Best Education & Learning 2026

Language learning with daily streak fuel

Short lessons for real-world conversation

Language learning with native-speaker clips

Language courses with community corrections

Many official API docs in one fast tab

Type, speak, or point the camera for a translation

1-on-1 language lessons with tutors worldwide

1-on-1 language lessons with tutors worldwide

Learn kanji and vocab with mnemonics and spaced reviews, in a fixed order

Hear a word pronounced by native speakers, in any language

Official downloads, docs, and the language homepage

Official downloads, docs, and the systems language homepage

Official Go downloads, docs, and the language tour

Immersive language lessons without a translation crutch

1:1 English conversation with native-speaking tutors on demand, plus recordings and self-study

Language exchange with native speakers over text, voice, and video, plus corrections in chat

A free language and IDE for sketching with code, used to teach visual programming

Learn a language by reading and listening to real content, then tap unknown words as you go

The official Kotlin language homepage: docs, examples, and a modern language for JVM, Android, and beyond

The official PHP homepage: docs, downloads, and the language that still runs a lot of the web

The official Dart language homepage: docs, the SDK, and a typed language for apps and the web

The official Ruby language homepage: docs, downloads, and a language built for getting things done

The official Elixir language homepage: docs, the BEAM, and a functional language for concurrent apps

The official Zig language homepage: docs, a systems language with manual memory and a fast toolchain

The official Haskell language homepage: docs, a purely functional language, and the compiler toolchain

The official Swift language homepage: docs, the compiler, and a language for apps and servers

The official R Project homepage: docs, downloads, and the language for statistics and data

The official Lua language homepage: docs, a lightweight language for embedding and scripting

Free world-class education for anyone

University and industry courses online

University courses you can audit for free

Project-based tech nanodegrees

On-demand video courses you buy once

MIT lecture notes, exams, and videos for free

Peer-reviewed college textbooks you can read for free

Data and AI courses with a browser scratchpad

Courses, skill tests, and labs for software and cloud teams

A catalog of online courses from universities and platforms

Open-source LMS for courses, quizzes, and classrooms

Online courses in design, illustration, photo, and crafts taught by working creatives

Harvard’s intro computer science course: lectures, problem sets, and a free certificate track

Build, sell, and host online courses with a drag-and-drop builder and checkout

Take short online courses from universities and companies, at your own pace

Live quiz games for class and work

Browser CAD for 3D models, circuits, and code

Live classroom quizzes and homework — Quizizz under a new name

Classroom points, photos, and messages for teachers and families

Buy a tiny computer, flash an OS, and start a project or a classroom lab

Trivia that donates 10 grains of rice to WFP for every correct answer

Visual boards and canvases for classes and teams

Classroom review games from a question set

Interactive classroom lessons, live polls, and AI-created activities teachers run in class

Live online classes for kids ages 3–18 across 140,000+ subjects taught by independent teachers

Free class spaces for assignments, grades, and Google Drive work teachers run at school

An elementary learning platform where students post work and families see the classroom in real time

An annual calendar of programming puzzles, with past years still open to solve

Competitive programming contests, a huge problemset, and a rating you can climb

Weekly programming contests from beginner to expert, with a public rating you can climb

A Vim-compatible editor with Lua config, LSP, and treesitter, built for plugins

A modal editor with multiple selections, tree-sitter, and built-in LSP, no plugin maze required

Hundreds of map quizzes for countries, capitals, flags, and rivers, built for classrooms and self-study

Buy sensors, boards, and kits, plus tutorials for electronics and Arduino-class builds

A free extensible text editor with Lisp, packages, and a built-in everything-buffer

A Java-first IDE with refactoring, inspections, and a free Community edition used in classrooms and shops

A Python IDE with a debugger, Jupyter, and a free Community edition used in class and at work

A PHP IDE with refactoring, a debugger, and tools for Laravel and Symfony work

The official Hugo static-site homepage: docs, lightning-fast builds, and a single binary

The official Project Jupyter homepage: notebooks, docs, and the classic lab for code and data

The official PostgreSQL homepage: docs, downloads, and the advanced open-source database

The official SQLite homepage: docs, downloads, and the embedded database that lives in a file

The official nginx homepage: docs and a high-performance web server and reverse proxy

The official MySQL homepage: docs, downloads, and the relational database that still runs a lot of the web

The honest reference for HTML, CSS, and JS

A free full-stack web-dev curriculum built on projects

A JavaScript library for sketches, generative art, and teaching code

Official JavaScript runtime downloads, docs, and guides

A JavaScript and TypeScript IDE with refactoring, a debugger, and built-in tools for web work

The official TypeScript handbook, playground, and download pages for typed JavaScript

The Modern JavaScript Tutorial: from basics to advanced topics, with examples you can run in the browser

Short expert video lessons on JavaScript, React, TypeScript, and Node, from the official egghead.io classroom

Expert video courses on JavaScript, React, TypeScript, and full-stack work from the Frontend Masters classroom

The official Astro web-framework homepage: docs, islands architecture, and a content-first build

The official Vue.js homepage: docs, the progressive framework, and a gentle path from a script tag to an app

The official React homepage: docs, hooks, and the library for building user interfaces

The official Vite homepage: docs and a next-generation frontend toolchain that starts a dev server in milliseconds

Interactive STEM learning that sticks

A computer that answers in facts and plots

Graphing calculator that stays out of the way

Graphing, geometry, and algebra in one classroom toolkit

Free interactive science and math simulations

Step-by-step solutions for algebra through calculus

Scan a problem, then walk the steps

Homework help with an AI tutor and live experts

A curriculum-aligned math and English game teachers assign for free, with optional parent memberships

A series of computational math problems you solve by writing a program

Free K-12 textbooks, simulations, and adaptive practice for math and science

A public library of open educational resources teachers can search, remix, and assign

The Canvas LMS teachers and schools use for courses, grades, and assignments

K–12 practice in math, English, and science with skill plans teachers assign

An LMS for courses, grades, and assignments used by schools and universities

Leveled articles and quizzes for ELA, social studies, and STEM that teachers assign at each student’s reading level

A free text library and full ELA curriculum with quizzes and benchmarks teachers assign by grade

Google notebook that answers from your sources

Free encyclopedia anyone can edit

Collect, cite, and share research papers

Local-first outliner for notes and graphs

Research charts on how the world changed

Open preprints in math, physics, and CS

A fact-checked encyclopedia you can cite

Cite papers and keep a PDF library

Search scholarly papers, citations, and authors

AI-powered search across scientific papers

Academic journals, books, and primary sources

Peer-reviewed research, reviews, and cases physicians actually cite, from the New England Journal of Medicine

The dictionary: definitions, audio, and usage

Synonyms and antonyms when the word is almost right

Bilingual dictionaries, conjugators, and usage forums

Where English words came from, and what they meant

A free wiki dictionary for every language

Definitions, pronunciation, and how a word is used

English definitions, learner examples, and UK/US audio

Look up a Spanish word, hear it, and see the conjugation table

A Japanese–English dictionary that also reads a pasted sentence

Shelves, ratings, and what to read next

A subscription library of books, docs, and audiobooks

Resurface Kindle and article highlights so they stick

Public-domain books, carefully typeset for modern ereaders

Track what you read and pick the next book by mood and theme

A kids’ library of 40,000+ books, audiobooks, and videos; free for teachers, family plans extra

Untimed reading, math, and music games for Pre-K through grade 5

Official docs, tutorials, and downloads for the Angular framework

Official docs and the App Router for the React framework

The official Laravel PHP framework homepage: docs, starter kits, and Cloud for shipping PHP apps

The official Django Python web framework homepage: docs, tutorials, and downloads

The official Ruby on Rails homepage: docs, conventions, and downloads for building web apps

The official Nuxt Vue framework homepage: docs, server routes, and a full-stack build

The official NestJS Node framework homepage: docs, modules, and a progressive TypeScript build

The official FastAPI Python homepage: docs, type hints, and a high-performance API framework

The official Flask Python docs: a lightweight web framework for APIs and sites

Free coding curriculum with certificates

Interactive coding lessons in the browser

Interview-style coding problems with a judge

Coding challenges and interview practice

Block coding for games and animations you can share

Coding katas ranked by kyu, in the language you are learning

DSA tutorials, practice problems, and interview prep

Practice 80+ programming languages with exercises and optional mentoring

Spaced repetition flashcards that actually stick

Flashcards and practice tests from your notes

Homework help, textbook rentals, and expert Q&A

Plot, characters, and quotes for the book due tomorrow

Literature guides with themes, quotes, and summaries

Notes that become spaced-repetition flashcards

Spaced-repetition flashcards you find or make with AI

Step-by-step builds from people who already did it

Short talks from people who did the work

Video classes taught by well-known working experts

Step-by-step how-tos with photos for everyday jobs

Teachers crop a video, drop questions on the timeline, and see who actually watched

Free games, videos, and shows for kids from PBS, with characters from the TV lineup

A calculator for almost every niche job

Missions, images, and explainers from the US space agency

Free K–12 computer science and AI lessons

Papers and news from the Nature journals

Animated K–8 videos and quizzes on science, social studies, math, and more that teachers play in class

The official Julia language homepage: docs, a high-performance language for science and data

Does this CSS work in Safari yet?

Front-end pens you can fork in a tab

Try-it tutorials for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and more

Guides and an almanac for CSS, HTML, and front-end work

The official Tailwind CSS homepage: docs and a utility-first CSS framework you can build in without leaving HTML

The official Bootstrap homepage: docs and a CSS toolkit for responsive layouts and components

The error-message graveyard that still works

A planetarium that runs in the browser

Decode and debug JSON Web Tokens

Collaborative LaTeX in the browser

Public-domain books as free ebooks

A catalog and borrowable scan of published books

Fact-checks for rumors, hoaxes, and viral claims

Borrow ebooks and audiobooks with a library card

Find a book in a real library, not just a store

Project-based classes for design, photo, and craft

US public-radio news, shows, and podcasts

Public-TV shows, documentaries, and NewsHour in a browser

Community roadmaps for developer career paths

Maps, recordings, newspapers, and free-to-use exhibitions

Audiobooks, podcasts, and originals you can take offline

Search historical records and grow a family tree

Boards, Cloud, and docs to program a microcontroller and ship a project

Animated world charts and quizzes that catch what you got wrong

Sync Anki decks across devices and browse shared decks in the browser

Guitar, bass, and drum tabs that play back in rhythm

Official docs, tutorials, and downloads for container orchestration

The official registry of Rust crates you cargo install

Publish product docs with git-sync and an AI assistant for readers

Citation, résumé, and writing guides from Purdue’s Online Writing Lab