SuperMemo Database Downloading

On this page you will periodically find some simple freeware databases for downloading. Most of the databases will be stored here in SuperMemo 7 format. You can always import them to SuperMemo 8 with File : Import : From SuperMemo 7... Only knowledge systems that cannot be reduced to SuperMemo 7 format will be stored in SuperMemo 8 section.

Please bookmark this page for future reference as we will continually add most requested database to this page. You can also vote for databases of your interest to increase the chance of getting them here.

The list was started on April 4, 1997. Last modified:

Currently available databases:

SuperMemo 7.5 format

Important! To use all the databases below, you have to download SuperMemo.

• Advanced English (March 1, 1997) As a special bonus ... you can download complete Advanced English database for SuperMemo 7.5. For that purpose go to Advanced English Download Page. Advanced English is the best-selling 40,000-item database for learning English. You can only download this database without sound. However, after getting to like Advanced English, you can purchase Advanced English CD-ROM to add sound to your repetitions and to receive more databases.
• Capitals of the World (Apr 4) - a simple and popular database for memorizing capitals of all countries of the world. This is a freeware databases written by Piotr Kopankiewicz from Germany. 240 items. Download 7 KB.
• Heavyweight Boxing (Apr 4)- a database for fans of Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Riddick Bowe, Larry Holmes, Muhammad Ali and others. This is a freeware database written by Maciej Wozniak from Poland. 284 items. Download 20 KB.
• Esperanto (Apr 4) - a database with all the 16 grammar rules of Esperanto and over 2000 roots, prefixes and suffixes for quickly mastering the language. 2400 items. Download 36 KB.
• Delphi (Apr 30) - a database for memorizing useful facts in reference to Delphi programming (Delphi 1.0 and Delphi 2.0), 900 items. Download 30 KB.
• English Idioms (May 22) - a database for learning idioms, proverbs and famous quotations. An excellent material for those who want to spice up their English. Download 80 KB.
• English Slang (May 28) - a database for learning colloquial English, slang and ... dirty English. Download 44 KB.
• New (Jul 5) French (asked for by Ben Glazier, UK, June 4). Download 11 KB. Sound and pictures for this database can be found on Multilingual SuperMemo CD-ROM. Once you decide to purchase this CD-ROM, you do not need to start the learning process all over again. Just change the setting at Miscellaneous : Options : AudioVis files to CD-ROM mode and provide the path to the relevant CD-ROM directory.
• New (Jul 5) Spanish (asked for by Fred Benett, Australia, Jun 6). Download 11 KB. Sound and pictures for this database can be found on Multilingual SuperMemo CD-ROM. Once you decide to purchase this CD-ROM, you do not need to start the learning process all over again. Just change the setting at Miscellaneous : Options : AudioVis files to CD-ROM mode and provide the path to the relevant CD-ROM directory.
• New (Jul 5) Dutch (asked for by Hans Pijpers, the Netherlands, Jun 25). Download 26 KB.
• New (Jul 5) COMING NEXT:
  Business English (voted for by J.Kirchner, Czech Republic, Apr 29) or German (voted for by Nevert Bagir, Sweden, Jun 10). Your votes really count. Which one do you want to see on the site first?
• Write to us at databases@SuperMemo.com which one of the following databases you would like to see next on this page (databases marked red are most asked for; purple ones are runners-up): Technical English, Medical English, Windows NT, Borland Pascal, Medical Biochemistry and Physiology, Basic English, Swedish, English Grammar, German, Russian, Polish, Greek, Hiragana, Kanji, ABC of SuperMemo, or Touch Typing Tutor (programmed database for SuperMemo 7). The database with the greatest number of votes will appear next.
• For a list of commercial databases available COD in Poland, go to Polish SuperMemo Web Site.

SuperMemo 8.0 format

Important! Unlike in SuperMemo 7, in SuperMemo 8 you have to preserve the directory structure of the knowledge system. For that reason you have to use the directory extracting options in your software for expanding ZIP files! After expanding the ZIP file, make sure than REGISTRY and INFO directories are not empty! Otherwise you will not be able to use the system! For example with PKUNZIP.EXE, you have to use -d option:

PKUNZIP -d <system_name>.ZIP

• ABC of SuperMemo 8 (May 12, 1997) - a short course of using SuperMemo 8 delivered by SuperMemo itself. Please send your comments on the clarity of this course and what material should yet be included! Download 27 KB. To unzip the file with PKUNZIP.EXE, use the command PKUNZIP -d SM.ZIP and open the file SUPRMEMO.KNO with SuperMemo 8 by choosing File : Open.
• NEW (May 28) Katakana (May 28, voted for by Jari Roukolainen, Finland) - Japanese alphabet Katakana. To make this system work you have to install KATAKANA.TTF font in Windows. This font is included in the system (directory <SuperMemo>/SYSTEMS/KATAKANA/FONTS/). Download 54 KB.

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