Nihonoari
Nihonoari is a free, open-source education app for Android. A little and minimalist Japanese Kana training. It has 111 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
- Android
- Flutter
- Education & language
- Actively maintained
About Nihonoari
Nihonoari is an Open Source project to provide the community with a simple app to memorize and practice the Hiragana and Katakana alphabets without adverts, in-app purchases and useless functions, simpler is better. Want to collaborate with the project or report some bug?
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Nihonoari from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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What is Nihonoari?
Nihonoari is a free, open-source education app for Android. A little and minimalist Japanese Kana training. It has 111 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
Is Nihonoari free and open source?
Yes. Nihonoari's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-only license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.
How do I install Nihonoari?
You can install Nihonoari from F-Droid (package com.LAPARCELA.nihonoari); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v1.8.1).
Is Nihonoari still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Sep 24, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Sep 29, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.