📇 flashcards

A fast, fully client-side flashcard tool. No login, no server, no analytics. Cards live in your browser; export the whole library to JSON any time.

• Live: https://flashcards.bkowshik.in
• Source: https://github.com/bkowshik/flashcards

Quick start

Requires Node 20+ and npm.

npm install
npm run dev

Opens at http://localhost:5173 with hot module reload.

Scripts

Stack

• Vite — build tool and dev server with HMR.
• Svelte 5 — UI framework with the runes API.
• TypeScript — type safety across the app.
• idb-keyval — tiny IndexedDB wrapper for local card storage.
• marked + DOMPurify — markdown rendering, sanitized.
• Geist Sans + Geist Mono — self-hosted via Fontsource.

Builds to ~46 KB gzipped JS + ~3.5 KB CSS, under the 50 KB target.

Project layout

src/
├── App.svelte            ← top-level layout + view switch
├── app.css               ← CSS tokens, shared button system, base styles
├── main.ts               ← font imports, mount()
├── components/
│   └── Header.svelte     ← brand + nav tabs
├── lib/
│   ├── router.ts         ← hash-based router
│   ├── storage.ts        ← IndexedDB get/save/delete
│   ├── markdown.ts       ← marked + DOMPurify
│   ├── theme.ts          ← light / dark / system
│   ├── shortcuts.ts      ← global g-chord nav handler
│   ├── keyboard-help.ts  ← shortcut reference rendered on About
│   ├── export.ts         ← JSON backup download
│   ├── import.ts         ← JSON merge restore
│   ├── id.ts             ← URL-safe 8-char id generator
│   └── types.ts          ← Card type
└── views/
    ├── Add.svelte        ← capture / edit a card
    ├── Browse.svelte     ← list, export, import, delete
    ├── Quiz.svelte       ← shuffled queue with flip animation
    └── About.svelte      ← intro, settings, shortcuts, data location

Routes

• #/add — capture a new card (default)
• #/edit/:id — edit an existing card
• #/browse — list of all cards
• #/quiz — flip through a shuffled queue
• #/about — intro, theme picker, keyboard shortcuts, data location

Keyboard

Nav is Gmail-style chord shortcuts: g a (Add) · g b (Browse) · g q (Quiz). Quiz: Space to flip, n/p (or →/←) to navigate, e to edit. Save in Add is ⌘/Ctrl + Enter; Esc clears or cancels.

Full list on the About page.

Data

Cards live in your browser's IndexedDB under the flashcards database. Nothing is sent anywhere.

• Export (Browse) — download the whole library as JSON.
• Import (Browse) — merge a JSON file back in.
• Wipe everything: DevTools → Application → IndexedDB → flashcards → Delete database.

Deploy

Hosted on Cloudflare Pages with Git integration — every push to main rebuilds and ships.

License

MIT © 2026 Bhargav Kowshik.