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nodes runs on macOS and Windows, and reviews in the browser. Closed beta.

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Give your deck a finish line.

Tell nodes your exam date, how long you can study and on which days. It works out the new cards and reviews for every day until then.

Exam: 58d Daily Schedule

Today's Target: 42 new, 180 reviews

~74m of 90m budget

On pace: every card is scheduled before the exam.

DayNewReviewsEst. time
Today4218074m
Tomorrow4217171m
Day 34218877m
Day 44017672m
Day 5Rest day

Sample deck: 5,333 cards, exam in 58 days, 90 minutes a day, 5 days a week.

Spread the backlog Reschedules overdue cards across the coming days at your reviews-per-day limit. The cards closest to being forgotten stay today; only durable ones are delayed, and never far enough to hurt recall.

dashed line: 250 reviews/day limit

412 cards spread forward · 180 left for todayUndo
Easy Days & Vacations
Every Saturday Max reviews: 60 Safe. Expected extra lapses: ~2
Specific Date Max reviews: 0 Caution: Pushing cards. Expected extra lapses: ~9

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Keep the daily load one you can carry.

Back from a week off to 592 due cards? Spread the backlog: nodes deals it across the coming days at your reviews-per-day limit, keeps the cards closest to being forgotten for today, and lets you undo it.

Going away for a day? Cap it, and nodes tells you how many extra lapses the cap will cost before you commit.

Two cards, one answer.

nodes indexes your cards by meaning, on your own device. Write a new card and it tells you how many similar ones you already have. On any card, Related opens the cluster it belongs to.

Cards near “Which β-blocker is cardioselective?”

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I built it for myself first.

I started a CS degree in my third year of medicine and have done both since. Flashcards are the only reason that worked: years of Anki, thousands of cards. nodes is the version I wanted, with the good parts kept and the things Anki hands back to you handled.

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Bring your .apkg: cards, review history, media, cloze and deck options come across. Import into a deck you already have and it merges rather than duplicating. Your Anki collection stays untouched.

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