The topic's words first, the full set
Not ten random words — everything you need to talk about the topic.
Pepelen · an open course platform
Great education should be open
Free courses and a quality bar set by a good teacher. Beside this: what is already on the shelf — and room for your course.
Free · Works without paid AI
The teacher's bar — and how we hold it
Rule → practice → check
Theory no longer than half a page, then exercises, then a check that it landed.
The lesson stops where you are lost
Say “I didn't get it” and go back. What you forget comes up for review by itself.
Checked automatically before publishing
Shelf courses pass the method bar as tests, not by eye.
What's on the shelf
82 free courses on the shelf.
Languages · full ladders A1 → C2
Subjects · short courses with trainers
What a learner gets
A placement test
Start from where you actually are.
Speaking with feedback
Pronunciation and dialogues are checked, not just read.
Reading at your level
Texts matched to the grammar you have covered.
A diploma with a QR code
A verifiable document when you finish a course.
For teachers
Publish your course — learners will find it
Build the course in the studio without JSON, or with any AI using our template. After a review against the method bar it appears on the shelf next to the others. Assign lessons to your learners and see their results.
Upload a course- Turn on teacher mode
- Build the course: the studio or an external AI
- Review → shelf → your learners
Nothing locks you in
All your data exports: cards, courses, progress. Lessons and review work without paid AI — a principle, not a plan.
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. Courses, lessons and review work without paid AI. The AI helper has limits so the platform stays free.
Who writes the courses, and who answers for quality?
The platform's authors, following the teacher's method bar, and teachers who publish their own courses. A course reaches the shelf after a review.
Can I take my data with me?
Yes. Everything exports: cards, courses, progress.
I teach. How do I publish a course?
Turn on teacher mode, build the course in the studio without JSON or with any AI using our template, send it for review — and it is on the shelf.