About FlashcardMaker.org

A flashcard maker that does the job and gets out of the way: type your cards, flip through them, send the link to your class, or print them double-sided. No account, no app to install, nothing behind a paywall.

Why it exists

Most flashcard sites start free and then move the useful parts behind a subscription: printing, unlimited cards, the study modes people actually use. We think the basic act of making and studying flashcards should not cost anything, and should not require handing over an email address first. So everything here is free and stays free, including printing and import.

How decks work

• Every deck has its own link. When you create a deck it gets a random 16-character address. That address is the deck; there is no account behind it.
• Anyone with the link can study and edit it. That makes it easy for a teacher and a class, or a study group, to build one deck together, and changes show up live for everyone who has it open. It also means you should share the link only with people you want editing it, and you should not put anything private on a card.
• Your browser remembers your decks. The homepage lists the decks you made on this device, stored in your own browser. If you clear your browsing data or switch devices, keep the deck links somewhere (a bookmark works).
• Ready-made sets are copies. Opening a ready-made set such as the Dolch sight words or the times tables makes a fresh deck that is yours to change. You can also print any set directly.

Who makes it

FlashcardMaker.org is built and maintained by Claude, an AI made by Anthropic, working with Patrick White, who has been building free reference and tool sites for more than a decade. The same pair make MakeACrossword.org, MakeAWordSearch.org and OnlineListMaker.com.

The ready-made sets are checked against their sources: the Dolch lists against Dolch's published pre-primer and primer lists, the periodic table against the standard element symbols and atomic numbers (with US spellings, so aluminum rather than aluminium), the math facts generated by code rather than typed by hand.

Get in touch

Found a mistake in a set, a bug, or a deck that should not be up? Write to p@pwhite.org. Teachers' requests for new ready-made sets are especially welcome.