kana-trainer 1.1.1

Desktop trainer for hiragana and katakana with quiz, typing and audio modes
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kana-trainer

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Trainer for the hiragana and katakana alphabets, on desktop, tablet and phone. Built with Tauri 2 and Svelte 5, in cream paper and black ink.

Showcase of kana-trainer's practice setup, the three quiz formats, run results and the reports screen

What it does

  • Responsive interface, the same app on a wide screen and on a phone
  • Practice hiragana, katakana or both, in either direction (kana to romaji, romaji to kana or mixed)
  • Three question formats: text to text, audio to text, and text to audio with a waveform for each sound
  • Two answer styles: multiple choice with four options, or typing the romaji yourself
  • Time trial with 5, 10, 15 or 30 seconds per question and an optional limit for the whole run
  • Pick single characters, whole rows, or the characters you keep getting wrong
  • Optional dakuten and handakuten rows (text to text only for now)
  • Score reports saved on disk, loaded and exported as JSON files
  • Charts for the characters, rows and alphabets you struggle with
  • One click to turn past mistakes into a new practice set

Installing

From crates.io:

cargo install kana-trainer

Download pages at releases page.

sudo dnf install ./kana-trainer-*.rpm            # fedora, opensuse
sudo apt install ./kana-trainer_*.deb            # debian 13+, ubuntu 24.04+
chmod +x ./kana-trainer_*.AppImage && ./kana-trainer_*.AppImage
sudo pacman -U ./kana-trainer-*.pkg.tar.zst      # arch
adb install ./kana-trainer-*.apk                 # android

Building

Requirements

  • Rust 1.77 or newer
  • Node 20 or newer
  • On Linux: webkit2gtk 4.1, gtk3 and the distro base build tools

Commands

npm install
npm run tauri:dev     # the app
npm run check         # type check
npm run test          # unit tests
npm run test:e2e      # playwright smoke test

Keyboard Shortcuts

  • 1 to 4 picks an answer in multiple choice
  • Enter submits a typed answer, submits the picked sound in text to audio, and moves on after feedback
  • r replays the sound in audio questions
  • Escape leaves the run

Credits