word-atlas
by designfuchen
Word Atlas is a web app for learning IELTS vocabulary, with 7,298 words, each having an illustration, UK and US audio, example sentences and spaced-repetition review. The repository also provides the word list, images and recordings as an open dataset.
- Stars
- 2.9k +813 a day
- Licence
- MIT
- Runs on
- Your computer
- Setup
- Moderate
- Language
- TypeScript
- Age
- 3 days
What you can do with it
- Study IELTS words with illustrations, definitions, example sentences and UK or US pronunciation
- Review words on a spaced-repetition schedule and track progress on a star map
- Reuse the JSON or CSV word list, images and audio in your own flashcard decks or learning apps
Make money with it
An individual could offer IELTS vocabulary coaching or sell Anki decks and study materials built from the openly licensed dataset, crediting the source.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- A language tutor or small IELTS coaching business could give students a free, illustrated vocabulary trainer
- A developer could build and sell a flashcard or language-learning product using the CC BY 4.0 dataset, with attribution
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell (MIT-style terms in the licence file). Some folders may carry other terms.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Clone the repository, then run npm ci and npm run dev with Node.js 20 or later; a hosted version is also available online.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- Content was generated by AI and has not been checked line by line by people, so errors in meanings, sentences, images or pronunciation are possible
- Not an official IELTS word list and makes no promise of improving scores
- Licence is reported as unclear by GitHub, though the README states MIT for code and CC BY 4.0 for content
- The README and interface are mainly in Chinese
- The online site differs from the open-source version
Who's talking about it
- Trendshift: Weekly trending GitHub repositories (ISO week 43, 2026, inferred) Featured in a roundup
Checked 28 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
