4 posts tagged with "ielts"

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Every IELTS prep app gives you two free tests and then asks for your credit card 💸

The test is already expensive. The practice shouldn't be.

So I built a free one and open-sourced it 👇

🎥 [attach demo video]

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IELTS Mastery Hub — a desktop app for Windows, Linux & macOS. Free, MIT licensed, no account, no ads.

📖 Reading — timed, split-screen, auto-scored 🎧 Listening — audio sections, progressive difficulty ✍️ Writing — AI feedback on the official scoring criteria 📊 Dashboard — see if you're actually improving

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The writing part is the one I'm most proud of.

Writing is the hardest skill to self-study because you need someone to read what you wrote. Getting structured feedback on why a paragraph is weak beats writing essays into the void.

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Built with Tauri — TypeScript + a Rust core. Mock exams run 3 hours, so it had to be a small, fast native app rather than a browser tab pretending to be one 🦀

github.com/open-lingua/ielts-mastery-hub

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Heads up: independent, non-commercial educational project. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the British Council, IDP or Cambridge — IELTS is a trademark of its owners. Practice content is AI-generated for study purposes and may not be 100% accurate.

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If you're prepping for IELTS I'd genuinely love to know whether the formats feel close to the real thing.

And if you know someone studying right now — send it their way 🍀

Try it, break it, tell me what's wrong.

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IELTS prep tools: 2 free tests, then a paywall 💸

So I built a free one. Open source, MIT.

📖 Reading (auto-scored) 🎧 Listening ✍️ Writing w/ AI feedback 📊 Progress dashboard

Desktop app — Win/Linux/macOS 🦀

github.com/open-lingua/ielts-mastery-hub

🎥👇

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Built with Tauri: TypeScript frontend + Rust core.

Mock exams run 3 hrs — shipping a whole Chromium for that felt wrong. Small native binary instead.

Timers + scoring live in Rust, so no drift, no devtools cheating.

#RustLang #Tauri #BuildInPublic

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One line to install:

macOS/Linux curl -fsSL https://open-lingua.github.io/ielts-mastery-hub/install/install.sh | sh

Windows irm https://open-lingua.github.io/ielts-mastery-hub/install/install.ps1 | iex

Docs: open-lingua.github.io/ielts-mastery-hub/docs/intro/

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Independent, non-commercial educational project. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the British Council, IDP or Cambridge. IELTS is a trademark of its owners. Practice content is AI-generated — may not be 100% accurate.

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If you're prepping for IELTS, I'd love to know if the formats feel realistic.

If you're a dev, the Tauri/Rust side is open to poke at.

Try it, break it, tell me what's wrong 🙏 ⭐ if it's useful

#IELTS #OpenSource #LearnEnglish

IELTS Mastery Hub

Free, open-source IELTS practice — reading, listening & AI-graded writing

👋 Hey Product Hunt!

I built IELTS Mastery Hub because IELTS preparation has a frustrating pattern: two free mock tests, then a paywall — and half the tools don't even match the real exam format. For a test that's already expensive to sit, that felt like the wrong place to put a subscription.

So this is the opposite of that. A native desktop app, completely free, open source under MIT, and running on Windows, Linux, and macOS. No account, no trial, no upsell.

Quick demo video:

What's inside:

📖 Reading — split-screen timed practice covering the official question types, auto-scored instantly

🎧 Listening — audio-driven sections with progressive difficulty

✍️ Writing — a dual-pane editor with AI evaluation across the official IELTS scoring criteria, so you get structured feedback instead of writing essays into the void

📊 Dashboard — track your scores and see whether you're actually improving over time

Under the hood: TypeScript frontend with a Rust core, built with Tauri — so it's a small, fast native binary rather than a browser tab pretending to be an app. Important when you're sitting a 3-hour mock exam.

Get it in one line:

macOS / Linux — curl -fsSL https://open-lingua.github.io/ielts-mastery-hub/install/install.sh | sh

Windows — irm https://open-lingua.github.io/ielts-mastery-hub/install/install.ps1 | iex

Prefer to build it yourself? The whole thing is on GitHub: https://github.com/open-lingua/ielts-mastery-hub

📚 Docs: https://open-lingua.github.io/ielts-mastery-hub/docs/intro/

Disclaimer: this is an independent, non-commercial educational project. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the British Council, IDP Education, or Cambridge Assessment English. IELTS is a registered trademark of its respective owners. Practice content is AI-generated for educational purposes and may not be 100% accurate.

I'd love to hear from anyone who's prepared for IELTS (or any English exam) — what did you wish existed while you were studying? And if you're a dev curious about Tauri, the codebase is open and contributions are very welcome.

I'll be around all day answering questions in the comments 🙌

I built a free, open-source desktop app for IELTS practice (Reading, Listening & AI-graded Writing)

Hey everyone 👋

While prepping for IELTS I got frustrated that almost every decent practice tool is either behind a subscription, locked to a few free tests, or just doesn't look/feel like the actual exam. So I ended up building my own — and I'm putting it out there free for anyone who wants it.

It's called IELTS Mastery Hub. It's a desktop app (Windows, Linux, macOS), completely free, and open source under the MIT license. No account, no paywall, no "upgrade to see your score."

Quick demo video:

What's in it right now:

• 📖 Reading — split-screen layout like the real thing, covering the official question types, with auto-scoring
• 🎧 Listening — audio sections with progressive difficulty
• ✍️ Writing — dual-pane editor with AI feedback based on the official IELTS scoring criteria (Task Achievement, Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammar)
• 📊 Dashboard — tracks your scores over time so you can actually see if you're improving

The Writing feedback has honestly been the most useful part for me personally — getting some structured feedback on band criteria beats writing essays into the void while waiting for a tutor.

Install:

macOS / Linux:

curl -fsSL https://open-lingua.github.io/ielts-mastery-hub/install/install.sh | sh

Windows (PowerShell):

irm https://open-lingua.github.io/ielts-mastery-hub/install/install.ps1 | iex

Or build from source: git clone https://github.com/open-lingua/ielts-mastery-hub.git

Repo: https://github.com/open-lingua/ielts-mastery-hub Docs: https://open-lingua.github.io/ielts-mastery-hub/docs/intro/

Important disclaimer: this is an independent, non-commercial educational project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the British Council, IDP Education, or Cambridge Assessment English — IELTS is a registered trademark of its respective owners. The practice content is AI-generated for study purposes, so treat it as practice material, not as official past papers. It won't be 100% accurate, and your real band score is decided by real examiners.

I'd really love feedback from people actually sitting the test — especially on whether the Reading/Listening timing and question formats feel close enough to the real exam, and whether the Writing feedback is actually helpful or just generic. If you find something wrong or missing, open an issue (or a PR, if that's your thing).

Happy to answer questions in the comments. Good luck to everyone testing soon 🍀