Learning tools
Software for studying, memorising and exploring a subject at home.
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Busuu
A language learning app with short expert-made lessons and feedback from native speakers.
Celestia
An open-source real-time 3D space simulator for exploring the solar system, stars and galaxies.
Chordify
An online service that automatically detects the chords in a song so you can play along.
Cisco Packet Tracer
A free network simulation program for building and testing virtual network labs while learning networking.
Clozemaster
A language-learning game that builds vocabulary through fill-in-the-blank sentences in over 50 languages.
Complete Anatomy
A 3D human anatomy platform for students, educators and clinicians, with models, courses and videos.
Connected Papers
A web tool that draws a visual graph of academic papers related to one you start from.
Consensus
An AI search engine for peer-reviewed literature that gives evidence-based answers drawn from papers.
CORE
A search engine and database aggregating hundreds of millions of open access research papers.
Damn Vulnerable Web Application
A deliberately insecure PHP and MariaDB web application for practising common web vulnerabilities legally.
Diigo
A web annotation and bookmarking service with a browser extension for highlighting, tagging and saving pages.
Drops
A visual, game-like vocabulary trainer for over 55 languages, built around five-minute daily sessions.
EarMaster
An app for ear training, sight-singing, rhythm training and music theory practice for musicians.
Elicit
An AI research assistant that finds papers, summarizes findings and extracts data for literature reviews.
Emmabuntüs
A Debian-based Linux distribution designed for refurbishing and reusing older computers.
EndNote
A long-running reference manager for collecting sources and formatting citations in academic writing.
EVE-NG
A network emulation platform for building virtual multi-vendor labs of routers, switches, firewalls and servers.
Exercism
A free online platform for practising programming through exercises in dozens of languages, with optional mentoring.
Explainpaper
A web tool that explains highlighted passages of uploaded research papers in plain language.
Falstad Circuit Simulator
Explore electronic circuits through an interactive browser simulation.
fend
An arbitrary-precision calculator for the terminal that understands units and converts between them.
Flexcil
A study app that combines PDF reading, annotation and handwritten notes on tablets and the web.
Focusmate
A virtual coworking service that pairs you with a partner for focused work sessions over video.
Forest
A mobile focus timer that grows a virtual tree while you stay off other apps.
GCompris
A free educational software suite with more than 100 activities for children aged 2 to 10.
HelloTalk
A language exchange app for chatting with native speakers, with built-in translation and correction tools.
Hookpad
Songwriting sketchpad built on music theory, with an AI assistant that suggests chords and melodies.
iAsk.ai
A free AI answer engine that replies to natural-language questions with cited answers.
iNaturalist
A nonprofit community platform for recording, identifying and learning about plants, animals and fungi.
Inciteful
A free web tool that uses citation graphs to find related academic papers and connect two papers.
