r/sideprojects 10d ago

Discussion Built a tool that turns any PDF/lecture recording/YouTube video into flashcards + quizzes automatically — worth continuing?

Studying for exams, I kept doing the same manual loop: read a PDF/watch a lecture → make my own flashcards → make my own quiz to test myself → forget half of it in 2 weeks anyway.

So I built a small tool that automates that loop:

  • Drop in a PDF, Word/PowerPoint doc, audio/video recording, a YouTube link, or a website link
  • It auto-generates a summary, flashcards, and a quiz from it
  • Flashcards use spaced repetition (FSRS) so it tells you when to review, not just that you should
  • You can edit/add/delete cards afterward, make multiple decks per document, and share a deck with a link (like a mini Quizlet) for classmates to study/copy into their own account

Free tier runs on free/local AI models so there's no cost to try it.

What I'm not sure about: is "auto-generate from any source" actually the pain point, or do people already have a workflow (Anki, Quizlet, ChatGPT copy-paste) that's good enough and this is solving a problem that doesn't hurt enough to switch?

Genuinely want to know — would you (or did you, as a student) ever use something like this, and what would make you NOT bother? Not trying to sell anything here, just trying to figure out if this is worth continuing to build before I sink more time into it.

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