Create Russian Anki flashcards in just a few clicks — free and open source.
Translate phrases into Russian with stress marks, generate audio, and export a .apkg deck ready to import into Anki — all AI-powered.
- AI Translation — automatically translates your phrases into natural Russian, with stress marks placed on every word.
- Stress correction — AI checks and corrects stress marks on existing Russian text for accurate pronunciation.
- Synthesized audio — generates a high-quality audio file for each Russian phrase, embedded directly in your Anki cards.
- Anki export — exports a
.apkgfile ready to import into Anki, with audio included in each card.
- PHP 8.3 / Laravel 13
- Livewire 4 + Flux UI 2
- Tailwind CSS 4
- OpenAI (translation, stress marks, TTS)
- SQLite (local) / MySQL (production)
- PHP >= 8.3
- Composer
- Node.js >= 22
Flux UI Pro (livewire/flux-pro) is a paid UI component library. composer install will fail without valid credentials.
- Purchase a license at fluxui.dev.
- Add your credentials to
~/.composer/auth.json:
{
"http-basic": {
"composer.fluxui.dev": {
"username": "your@email.com",
"password": "your-license-key"
}
}
}Alternatively, set the environment variable before running Composer:
COMPOSER_AUTH='{"http-basic":{"composer.fluxui.dev":{"username":"your@email.com","password":"your-license-key"}}}' composer installgit clone https://github.com/bernig/ankiru.git
cd ankiruThen run the setup script, which installs dependencies, copies .env, generates the app key, runs migrations, and builds assets in one step:
composer setupOr manually, step by step:
composer install
cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate
touch database/database.sqlite
php artisan migrate
npm install && npm run buildSet your application URL:
APP_URL=http://localhost:8000Locale — the default locale is en (English). Change it to fr for French:
APP_LOCALE=frReal-time progress (mass stress correction, mass TTS) requires Laravel Reverb. Generate the WebSocket credentials with:
php artisan reverb:installThis writes the REVERB_APP_ID, REVERB_APP_KEY, and REVERB_APP_SECRET values into your .env.
Email verification is required — users cannot sign in without confirming their address. Configure an SMTP provider in your .env:
MAIL_MAILER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.example.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=your@email.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=your-password
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS="no-reply@example.com"
MAIL_FROM_NAME="Ankiru"For local development, Mailpit (bundled with Laravel Sail) or Mailtrap are the easiest options. The default .env.example already points to Mailpit on port 1025.
composer run devThis starts the HTTP server, queue worker, Vite, Reverb WebSocket server, and log viewer concurrently.
OpenAI API key — each user enters their own OpenAI API key directly in the app after signing in. There is no sitewide key to configure.
A built-in admin panel is available at /admin. It shows registered users, CSV drafts, per-user AI usage statistics, and a live Laravel log viewer.
To grant admin access to a user:
php artisan admin:grant user@example.comOnly users with is_admin = true in the database can access /admin. There is no hardcoded admin account.
In production, the queue worker and Reverb WebSocket server must run continuously. Use Supervisor to manage them:
[program:ankiru-worker]
command=php /var/www/ankiru.org/artisan queue:work --sleep=3 --tries=3
directory=/var/www/ankiru.org
user=deployer
autostart=true
autorestart=true
[program:ankiru-reverb]
command=php /var/www/ankiru.org/artisan reverb:start
directory=/var/www/ankiru.org
user=deployer
autostart=true
autorestart=truephp artisan test --compactYou are free to use, copy, modify, and distribute this project, provided you retain the copyright notice.