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Word Hunter is a local-first desktop reader and spaced repetition tool designed for language learning, published by Ironship and currently available at version 1.1.0 as the latest of five released versions. The software combines a reading environment with a vocabulary-learning workspace, allowing learners to engage with authentic material in their target language while systematically building and retaining new vocabulary. Its import capabilities cover a broad range of content sources, including plain texts, ebooks, subtitles, and PDFs, which makes it suitable for learners working with novels, films, articles, and other real-world media rather than isolated word lists. As users read, they can save words together with the context in which those words appeared, preserving the sentence or passage that gives each term its meaning and supporting deeper comprehension during later study. Saved vocabulary can then be reviewed through flashcards driven by a spaced repetition system, a learning approach that schedules reviews at increasing intervals to strengthen long-term retention and reduce forgotten material. Because Word Hunter follows a local-first design, all user data is stored locally on the user's own machine rather than depending on external servers, giving learners control over their reading library and vocabulary records. The software fits within the language learning and educational software category, overlapping with ebook readers, flashcard applications, and vocabulary management tools. Typical use cases include independent language learners reading extensively in a foreign language, students working through subtitled video content, and readers of foreign-language ebooks or documents who want an integrated way to capture and review unfamiliar words without switching between separate applications. By uniting content import, contextual word capture, and spaced repetition review in a single desktop workspace, Word Hunter serves as an all-in-one environment for turning everyday reading into structured, durable vocabulary acquisition across a variety of media formats.
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