is mainly about some details about manners.
 
<hr><big><big> https://guide.culturecrossing.net/index.php </big></big>
 
It is mainly about some details about manners.
 
<hr><big><big> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_subcultures </big></big>
 
Subcultures, modern things.
 
<hr><big><big> https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/ </big></big>
 
Cultural heritages. There is also an interactive map.
 
<hr><big><big> https://ich.unesco.org/en/lists/ </big></big>
 
Intangible cultural heritages.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.tripadvisor.com/ </big></big>
 
Guide of travelling cities.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/ </big></big>
 
A formal publication of basic information about countries.
 
<hr><big><big> https://worldcultures.webs.com/ </big></big>
 
Links to other sites about cultures.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">History</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.worldhistory.org/ </big></big>
 
An encyclopedia. Articles, images, videos, 3D images, podcasts and more.
 
<hr><big><big> http://www.fsmitha.com/ </big></big>
 
Detailed articles about history.
 
<hr><big><big> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.timleg.historytimeline </big></big>
 
An app about major events of history.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html </big></big>
 
Basic knowledge of the world history. Good for beginners. Looks old-fashioned, but it is not bad if you get used to it.
 
<hr><big><big> https://histography.io/ </big></big>
 
Historical events in dots.
 
<hr><big><big> https://omniatlas.com/ </big></big>
 
It shows you some old news with detailed maps.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.timemaps.com/ </big></big>
 
Maps of history.
 
<hr><big><big> https://worldhist.org/ </big></big>
 
Map of every year. Names of nations can be searched.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.worldhistorymaps.info/ </big></big>
 
Historical maps. Its works are under a public license.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.oldmapsonline.org/ </big></big>
 
Old maps around the world.
 
The site has trouble with the mobile site. You need to set to view the desktop site on mobile.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">[https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Philosophical-and-Religious-Texts Philosophy & Religion]</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://plato.stanford.edu/index.html </big></big>
 
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
 
<hr><big><big> https://iep.utm.edu/ </big></big>
 
University of Tennessee at Martin's Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.philosophybasics.com/ </big></big>
 
The basics of philosophy, “by a layman for the layman”.
 
<hr><big><big> https://simplyphilosophy.org/ </big></big>
 
Articles about different aspects of philosophy.
 
<hr><big><big> http://philosophypages.com/ </big></big>
 
Resources about philosophy. Its work is under a public license.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.learnreligions.com/ </big></big>
 
Articles about religions.
 
<hr><big><big> https://slife.org/ </big></big>
 
An interfaith community with introductions to spiritual topics.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.holybooks.com/ </big></big>
 
Downloadable books about religions.
 
<hr><big><big> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religions_and_spiritual_traditions </big></big>
 
List of religions and spiritual traditions.
 
<hr><big><big> https://virtualreligion.net/ </big></big>
 
Resources about religions.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Mythology</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://mythbank.com/ </big></big>
 
Basics of myths.
 
<hr><big><big>https://mythopedia.com/</big></big>
 
Myth information.
 
<hr><big><big> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mythologies</big></big>
 
List of mythologies.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Epic</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epic_poems </big></big>
 
Epics.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Geography</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.worldatlas.com/ </big></big>
 
Short articles.
 
<hr><big><big> !! http://worldmapquiz.qbisstudio.com/index.html </big></big>
 
An app for practising world map in several languages.
Dependencies are not all included. The form of address in Chinese version is a mixture of PRC's and ROC's, which is not good. For Chinese names of countries, there is a list: [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/Countries-and-Nationalities]].
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.geoguessr.com/seterra/ </big></big>
 
Game of geography, online or with apps.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.flagid.org/ </big></big>
 
Flag identifier.
 
<hr><big><big> https://worldledaily.com/ </big></big>
 
Street view quizzes.
 
<hr><big><big> https://virtualvacation.us/ </big></big>
 
Street view videos with quizzes.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Music</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://folkcloud.com/ </big></big>
 
Information about folk music.
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.chosic.com/ </big></big>
 
Many tools about music, including similar song finder.
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.soundhound.com/ </big></big>
 
Recognize music with recording or your hum. It has some advantages over Shazam.
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.shazam.com/ </big></big>
 
Recognize music with recording. It has some advantages over Soundhound.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Art</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.wikiart.org/ </big></big>
 
All kinds of artwork around the world.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Dance</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic,_regional,_and_folk_dances_by_origin </big></big>
 
Dances by origin. You can search for them on video sites.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">[https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Websites-of-Cuisine-Recipes Cuisine]</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.allrecipes.com/recipes/86/world-cuisine/ </big></big>
 
A bit of recipes around the world.
 
<hr><big><big> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cuisines </big></big>
 
List of cuisines.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Sport</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> http://www.traditionalsports.org/ </big></big>
 
Introduction to traditional sports.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">[https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Tabletop-Games Tabletop Game]</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://drwhut.itch.io/tabletop-club </big></big>
 
Multiplayer 3D tabletop games. Still incomplete currently. It is open-source.
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://pysolfc.sourceforge.io/ </big></big>
 
Card and tile games. It is open-source.
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/ </big></big>
 
Traditional board games. Its user interface is more cruel than AI opponents. It is open-source.
 
There are pre-installed engines, but they are somehow old. The most versatile engine is [https://github.com/ianfab/Fairy-Stockfish Fairy Stockfish].
 
[https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess Cute Chess] looks good, but Xiangqi and Janggi are missing.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.pychess.org/ </big></big>
 
Multiplayer platform for playing chess variants.
 
<hr><big><big> https://vassalengine.org/ </big></big>
 
Strategy game engine and modules. It is open-source.
 
<hr><big><big> https://boardgamegeek.com/ </big></big>
 
Information of board games.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.wopc.co.uk/ </big></big>
 
Playing card patterns.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Folk Costume</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_costume </big></big>
 
List of folk costume.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Folktale</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://fairytalez.com/ </big></big>
 
Some tales.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.worldoftales.com/ </big></big>
 
Some tale books.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Festival</div> ==
<hr><big><big> !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_festivals_by_country </big></big>
 
Not complete, but still good.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.world-festivals.net/ </big></big>
 
It includes more countries than the one above. I wonder if it is so difficult to gather information about festivals.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Martial Art</div> ==
<hr><big><big> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_martial_arts </big></big>
 
List of martial arts.
 
<hr><big><big> https://blackbeltwiki.com/ </big></big>
 
Introduction to many martial arts.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Name </div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_most_common_surnames </big></big>
 
List of the most popular family names.
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_popular_given_names </big></big>
 
List of the most popular given names.
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.behindthename.com/ </big></big>
 
Find the meanings of a given name.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Astronomy</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://stellarium.org/ </big></big>
 
You can see the sky in different locations and times. There are starlores in different cultures. Some even have constellation art.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Living Condition</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/ </big></big>
 
Prices from the world. Sometimes inaccurate.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.globalproductprices.com/ </big></big>
 
The prices of products in different regions. Its work is under a public license.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/ </big></big>
 
The prices of energy in different regions. Its work is under a public license.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Economy</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.exchange-rates.org/ </big></big>
 
Exchange rates.
 
<hr><big><big> https://commodity.com/ </big></big>
 
Basic understanding of trading around the world.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Vehicle</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.globalcarsbrands.com/ </big></big>
 
Automobile brands around the world.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Statistics</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.statista.com/ </big></big>
 
All kinds of statistical data. Some are free.
 
<hr><big><big> https://ourworldindata.org/ </big></big>
 
It has detailed explanation on its data.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Train</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.seat61.com/ </big></big>
 
Information about train travels.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Prepaid SIM Card</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://prepaid-data-sim-card.fandom.com/wiki/Prepaid_SIM_with_data </big></big>
 
Details about SIM cards. Its work is under a public license.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">License Plate</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> !! http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/ </big></big>
 
Take a look if you are interested. It's completed.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Trivia Quiz</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.jetpunk.com/ </big></big>
 
Trivia quizzes of the world. It is available in multiple languages.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Model</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://castle-engine.io/view3dscene.php </big></big>
 
3D model viewer with support of walking and flying. It is open-source.
 
<hr><big><big> https://sketchfab.com/ </big></big>
 
3D models, some of which are under public licenses. Make sure your computer's memory is large enough to view them.
 
You can also use 3D printers to print them if you like.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Character</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap </big></big>
 
Character map for Linux and macOS. It is open-source.
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://leun4m.github.io/symbsearch/ </big></big>
 
Character search for Windows. It is open-source.
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://github.com/Ryosuke839/UnicodePad </big></big>
 
Character search for Android. It is open-source.
 
It is also available [https://f-droid.org/en/packages/jp.ddo.hotmist.unicodepad/ on F-droid].
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">[https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/FLOSS-Fonts Font]</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.google.com/get/noto/ </big></big>
 
It presents a lot of fonts in one art style. It is open-source.
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html </big></big>
 
No one covers more of the Unicode map than GNU Unifont. It is open-source.
 
Its function is limited, such as bad support for South and Southeast Asian characters.
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://www.fontspace.com/ </big></big>
 
You can go to its “stuff” and search by Unicode characters.
 
<hr><big><big> https://github.com/sdushantha/fontpreview </big></big>
 
Font previewer in command-line. It is open-source.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Optical Character Recognition</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> https://github.com/manisandro/gImageReader </big></big>
 
It recognizes characters on the screen with Tesseract. It is open-source.
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ba7mflTI1I A video about training].
 
<hr><big><big> https://dynobo.github.io/normcap/ </big></big>
 
Capture screen and recognize the characters with Tesseract. It is open-source.
 
<hr><big><big> !! https://tegaki.github.io/ </big></big>
 
Handwriting recognition for Chinese and Japanese. You can download new models and load them. It is open-source.
 
<hr><big><big> https://github.com/SubhamTyagi/android-ocr </big></big>
 
It uses Tesseract 4 data on Android. It is open-source.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Language Identifier</div> ==
 
<hr><big><big> !! http://www.polyglot3000.com/ </big></big>
 
Language identifier.
 
<hr><big><big> https://github.com/cisnlp/GlotLID </big></big>
 
Language identifier in command-line. It is open-source.
 
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Resource Links</div> ==
Unlike this page, those are for some specific languages, and I am not responsible for their qualities.
 
<hr><big><big> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Free_media_resources </big></big>
 
Free media resources.


<hr><big><big> https://www.lexilogos.com/english/index.htm </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://www.lexilogos.com/english/index.htm </big></big>


This one is in a great quantity that even GrimPixel's resource pages can hardly match.
This one is in a great quantity.


<hr><big><big> https://www.ats-group.net/language-resources.html </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://www.ats-group.net/language-resources.html </big></big>


This one has a lot of languages.
This service has many languages.
 
<hr><big><big> https://gratisglobal.com/ </big></big>
 
A comprehensive resource database.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.openculture.com/ </big></big>
 
This one has various references.
 
<hr><big><big> https://www.lonweb.org/ </big></big>
 
This one has more languages with fewer links for each one.


<hr><big><big> http://lexicity.com/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> http://lexicity.com/ </big></big>


This one focuses on ancient languages.
This one focuses on ancient languages.
<hr><big><big> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Free_media_resources </big></big>
Free media resources.
<hr><big><big> https://www.alllanguageresources.com/ </big></big>
This one includes recommendations that are not free-of-charge without notice.


<hr><big><big> http://www.meta-share.org/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> http://www.meta-share.org/ </big></big>


Repository for language researching.
Repository for language researching.
<hr><big><big> https://nlp.stanford.edu/links/statnlp.html </big></big>
Academic software. You may wonder why academicians are so dumb at design. That is because they are not so good at front-end and they don't have to learn much of it.


== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Internet Archive</div> ==
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Internet Archive</div> ==
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They provide 10GB each month with high speed and multiple locations for free. Great for “immersive language learning”.
They provide 10GB each month with high speed and multiple locations for free. Great for “immersive language learning”.
== <div style="color:#119922; font-weight:bold;">Endangered Language Protection</div> ==
If you are capable and responsible, please consider to protect endangered languages.
<hr><big><big> https://www.eldp.net/ </big></big>
<hr><big><big> https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/ </big></big>


== <div style="color:#ffad00; font-weight:bold;">-- AUTHOR --</div> ==
== <div style="color:#ffad00; font-weight:bold;">-- AUTHOR --</div> ==
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Free Internet Resources for Polyglots - 2025
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Hello polyglots, 😀

Polyglots are individuals who are able to speak multiple languages fluently. With the rise of the internet and technology, there are now numerous online free resources and tools available for polyglots to improve their language skills and connect with other language enthusiasts. This article aims to provide an overview of the most useful internet resources for polyglots, including language learning websites, forums, and social media communities. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned polyglot, these resources can help you take your language skills to the next level and further your language journey.


  • Links with “!!!!” are the most important resources for you if you don't know English well;
  • Links with “!!” has low English skill requirement.
  • For the condensed version of this article, go HERE.


This page has a child: Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-resources-for-learning-specific-languages.

Welcome to our lesson on "Multiple-languages Culture → Internet resources for polyglots"! 🌍 In this lesson, we will explore various online resources that can help you enhance your language learning journey and dive deeper into the fascinating world of polyglots. After completing this lesson, you can also check out other related pages, such as our Polyglot Club Team page, where you can learn more about the people behind the scenes who are passionate about multiple languages and cultures.

If you're interested in learning how to study languages more effectively, don't miss our guide on studying with a markup language, which can help you organize your language learning materials in a more structured way. And for those who love video games, we have a special treat for you! Discover how you can explore real-life locations through video games with multiple languages and cultures! 🎮

So, let's dive into the world of polyglots and explore the best internet resources to help you become a true language enthusiast!

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Advices[edit | edit source]

This page is updated from time to time, not frequently, not regularly. “But how do I know what you have changed since the last time I come here?” Try this: hover your mouse over “Actions” in the upper right corner of this page, click on “history”, select the current and the version you saw last time, click on “Compare selected versions”.

It would be great if you pay a visit to every site on the list. Don't lose your curiosity.

If you want to do creative work to help others to learn languages and to know about cultures, please visit Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Productivity-tools-for-polyglots.

It is not recommended to put some banner like “featured in Polyglot Club” on your website, because this list is dynamic.

It is highly recommended to have privacy protections on. There are resources on privacy:

Tips[edit | edit source]

Some programs require the use of command-line. There is an article about how to do it on Windows. If you want to customise the font in command-line on Windows, you can use ConEmu.

Some programs split words in a sentence with spaces. In this case, texts in Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese and other languages need a word segmentation.

To customise the display of webpages, see Greasy Fork to find corresponding tools.

See if you are downloading the binary file or the source code. Unless its language doesn't require compilation, you would need to build the program on your own with the source code. Links to download binaries (built programs) are elsewhere like “Releases” or links in the README.MD file. If you see there are multiple links in “Releases”, select the link with your corresponding operating system, CPU architecture and other clues in its filename. The “amd64” and “x86_64” have minor differences and are usually considered the same when describing a binary. “md5”, “sha256”, “sha512”, etc. are checksum formats, which can be used to check the integrity of the downloaded file. You can use the open-source tool GtkHash to check the integrity of the files with the same name of the checksum files.

If you see SourceForge, you may simply click on the “Download” button. In some cases, the downloaded file is not what you want. Then you need to find it out in “Files”.

If you don't see an executable file in the program, then you may have to compile it and then run it, if the programming language of the program requires it. You may find details on the internet.

JavaScript and some other languages support running something with two programs: a server and a client. You need to start the server, then access the server with the client.

JavaScript programs often utilise Electron.js to have cross-platform support easily, which integrates a Chromium in every program and occupies a lot of resources.

Java relies on a virtual machine, which is an emulator of a computer system and requires some more system resources.

See if the program is updated recently. Outdated programs may be no longer reliable, because they may rely on something else, like another program or a webpage, which can become invalid with the change of time. It may also contain security loopholes that were not discovered at that time and discovered now.

Political activism can motivate people to cause unexpected damage, like node-ipc by RIAEvangelist on GitHub.

Resource Selection Criteria[edit | edit source]

To be listed on this page, resources should possess at least one of the following characteristics:

  1. be rich in FREE content (not just a trial or not fulfilling the need in the free part), and the free content is mostly accurate, and the free content is not all covered by other free ones;
  2. be made with a unique, good idea;
  3. has no better alternatives.

Resources possessing the following characteristics will be given disadvantage:

  1. propagate specific political or religious ideas without possibility of discussion.

Resources with the following features will be given a little priority:

  1. available offline;
  2. available on multiple platforms;
  3. multilingual user interface;
  4. lightweight (including “written in C”);
  5. open source;
  6. privacy-friendly (including “registration not required”).

Blue Light Filter & Dark Mode
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 !! https://codeberg.org/fusco/gummy

Filter for Linux. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/LibreShift/red-moon/

Filter for Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://codeberg.org/ltguillaume/redshift-tray

Filter for Windows. It is open-source.


 !! https://codeberg.org/sanshiro/EyeCareWindow

Coloured window with mouse passthrough. It is open-source.


 !! https://darkreader.org/

Dark mode for web browsers. It is open-source.

Reminder
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 !! https://workrave.org/

Rest reminder. It can lock your keyboard and mouse buttons when it is time. It is open-source.

Write a review


 !! https://github.com/AllanChain/sane-break

Reminder with notice in advance. It is open-source.


 !! https://gitlab.com/axet/android-hourly-reminder

Repeating timer. It alarms every hour or even minute. This reminds you how a minute passes by. It is open-source.


 !! https://bdt.jepfa.de/

Break down a period of time to equal slices on Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/mattvchandler/ProgressBars

Progress bars on Android. It is open-source.

Work-Break Timer
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 !! https://github.com/vjousse/pomodorolm

Simple work-break timer on desktop. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/ayoisaiah/focus

Work-break timer in command-line. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/Arijit-05/Fomodoro

Work-break timer with custom sessions on Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/adrcotfas/Goodtime

Work-break timer with statistics on Android. It is open-source.

Activity Tracker
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https://activitywatch.net/

Track your own desktop activity. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/rybak/resoday

Habit calendar on desktop. It is open-source.


 !! https://codeberg.org/fynngodau/usageDirect

It shows your app usage on Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://codito.github.io/habito/

Habit tracker in command-line. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/SamAmco/track-and-graph

Habit tracker with graphs on Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/Razeeman/Android-SimpleTimeTracker

Timer for activities on Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/iSoron/uhabits

Simple habit tracker on Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://gottcode.org/kapow/

Timer for activities on desktop. It can also generate a report. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/appstome/timetome-app

Timer for activities on Android. It is open-source.

Its timer doesn't stop, so if you would like to do anything untracked, you need to select “other” and that category is tracked as well.


 !! https://github.com/Glitchy-Tozier/githo

Form a habit step by step on Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/Destaq/language-learning-dashboard

Dashboard for language learning, requiring some programming knowledge. It is open-source.

Self-Control Helper
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 !! https://safing.io/

Firewall for blocking Internet traffic for Desktop. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/anfragment/zen

Internet traffic filter list on desktop. It is open-source.


 !! https://rethinkdns.com/

Firewall for blocking Internet traffic on Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://launchpad.net/timekpr-next

Limits the using times with a schedule for Linux. It is open-source.


 !! https://www.proginosko.com/leechblock/

Browser add-ons for blocking websites. It is open-source.


 !! https://selfcontrolapp.com/

Block websites for Mac. It is open-source.


 !! https://timelimit.io/

Limit your app using time for Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://detoxdroid.flx-apps.com/

Some other measures to help you on Android. Need to use a PC to enable developer mode. It is open-source.

It can be downloaded from F-droid.


 !! https://github.com/sweakpl/unlock-master

Limit your mobile phone usage. It is open-source.

It can be downloaded from IzzyOnDroid.


 !! https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists

Blocklists. It is open-source.

Skill Training
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https://humanbenchmark.com/

Tester of multiple skills.


 !! https://aimtrain.gitlab.io/

First-person shooter training for better cognition. It is open-source.


 !! https://codeberg.org/quentin-bettoum/libre-memory-game

Memory game. It is open-source.

Workout
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 !! https://github.com/oliexdev/openWorkout

Workout assistant for Android with animations or videos. It is open-source.

Eating
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https://codeberg.org/epinez/Energize/

Nutrition tracker for Android. It is open-source.


https://world.openfoodfacts.org/

Information about food nutrition.

Relaxation & Meditation
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 !! https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/

Sound effects. Turn loop on and enjoy. Its works are under a public license.


 !! https://github.com/rafaelmardojai/blanket

Play multiple audio files simultaneously on Linux. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/CliffracerMerchant/SoundAura

Play multiple audio files simultaneously on Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/yuttadhammo/BodhiTimer

Meditation timer. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/Mr-Kumar-Abhishek/brain-beats

Binaural beats and more for desktop. It is open-source.


 !! https://gitlab.com/axet/android-binaural-beats

Binaural beats for Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://sites.google.com/view/jithware

Meditation helper with breath control for Android. It is open-source.

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 !! https://colemak.com/

This one supports a lot of languages in Latin script, but it means to learn typing again. It is worth it. You may have noticed that “Kolemak” is even better than Colemak. How to modify keyboards will be discussed below.

A better layout image.

Note that the download link on the home page is “Caps Lock Unchanged”. The idea of replacing Caps Lock with Backspace is great because of its convenience to press Backspace, but having it unchanged is generally better because it's punitive to press Backspace, urging you to make fewer misspellings.

There is a flaw of no “„” or “‚”. You can replace “÷” and “×” with them. Also, the positions of single and double quotation marks only benefit British people for not pressing Shift. You can exchange their positions, too.

There is a modified version and local variants.


https://bepo.fr/wiki/Accueil

Based on French, giving consideration to European languages. But if you don't type French much, it might be not ideal.

No English translation for this site, but it doesn't matter, because this keyboard is generally pre-installed in common operating systems. You just need to find it in the “French” section of keyboard settings.


https://forum.colemak.com/topic/519-rulemak-russian-colemak-layout/

Variant of Colemak for typing Cyrillic. It is available as source code. It is pre-installed on Linux, but it requires some effort as mentioned in the “Colemak” section to make sure it appears in the files. “Greek (Colemak)” is also available.

For Windows, Portable Keyboard Layout is required. Or you can use that keyboard creator to do it manually.


 !! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kl.ime.oh

It is lightweight and supports many languages, with many keyboard layouts. But it has problems, such as poor Japanese support.


 !! https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard

Keyboard on Android with initial CJKV support. It is open-source.


 !! https://florisboard.org/

Keyboard on Android with CJKV support in its beta version. It is open-source.

Typing
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 !! https://github.com/max-niederman/ttyper

Typing practice in command-line with detailed statistics and missed-word practice. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/bloznelis/typioca

Typing practice in command-line with a time limit. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/Mithil467/mitype

See the replay of your typing session. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/plu5/retype

Type books in EPUB format. It is open-source.

Shortcut
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 !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_keyboard_shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts in general.


 !! https://defkey.com/

Keyboard shortcuts for specific programs. Add “?pdfOptions=True” to the end of address to download its PDF.

Cheat Sheet
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 !! https://cheatography.com/

Cheat sheets for programs.


 !! https://github.com/gnebbia/kb

Knowledge base of commands in command-line. It is open-source.

File Management
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 !! https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi

File manager in command-line. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/sharkdp/fd

Find local files in command-line. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/phiresky/ripgrep-all

Find texts in local files in command-line. It is open-source.

Text Editor
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 !! https://www.geany.org/

Text editor with features like replacing text in multiple files. It is open-source.


 !! http://lapce.dev/

Text editor with plugins. Input methods like Fcitx not supported yet. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/gsantner/markor

Text editor with markdown and todo.txt supports on Android. It even has a “speed read” function. It is open-source.


 !! https://micro-editor.github.io/

Simple text editor in command-line. It is open-source.


https://neovim.io/

Text editor in command-line with modes and plugins. It is open-source.

A configuration like LazyVim is recommended.


https://github.com/helix-editor/helix

Text editor in command-line with modes. It is open-source.

Terminal Emulator
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 !! https://alacritty.org/

Terminal with high performance and correct Unicode support. It is open-source.

Spreadsheet
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 !! https://www.marktyler.org/ced/

Minimal spreadsheet program. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/wfxr/csview

Spreadsheet viewer in command-line. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/jqnatividad/qsv

Spreadsheet tool in command-line. It is open-source.

Comprehensive Tool
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 !! https://affine.pro/

Text and whiteboard. It is open-source.


 !! https://super-productivity.com/

Good-looking schedule with a pomodoro timer. It is open-source.

A video about it.


 !! https://xwmx.github.io/nb/

Knowledge management in command-line. It is open-source.


 !! https://jtx.techbee.at/

Journal, note, todo with tags on Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/mhss1/MyBrain

All-in-One productivity on Android. It is open-source.

Task Planner & To-Do-List
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 !! https://www.abstractspoon.com/

Versatile task planner on desktop. It is open-source.


 !! https://www.taskcoach.org/

Simple task planner on desktop. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/v1tzor/TimePlanner

Task planner on Android. It is open-source.


https://taskwarrior.org/

Task planner in command-line. It is open-source.


https://github.com/anufrievroman/calcure

Simple task planner in command-line. It is open-source.


 !! https://eck.cologne/peafactory/en/html/calendar_pea.html

Task calendar with encryption on Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/Etar-Group/Etar-Calendar

Task calendar on Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/Sztorm/NoteCalendar

Note calendar. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/ransome1/sleek

To-do-list based on todo.txt. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/kraanzu/dooit

To-do-list in command-line with TUI. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/Zaloog/kanban-python

Kanban in command-line. It is open-source.


 !! https://tasks.org/

To-do-list on Android. It is open-source.


https://github.com/ribeirompl/144_blocks

Plan a day in 144 blocks. It is open-source.

Notebook
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 !! https://logseq.com/

Knowledge manager with graphic view of nodes and flashcards. It has plugins including adding Anki Flashcards. It is open-source.


 !! https://joplinapp.org/

Notes with end-to-end encryption and syncronisation. It is open-source.


 !! https://mindforger.com/

Notes with hierarchy and tags, and can be exported to CSV files. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/TriliumNext/Notes

Advanced notebook with hierarchy, text formatting, link map, synchronization and encryption. Good for working. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes

Notes and Todos. It is open-source.


 !! https://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree/

Hierarchical notebook with encryption. It is open-source.


 !! https://eck.cologne/peafactory/en/html/notebook_pea.html

Write RTF files with encryption. It is open-source.


 !! https://quillpad.github.io/

Simple note-taking app for Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/YangDai2003/OpenNote-Compose

Note-taking app for Android with Markdown, LaTeX and Mermaid support. It is open-source.


 !! https://safenotes.dev/

Encrypted notes on Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://jrnl.sh/

Notes in command-line. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/AmmarAbouZor/tui-journal

Journal in command-line. It is open-source.


 !! https://orgmode.org/

Notebook for Emacs, Neovim and other text editors. It is open-source.


 !! https://gitlab.com/ferreum/pto

Plain Text that can be activated at the lock-screen on Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://postkevone.github.io/tiddlyresearch/

Notebook for Tiddly Wiki. It is open-source.

Handwriting Notebook
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 !! https://xournalpp.github.io/

Handwritten note editor. It is open-source.


 !! https://saber.adil.hanney.org/

Note with handwriting. It is open-source.


 !! https://rnote.flxzt.net/

Handwriting program. It is open-source.

Audio Notebook
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 !! https://certified84.github.io/AudioNote/

Audio notebook on Andriod. It is open-source.

Whiteboard
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 !! https://excalidraw.com/

Online whiteboard. It is open-source.


 !! https://www.tldraw.com/

Online whiteboard. It is open-source.

Wiki
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https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki

Wiki with many add-ons. It is open-source.

It requires setting up a server.

It has an open-source viewer for Android.


https://tiddlywiki.com/

Non-linear Wiki on web with HTML files. It is open-source.

Not ideal if the file is large. If the file is large, that means each time you modify and save it, it writes another large file.

It has an open-source viewer for Android.


 !! https://www.zim-wiki.org/

Simple wiki. It is open-source.

Diary
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 !! https://rednotebook.app/

Diary for desktop. It is open-source.


 !! https://billthefarmer.github.io/diary/

Diary for Android. It is open-source.

Diagram
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 !! https://www.diagrams.net/

Diagrams. It is open-source.

Timeline
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 !! http://thetimelineproj.sourceforge.net/

Timeline. It is open-source.

Mind Map
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 !! https://www.insilmaril.de/vym/

Mind map with not many and not few features. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/juzzlin/Heimer

Simple and intuitive mind map. It is open-source.


 !! https://markmap.js.org/

Markdown mind map with VSCodium / VS Code support. It is open-source.


http://tiddlymap.org/

Mind map for Tiddly Wiki. It is open-source.

Hierarchical Spreadsheet
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 !! https://strlen.com/treesheets/

It combines mind map, spreadsheet and other forms of data. It is open-source.

A video about it.

Graph
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 !! https://foambubble.github.io/

Graph for VSCodium and VSCode. It is open-source.

Media Management
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 !! https://www.tagspaces.org/

File tagging. It is open-source.


 !! https://calibre-ebook.com/

E-Book manager. It is open-source.

The main drawback is it has to keep a copy of your book in a central directory, which will cause duplication if you also keep the book elsewhere.


 !! https://github.com/mateusz-bak/openreads-android

E-Book tracker on Android. It is open-source.

Web Table Extraction
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 !! https://www.libreoffice.org/

Office suite with spreadsheet that can capture web tables. It is open-source.


 !! https://merribithouse.net/copytables/

Capture tables from webpages for Chrome and Safari. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/nirantak/copytables

Fork of Copytables for Firefox. It is open-source.

Logic
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https://forallx.openlogicproject.org/

Book edited by different groups of people. Its work is under a public license.


https://www.logicmatters.net/tyl/

Book, conditioned distribution allowed.

Artificial Intelligence
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 !!!! https://www.deepseek.com/

One of the top open AI models online. It is open-source.


 !!!! https://chat.qwenlm.ai/

One of the top open AI models online. It is open-source.


 !!!! https://gpt4all.io/

AI application with several models available for offline use. It is open-source.


 !!!! https://chatboxai.app/

Client for online and self-host AI services. It is open-source.

International Phonetic Alphabet
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 !! https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/

The site of the maker. The full IPA chart can be downloaded here. There is also a link to an interactive IPA chart.


 !! https://easypronunciation.com/en/ipa-phonetic-transcription-converters

IPA and romanization transcriptions. Very detailed, but there is a limitation for each hour. Its “More Tools” is also noteworthy.


https://github.com/dmort27/epitran/

Transcription to IPA. It is open-source. It won't help if you don't know Python.

It only supports words, as is discussed. Somebody can develop a tool for sound change.

Pronunciation
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 !!!! https://lingualibre.org/

Pronunciation data from Wikimedia Commons. Its work is under a public license.


 !!!! https://forvo.com/

Dictionary of pronunciation.

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 !! https://phoible.org/

Phonological data. Its work is under a public license.

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https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/

Mainly courses of Foreign Service Institute, Defense Language Institute, Peace-Corps. FSI is initially aimed at middle-aged officials, so maybe not everyone likes it. Its work is partly in public domain.


https://www.coursera.org/browse/language-learning/

Some super cool courses. This is suggested by RomDasha.


 !!!! https://www.lingolia.com/

A little site with useful basic courses of 5 languages with good design.


https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Subject:Languages

Books are mostly incomplete and in lack of update, but some are nearly completed or completed, not bad.


https://ikindalikelanguages.com/

Introductions to languages.

Speaking
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 !!!! https://youglish.com/

Pronunciation from videos, with a large subtitle frame.

It is better to be used together with the Chromium or Chrome extension Separate Window.


 !! https://speechling.com/

Submit the recording and wait for the response. Supported languages are not many.

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 !! https://ivypanda.com/tongue-twisters

Try not to hurt yourself when practising.

It covers an older site and has improved a lot. There's no copyright affair involved because such a list is not a “creative work”.

You may want to ask if this page is protected by copyright. All my comments are protected, the list of links like the one in that brief version is not.

Flashcard
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 !!!! https://apps.ankiweb.net/

Offline flashcard platform. You can find its manual at “Docs” on the website. Content can be rendered in HTML and CSS. It is open-source.

Unfortunately, not free on iOS.

Related resources:

Shared Decks Add-ons External Programs
Beginner Tutorial TSV Creation Web Scrapping Markup Studying

There is also a section of an article on flashcards.

There is an infamous issue of it: if you add or delete fields in a note type, you have to upload all your data when syncronising. Also expect Bazel, which it utilises to cause troubles.


 !! https://mnemosyne-proj.org/

Flashcards with basic functions. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/abeleinin/goki

Flashcards in command-line through TSV or CSV files with ChatGPT support. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/proycon/vocage

Minimalistic flashcards in command-line through TSV files. It is open-source.


https://www.memcode.com/

Flashcards on web. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/FilippVolodin/ReeePlayer

Flashcard with video clips. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/alyssaxuu/carden

Chromium/Chrome addon. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/tema6120/ForgetMeNot

Flashcard program for Android. More advanced than AnkiDroid in many aspects, including necessary instructions. You can even set intervals for the spaced repetition. It is open-source.

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 !! https://github.com/rh-id/a-flash-deck

Flashcards with notification on Android. It is open-source.


https://tadeas.dev/twsr/

Flashcard for Tiddly Wiki. It is open-source.

Presentation
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 !! https://codeberg.org/GrimPixel/Fountain

Presentation with TSV in command-line. It is open-source.


 !! https://maaslalani.com/slides/

Presentation with Markdown in command-line. It is open-source.

Wallpaper
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https://peterlevi.com/variety/

Wallpaper changer for Linux. It is open-source.

It has “quotes”, which can be used as the flashcard. An example is variety-german-words. To customise its code:

In “german_words.py”

  • Search and find “data = ”, change its structure;
  • Replace “reader(fin)” to “reader(file, delimiter="\t")” to support TSV;

In “words.csv”, change its content.

Danmaku
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https://github.com/luyuhuang/DWords2

Shoot entries on the screen. It is open-source.

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 !!!! https://context.reverso.net/translation/

Among its products, the mobile version of Context seems to be the most helpful: learn and practise new words with example sentences.


 !!!! https://babadum.com/

It's pretty good for educating young polyglots.

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 !!!! https://github.com/tkrajina/10000sentences

Sentences from Tatoeba to practice. It is aesthetically same with Anki (I mean copy-paste). It is open-source.


 !!!! https://www.clozemaster.com/

Learn with cloze. It is effective, but sometimes it is just repeating the same point in different questions. Also, synonyms are not supported.

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 !! https://www.languageguide.org/

Some basic vocabulary.


 !! https://babadada.com/

Visual dictionary. No grammatical genders or pronunciation, suitable for reviewing.

A lot of languages has not been completed yet, without any notice. Also, look out for polyseme mistakes.

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https://trielingual.com/

See the related phrases of a word. It is open-source.


https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Swadesh_lists

Swadesh lists are basic vocabulary, initially for linguistic use. But it can be the starting point of vocabulary building for language learners as well.


 !! https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Frequency_lists

Frequency lists. Make use of it with programs that help to memorise, such as Anki.

If you seriously want to learn a language, and there are no ready-made free flashcards reaching the native level, and you don't want to spend money, this may be the most effective way to memorise words.


 !! https://github.com/frekwencja/most-common-words-multilingual

Word frequency of top 5000 words.


 !! https://github.com/rspeer/wordfreq

Word frequency tool for Python. It is open-source.

Vocabulary Builder
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 !!!! https://github.com/jzohrab/lute-v3

Build vocabulary list by adding definitions to words on texts. It is open-source.


 !!!! https://github.com/simjanos-dev/LinguaCafe

Build voocabulary lists for some languages on local web. It is open-source.


 !!!! https://vocabhunter.github.io/

Find unfamiliar words in a document. Great for getting familiar with all words in a document before reading. Better to disable the filter. It is open-source.


 !!!! https://github.com/FreeLanguageTools/vocabsieve

Analyse the sentence, find the vocabulary and create Anki flashcards. It is open-source.


 !!!! https://github.com/geajack/Wordology

Browser add-on for building vocabulary. It is open-source.

Available for Chromium and Firefox.


 !! https://github.com/xxyzz/WordDumb

Footnote creator for e-books. It is open-source.

Etymology
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https://etymologeek.com/

Etymology in European languages.

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 !! https://sourceforge.net/projects/scrabble/

Scrabble. It is open-source.


 !! https://gottcode.org/tanglet/

Boggle. It is open-source.


 !! https://gottcode.org/connectagram/

Connectagram. It is open-source.


 !! https://gitlab.gnome.org/jrb/crosswords

Crossword on Linux. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/lexica/lexica

Game of finding words on Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://billthefarmer.github.io/gurgle/

A word game on Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://billthefarmer.github.io/gridle/

A word game on Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/Magoninho/word-search-puzzle-generator

Word search game on command-line. It is open-source.

To change the letters in the game, modify the list in “alphabet.py”.


 !! https://gitlab.com/Hague/forkyz

Crosswords on Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/devarshi16/HangMan

Hangman. It is open-source.

Its data is at “hangmanultimate/data.py”.


 !! https://gemelo.org/grabagram/

Anagram on mobile. It is open-source. Code at its github repository.

Quiz
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 !! https://github.com/Yvee1/hascard

Quizzes in Markdown files in command-line. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/ismet55555/exam-terminal

Quizzes in YAML files in command-line. It is open-source.

You may need to enter full-screen mode, otherwise the program won't work for not having enough space.


 !! https://github.com/JeromeSchmied/crablit

Quizzes TSV or other files in command-line. It is open-source.


 !! https://codeberg.org/GrimPixel/Quiz_Grid

Generate HTML tooltip quiz from TSV files. It is open-source.

Test
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https://lingua.com/

A few materials for beginners. Better treat it as your proficiency tests instead of learning materials because it's not much.

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 !! https://www.transparent.com/language-resources/tests.html

Test your proficiency.

There is only one set of test for each language. Don't search the meanings of the words you don't know if you want to take this test again later.


 !! https://www.arealme.com/vocabulary-size-test/en/

For testing your vocabulary size.

There is only one set of test for each language. Don't search the meanings of the words you don't know if you want to take this test again later.


 !! https://www.ezglot.com/vocabulary-test.php

Test your vocabulary size. It's faster and maybe not so accurate. The result is at an inconspicuous corner.

Reader
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 !! https://jakubmelka.github.io/

PDF reader and editor. It is open-source.


 !! https://mupdf.com/

Lightweight PDF reader for desktops. It is open-source.

Type “man mupdf” in command-line to see its shortcuts.


 !! https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/

PDF reader for Windows. Dark mode and Annotation are available. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/max-kammerer/orion-viewer

PDF reader for Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://www.libreoffice.org/

Editor for many document formats. It is open-source.


 !! https://johnfactotum.github.io/foliate/

Reader for Linux with features like layout and online translation. It is open-source.


 !! https://librera.mobi/

Reader for Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://koreader.rocks/

Reader with a simple user interface for Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://www.kiwix.org/

Read Wikipedia and some other sites offline. It is open-source.

RSS Tool
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 !! https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/373252-rss-show-site-all-rss

User script for showing RSS feeds of a website. It is open-source.

RSS Client
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 !! https://www.feedflow.dev/

Simple RSS feeder. It is open-source.


 !! https://lzone.de/liferea

RSS feeder for Linux. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/martinrotter/rssguard

RSS feeder for desktop. It is open-source.


 !! https://newsboat.org/

RSS feeder in command-line. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/readrops/Readrops

RSS feeder for Android. It is open-source.

RSS Feed
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 !! https://www.cyberseo.net/public-rss-feed-catalogue/

Catalogue of RSS feeds.

Image Viewer
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 !! https://github.com/nomacs/nomacs

Image viewer. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/atanunq/viu

Image viewer in command-line. It is open-source.

Webpage Tool
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 !! https://tabsets.web.app/

Group tabs in sets. It is open source.


 !! https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile

Save the web page as a single file.


 !! https://github.com/lapwat/papeer

Save webpages in different formats in command-line. It is open-source.


https://github.com/OlegWock/anori

Browser extension for customised new tab with Anki support. It is open-source.


https://github.com/zimocode/smartupGesturefy

Gestures for some Browsers. It is open-source.


https://floccus.org/

Synchronise bookmarks. It is open-source.

Speed Reader
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https://github.com/Darazaki/Spedread

Reading speed trainer for Linux. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/pasky/speedread

Reading speed trainer. Perl is required. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/nemanjan00/uniread

Speed reader with e-book support. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/Quantum-mutnauQ/Fast_Reader_GTK

Speed reader for Linux. It is open-source.


 !! https://comfortreader.rhizomaticdesign.net/

Streaming reader for Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/FP22FD/auto-scroll-down-chrome-extension

Autoscrolling for Chromium/Chrome. Good for practising reading speed.


 !! https://github.com/hisakaz0/AutoScrolling

Autoscrolling for Firefox. Good for practising reading speed. It is open-source.

Book Catalogue
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https://github.com/tfonteyn/NeverTooManyBooks

Book catalogue on Android. It is open-source.

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 !! https://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page

Literature in public domain. They can be downloaded.


https://www.gutenberg.org/

The largest collections of books in the public domain, mostly in English, though.

Android app for downloading books is available at Myne.

There is a book catalogue website with ever-changing domain names: LibGen, which contains a wider range of books. Make sure you don't see any strange link there. It is also available on Android.

Writing
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https://owl.excelsior.edu/

It is not for learning languages, but for how to write and read. Its work is under a public license.

It is teaching about English, so something does not apply to some other languages.


https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html

Another online writing lab.


https://www.theologeek.ch/manuskript/

Tool for writing stuff. It is open-source.


https://github.com/Wavesonics/hammer-editor

Tool for writing on Android. It is open-source.


https://github.com/Wavesonics/hammer-editor

Corrector of minor typos. It is open-source.

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 !!!! https://www.wiktionary.org/

Practical, no need to switch dictionaries, translations in many languages are shown together.

there is a parser for its data. Extracted JSON data are also available.


 !!!! https://www.wordreference.com/

It is really completed.


 !!!! https://www.linguee.com/

It is completed, with example sentences of high quality. You can even find uncommon words with meanings of common words.


 !!!! https://bab.la/

It is completed for several languages.


 !!!! https://iate.europa.eu/

Terminology dictionary of European Union. That is to say, what you search should be a term.


 !! https://glosbe.com/

It supports a lot of languages, citing results from several corpora. It is somehow messy and in many cases inaccurate, but if the dictionaries listed above have no result about a word, this one may help.

Dictionary Client
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 !!!! https://xiaoyifang.github.io/goldendict-ng/

It supports online and offline dictionaries, based on GoldenDict. It is open-source.

You can search the word by selecting it and listen to Forvo pronunciation. You can also add dictionary websites.


 !!!! https://github.com/farfromrefug/OSS-Dict

Offline dictionary in SLOB format. It is open-source.


 !!!! https://github.com/pnlpal/dictionaries

Browser add-on with clear results and can export to Anki decks. It is open-source.


 !!!! https://mouse-dictionary.netlify.app/

Browser add-on for searching local dictionary files. It is open-source.

To convert dictionary text files into TSV format, see this article. The files at “mouse-dictionary/data/rule/” will need to be edited as well.


https://crissium.github.io/SilverDict/

Web version of GoldenDict. It is open-source.

Translation
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 !! https://invent.kde.org/office/crow-translate

Translator with multiple engine support. It is open-source.


 !! https://invent.kde.org/office/crow-translate

Translator with multiple engine support and plugins. It is open-source.


https://www.soimort.org/translate-shell/

Command-line translator from different sources. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/Bnyro/TranslateYou

Translator for Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://linguister.io/

Webpage translation with sentence dictionaries. It is open-source.


https://github.com/ttop32/MouseTooltipTranslator

Translator for Chromium and other Browsers with mouse hovering. It is open-source.

This extension sets AltGr key to translate.

Transliteration
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 !! https://codeberg.org/GrimPixel/Transliteration

Transliterator. It is at the beginning phase. It is open-source.

Conjugation
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 !!!! https://cooljugator.com/

Conjugation and some declension.


 !!!! https://www.verbix.com/

Conjugation.

Gender
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 !! http://www.passion4teq.com/apps/

Apps for practising genders in 4 languages. You can also estimate how long you can practice until your battery goes empty.

Number
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https://codeberg.org/GrimPixel/Numeration

Program to practise reading numbers. It is open-source.

In progress. It can see major progresses during school holidays. Introduction: Language/Multiple-languages/Vocabulary/Numeration-Tutorial.

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 !! https://www.languagesandnumbers.com/numbering-systems/

Rules of writing numbers, more concise than Wikipedia's entries.

Grammar Checker
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https://languagetool.org/

It supports several languages, but works well on the few. It is open-source.

A video about the rule editor.

Audio Player
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 !! https://audacious-media-player.org/

Lightweight audio player for desktops. It is open-source.


 !! https://www.strawberrymusicplayer.org/

Audio manager with many features. It is open-source.


 !! https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io/

Simple audio manager. It is open-source.


 !! https://codeberg.org/coleblvck/AntiiQ

Audio player for Android with speed control. It is open-source.


 !! https://musikcube.com/

Audio player in command-line. It is open-source.

Video Player
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 !! https://mpv.io/

Video player with fast response. It is open-source.


 !! https://www.smplayer.info/

It is a frontend of MPlayer and can display two subtitles. It is open-source.

What a good name of this program.


 !! https://github.com/moneytoo/Player

Video player for Android. It is open-source.

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 !!!! https://www.listeningpractice.org/

To practice listening. Voices are from volunteers and their qualities vary. It also has conjugation exercises. Its work is under public licenses.

If your browser doesn't play the audio automatically, then you need to grant the website the autoplay permission (next to the URL in Firefox).


 !! https://globalstorybooks.net/

Stories in many languages translated from African Storybook. Its work is under a public license.


 !! https://www.easy-languages.org/

Street interview videos with embedded subtitles. Real and fun.

The first time I watch a video, I was busy picking up the unknown words; the second time, I understood the sentences; the third time, I got an impression what kind of person the interviewee is.


 !! https://librivox.org/

Books read by volunteers. Its work is under public licenses.


 !! https://lyricstraining.com/

Listen to songs and fill in the blanks of lyrics.


 !! https://www.captionpop.com/

Watch videos and learn with subtitles.


 !! https://lingualibre.org/

Recordings. Its work is under a public license.


 !! https://rhinospike.com/

Recordings.


 !! https://audio-lingua.ac-versailles.fr/

Listening materials with CEFRL levels. Its work is under public licenses.

It doesn't have transcripts, so speech-recognition is required.

Audio & Video Tool
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 !! https://tenacityaudio.org/

For audio edit, as well as training your pronunciation by comparing your own voice with the recording you were imitating. Fork of Audacity without potential privacy violation. It is open-source.

There are videos about checking your pronunciation, practising dialogues on your own, recording computer audio, labeling audio positions.


 !! https://obsproject.com/

When you are playing games in the languages you are learning, it is often hard to focus on the voices and subtitles without failing your goals in the games. You can solve this problem by recording your gameplay with this program. It is open-source.


https://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/

With this one, you can say you are “studying” pronunciation.

A little tutorial and a big playlist of various videos.

Text-to-Speech
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If you don't know how to get the voices on Windows, you can see Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/How-to-use-SR-and-TTS-on-Windows.


 !! https://github.com/ideasman42/nerd-dictation

TTS for Linux. It is open-source.


 !!!! https://www.cwu.edu/student-life/student-support/central-access/resources/reader.php

A TTS program. It is open-source.


 !!!! http://www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm

A TTS program with support other than SAPI 5.


 !!!! https://github.com/Danesprite/tts-util-app

Text-to-Speech for Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://readaloud.app/

Browser add-on. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/suno-ai/bark

Text-to-Speech model. It is open-source.


 !! https://codeberg.org/GrimPixel/Altering_TTS

A little program to generate audio files with altering TTS voices. It is open-source.

Configure everything in “setting.yaml”, have a look at “demo.tsv”. Change your command-line directory into the folder, run “python do.py“ to start.

Currently only Google Translate is supported. Offline engines on the way.

Speech Recognition
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 !!!! https://github.com/audapolis/audapolis

It transcribes audio. It is open-source.


 !!!! https://www.speechtexter.com/

Turn audio into texts, powered by Google.


 !!!! https://speech-to-text-demo.ng.bluemix.net/

Turn audio into texts, powered by IBM Watson.

Example Sentence
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 !!!! https://tatoeba.org/

Example sentences in many languages. Its work is under public licenses.

Don't forget to try searching in both directions. You can not only see the meaning of a sentence, but also try to translate a sentence into the language you are learning and see how you did.

If you want to translate, please translate sentences with audio first, because the translations may appear on sites which provide translations of audio.


 !! https://deskell.sketchengine.co.uk/run.cgi/skell

Sketch from a large of text corpus.

Parallel Text
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 !!!! https://weblate.org/

Website for localisation. You can easily find parallel texts. It is open-source.


 !! http://sublearning.com/

Subtitles in parallel. Sometimes the selected lines don't match because the sentences are not complete. Sometimes there are mistakes in subtitles.


https://www.manualslib.com/

Manuals. Some of them are in multiple languages. You can also find their German, Spanish, French domains at the bottom of the page.

Parse Tree
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 !! https://sourceforge.net/projects/treeform/

A tool to draw parse trees and have a better understanding of sentence structures. It is open-source.

A video about it.


 !! https://ltc.sourceforge.io/

A different one to draw parse trees. It is open-source.

Text Memorization
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 !! https://codeberg.org/GrimPixel/Cloze_Test

Take cloze tests from texts, sentence by sentence. It is open-source.

The problem of spaCy and Python 3.12.4 is still to be fixed.

Phrasebook
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 !!!! https://www.funeasylearn.com/

It provides apps for both phrase and vocabulary.


 !! https://www.loecsen.com/

It supports many languages, and it is detailed.


 !! https://www.50languages.com/

Actually a few more than 50 languages. You can also have a test there.

Calendar & Clock
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 !! https://github.com/PaskoZhelev/holidayz-app

View holidays on Android. It is open-source.

It can also be downloaded from F-Droid.


 !! https://theknight.co.uk/

Clock widget on Linux. It is open-source.


 !! https://www.timeanddate.com/

It has not only the world clock for every city, but also many other features, such as calendars with festivals of most countries.

Weather
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 !! https://github.com/chubin/wttr.in

Weather program in command-line. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/woheller69/omweather

Weather program for Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://www.ventusky.com/

A lot of things about meteorology.


 !! https://earth.nullschool.net/

Wind, weather, ocean conditions.


 !! https://waqi.info/

Air condition around the world.

Community
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 !! https://www.italki.com/

The most popular language learning community by now. It also pushes helpful articles written by teachers.


 !! https://www.tolearnfree.com/free-educational-sites.php

The design of the webpages is old-fashioned, but it has a lot of content, including little tests.

Its French version has something more.


 !! https://polyglotclub.com/

There are some rare features of it, such as Wiki lessons, Events. It adopts ISO 639-3, almost every language is included here.

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https://hinative.com/

Ask and answer with people around the world.

In some channels, questions are too many, answer rates are low. Try asking at Polyglot Club.

Ask in parallel text in case the respondent doesn't understand your formulation.


https://stackexchange.com/sites#culturerecreation

One of the most popular Q&A site.

Language Exchange
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 !! https://conversationexchange.com/

Find language exchange partners online.


 !! https://www.lingbe.com/

Talking with people.


 !! https://mylanguageexchange.com/

Free users can be contacted by those who have paid. Since they have paid, they are more likely to be serious learners.


 !! https://cryptpad.fr/

Cloud office suit. Zero knowledge. It is open-source.

It's also great for language partners to do something together.

Chat
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 !! https://pidgin.im/

Chat client that supports multiple protocols through plug-ins. It is open-source.


 !! https://gajim.org/

XMPP client on desktop. It is open-source.


 !! https://codeberg.org/iNPUTmice/Conversations

XMPP client on Android. It is open-source.


https://github.com/paulfariello/aparte

XMPP client in command-line. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/SrainApp/srain

IRC client on desktop. It is open-source.


https://github.com/osa1/tiny

IRC client in command-line. It is open-source.

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https://blogs.transparent.com/

There are periodically good contents being presented.


https://www.thoughtco.com/languages-4133094

Languages are fewer than Transparent's, and so do the update frequency. But its quality is still high.

Lyrics
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 !! https://www.musixmatch.com/

Lyrics and their translations.


 !! https://lyricstranslate.com/

Lyrics and their translations.

Subtitle
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 !! https://subripper.com/

Download subtitles form many websites.


 !! https://www.opensubtitles.org/

One of the most popular subtitle sites. Subtitles in European languages are easier to find.

Write a review


 !! https://subscene.com/

One of the most popular subtitle sites. Subtitles in English, Arabic, Persian, Indonesian are easier to find.


 !! https://github.com/FunkyMuse/SubHub

Subtitle downloader on Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://bonigarcia.github.io/dualsub/index.html

It can help to merge two subtitles. It may crash at the second time. It is open-source.


 !! http://subs2srs.sourceforge.net/

Turn subtitles into flashcards. It is open-source.

A video about it.


 !!!! https://github.com/garywill/multi-subs-yt

Display multiple subtitles on YouTube.


 !! https://github.com/jdepoix/youtube-transcript-api

YouTube caption downloader in command-line. It is open-source.

News
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 !! http://www.abyznewslinks.com/

Links to news websites.

Some TV have shows for free, some of which even with subtitles.


 !! https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean / https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean

Paywall bypasser for Chromium/Chrome, Firefox and other browsers. It is open-source.

Radio & Podcast
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 !! https://www.radio-browser.info/

A list of internet radio stations. You can find clients in “Apps”, some of which are open-source.

I prefer two stations: Public Domain Classical, Public Domain Jazz. Pleasing names.


 !! https://github.com/zaps166/QMPlay2

Podcast player for desktop with RadioBrowser support. It is open-source.


https://github.com/gilcu3/hullcaster

Podcast client in command-line. It is open-source.


 !! https://antennapod.org/

Podcast player for Android with playback speed change and rewind 10s. It is open-source.


 !! https://podcharts.co/

Charts of podcasts.


 !! https://www.listennotes.com/

Search Engine of podcasts.

Live & Video
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 !! https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv

Database of IPTV stream addresses. It is under a public license.


 !! https://github.com/yuki-iptv/yuki-iptv

IPTV player on desktop. It is open-source.


 !! https://brunochanrio.github.io/DangoPlayer/

IPTV player on Android. It is open-source.


 !! https://livetvcentral.com/

The most complete list of worldwide online TV channels.

Many links are dead, but the live stream is still available somewhere else in many of these sites.


 !! https://www.downthemall.org/

Link and image downloader. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

Video downloader in command-line. It is open-source.


https://www.favoree.io/

Popular YouTube channels, in English.


https://similarchannels.com/

It can find similar YouTube channels.

Language Information
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https://www.omniglot.com/

It provides information about basic knowledge of many languages. Many “Alphabet and Pronunciation” lessons on this site are from there.

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https://glottolog.org/

Information of languages of the world. Not only languages, but also many varieties. It is open-source. Its work is under a public license.


https://www.scriptsource.org/

Information of scripts. Its work is under a public license.


https://www.muturzikin.com/countries.htm

Linguistic maps.


https://lingvo.info/

General knowledge about European languages.


https://iso639-3.sil.org/

Codes for every language and is still being updated. You can find the whole table.

General Knowledge
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https://www.britannica.com/

A comprehensive encyclopedia.

Educational Resources
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https://oercommons.org/

Educational resources search engine. Its contents are under public licenses.


https://oasis.geneseo.edu/index.php

Educational resources. Its contents are under public licenses.

Map
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 !! https://www.openstreetmap.org/

Another map site. You can even download them. It is open-source.

There is a video about its modification with Inkscape.


 !! https://marble.kde.org/

Alternative to Google Earth. It is open-source.


 !! https://organicmaps.app/

Offline maps for mobile with OpenStreetMap data. It is open-source.


 !! https://ontheworldmap.com/

Downloadable maps. It even includes cities. I don't expect them to be up-to-date.

National Symbol
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 !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_national_symbols

Lists of national symbols.

Culture & Travel
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https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/

Introductions to cultures.


https://www.wikivoyage.org/

Introduction of the city and many details of countries. It is open-source.

The most important page for travelers is this.


https://www.everyculture.com/

Its information is old. There are details of peoples and countries.


https://www.civilopedia.net/

Encyclopedia for Sid Meier's Civilization VI. It even has multiple languages, so it's great for reading as well.


https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/

It is about countries and in progress.


https://www.commisceo-global.com/country-guides/

It is mainly about some details about manners.


https://guide.culturecrossing.net/index.php

It is mainly about some details about manners.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_subcultures

Subcultures, modern things.


https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/

Cultural heritages. There is also an interactive map.


https://ich.unesco.org/en/lists/

Intangible cultural heritages.


https://www.tripadvisor.com/

Guide of travelling cities.


https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/

A formal publication of basic information about countries.


https://worldcultures.webs.com/

Links to other sites about cultures.

History
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https://www.worldhistory.org/

An encyclopedia. Articles, images, videos, 3D images, podcasts and more.


http://www.fsmitha.com/

Detailed articles about history.


https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.timleg.historytimeline

An app about major events of history.


https://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

Basic knowledge of the world history. Good for beginners. Looks old-fashioned, but it is not bad if you get used to it.


https://histography.io/

Historical events in dots.


https://omniatlas.com/

It shows you some old news with detailed maps.


https://www.timemaps.com/

Maps of history.


https://worldhist.org/

Map of every year. Names of nations can be searched.


https://www.worldhistorymaps.info/

Historical maps. Its works are under a public license.


https://www.oldmapsonline.org/

Old maps around the world.

The site has trouble with the mobile site. You need to set to view the desktop site on mobile.

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https://plato.stanford.edu/index.html

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.


https://iep.utm.edu/

University of Tennessee at Martin's Encyclopedia of Philosophy.


https://www.philosophybasics.com/

The basics of philosophy, “by a layman for the layman”.


https://simplyphilosophy.org/

Articles about different aspects of philosophy.


http://philosophypages.com/

Resources about philosophy. Its work is under a public license.


https://www.learnreligions.com/

Articles about religions.


https://slife.org/

An interfaith community with introductions to spiritual topics.


https://www.holybooks.com/

Downloadable books about religions.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religions_and_spiritual_traditions

List of religions and spiritual traditions.


https://virtualreligion.net/

Resources about religions.

Mythology
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https://mythbank.com/

Basics of myths.


https://mythopedia.com/

Myth information.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mythologies

List of mythologies.

Epic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epic_poems

Epics.

Geography
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https://www.worldatlas.com/

Short articles.


 !! http://worldmapquiz.qbisstudio.com/index.html

An app for practising world map in several languages. Dependencies are not all included. The form of address in Chinese version is a mixture of PRC's and ROC's, which is not good. For Chinese names of countries, there is a list: Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/Countries-and-Nationalities.


 !! https://www.geoguessr.com/seterra/

Game of geography, online or with apps.


https://www.flagid.org/

Flag identifier.


https://worldledaily.com/

Street view quizzes.


https://virtualvacation.us/

Street view videos with quizzes.

Music
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 !! https://folkcloud.com/

Information about folk music.


 !! https://www.chosic.com/

Many tools about music, including similar song finder.


 !! https://www.soundhound.com/

Recognize music with recording or your hum. It has some advantages over Shazam.


 !! https://www.shazam.com/

Recognize music with recording. It has some advantages over Soundhound.

Art
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 !! https://www.wikiart.org/

All kinds of artwork around the world.

Dance
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 !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic,_regional,_and_folk_dances_by_origin

Dances by origin. You can search for them on video sites.

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https://www.allrecipes.com/recipes/86/world-cuisine/

A bit of recipes around the world.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cuisines

List of cuisines.

Sport
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http://www.traditionalsports.org/

Introduction to traditional sports.

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 !! https://drwhut.itch.io/tabletop-club

Multiplayer 3D tabletop games. Still incomplete currently. It is open-source.


 !! https://pysolfc.sourceforge.io/

Card and tile games. It is open-source.


 !! https://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/

Traditional board games. Its user interface is more cruel than AI opponents. It is open-source.

There are pre-installed engines, but they are somehow old. The most versatile engine is Fairy Stockfish.

Cute Chess looks good, but Xiangqi and Janggi are missing.


https://www.pychess.org/

Multiplayer platform for playing chess variants.


https://vassalengine.org/

Strategy game engine and modules. It is open-source.


https://boardgamegeek.com/

Information of board games.


https://www.wopc.co.uk/

Playing card patterns.

Folk Costume
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 !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_costume

List of folk costume.

Folktale
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https://fairytalez.com/

Some tales.


https://www.worldoftales.com/

Some tale books.

Festival
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 !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_festivals_by_country

Not complete, but still good.


https://www.world-festivals.net/

It includes more countries than the one above. I wonder if it is so difficult to gather information about festivals.

Martial Art
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_martial_arts

List of martial arts.


https://blackbeltwiki.com/

Introduction to many martial arts.

Name
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 !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_most_common_surnames

List of the most popular family names.


 !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_popular_given_names

List of the most popular given names.


 !! https://www.behindthename.com/

Find the meanings of a given name.

Astronomy
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https://stellarium.org/

You can see the sky in different locations and times. There are starlores in different cultures. Some even have constellation art.

Living Condition
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https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/

Prices from the world. Sometimes inaccurate.


https://www.globalproductprices.com/

The prices of products in different regions. Its work is under a public license.


https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/

The prices of energy in different regions. Its work is under a public license.

Economy
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https://www.exchange-rates.org/

Exchange rates.


https://commodity.com/

Basic understanding of trading around the world.

Vehicle
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https://www.globalcarsbrands.com/

Automobile brands around the world.

Statistics
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https://www.statista.com/

All kinds of statistical data. Some are free.


https://ourworldindata.org/

It has detailed explanation on its data.

Train
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https://www.seat61.com/

Information about train travels.

Prepaid SIM Card
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https://prepaid-data-sim-card.fandom.com/wiki/Prepaid_SIM_with_data

Details about SIM cards. Its work is under a public license.

License Plate
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 !! http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/

Take a look if you are interested. It's completed.

Trivia Quiz
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https://www.jetpunk.com/

Trivia quizzes of the world. It is available in multiple languages.

Model
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https://castle-engine.io/view3dscene.php

3D model viewer with support of walking and flying. It is open-source.


https://sketchfab.com/

3D models, some of which are under public licenses. Make sure your computer's memory is large enough to view them.

You can also use 3D printers to print them if you like.

Character
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 !! https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap

Character map for Linux and macOS. It is open-source.


 !! https://leun4m.github.io/symbsearch/

Character search for Windows. It is open-source.


 !! https://github.com/Ryosuke839/UnicodePad

Character search for Android. It is open-source.

It is also available on F-droid.

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 !! https://www.google.com/get/noto/

It presents a lot of fonts in one art style. It is open-source.


 !! https://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html

No one covers more of the Unicode map than GNU Unifont. It is open-source.

Its function is limited, such as bad support for South and Southeast Asian characters.


 !! https://www.fontspace.com/

You can go to its “stuff” and search by Unicode characters.


https://github.com/sdushantha/fontpreview

Font previewer in command-line. It is open-source.

Optical Character Recognition
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https://github.com/manisandro/gImageReader

It recognizes characters on the screen with Tesseract. It is open-source.

A video about training.


https://dynobo.github.io/normcap/

Capture screen and recognize the characters with Tesseract. It is open-source.


 !! https://tegaki.github.io/

Handwriting recognition for Chinese and Japanese. You can download new models and load them. It is open-source.


https://github.com/SubhamTyagi/android-ocr

It uses Tesseract 4 data on Android. It is open-source.

Language Identifier
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 !! http://www.polyglot3000.com/

Language identifier.


https://github.com/cisnlp/GlotLID

Language identifier in command-line. It is open-source.

Resource Links
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Unlike this page, those are for some specific languages, and I am not responsible for their qualities.


https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Free_media_resources

Free media resources.


https://www.lexilogos.com/english/index.htm

This one is in a great quantity.


https://www.ats-group.net/language-resources.html

This service has many languages.


http://lexicity.com/

This one focuses on ancient languages.


http://www.meta-share.org/

Repository for language researching.

Internet Archive
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https://archive.org/

Archive of the Internet since 1996 and other things. Really cool!

Virtual Private Network and others
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 !! mailto:get@psiphon3.com

Those who are hindered from accessing the world Internet, send an e-mail to it.

Official site: https://psiphon3.com/en/index.html


 !! https://www.torproject.org/

For visiting Project Gutenburg and other sites, if some books are still not in public domain in your country. It is open-source.

It won't lead you to the dark web, if you don't know any such address.


 !! https://protonvpn.com/

It doesn't allow torrenting on the free plan, but there's no volume limit.


 !! https://windscribe.com/

They provide 10GB each month with high speed and multiple locations for free. Great for “immersive language learning”.

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