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Is Anki’s (for Windows) source code available? On this page, the Windows tab doesn't show a source download. But its Linux tab does. Is Anki for Windows safe, i.e. malware/spyware free?
CodeBricks
Posted 2018-04-14T22:47:30.197
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Is Anki (for Windows) open-source and safe?
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Under the Source header in the [Development] tab at https://apps.ankiweb.net/, it says that "stable releases are available on the Linux/BSD tab", so the source under the Linux/BSD tab is also the source for the compiled Windows and Mac versions of the software.
Development versions of the source are also available at https://github.com/dae/anki. You can inspect the code yourself to verify whether it is safe to use.
+1. I don’t know much about Linux or GitHub. Bear w/ me. The tab lists a .deb & .tgz file. I thought .deb is the Linux-equivalent of .exe? If Linux can install from .deb & if it also contains source code, does that mean Linux compiles it & then installs? If there’s no compile-time OS detection, wouldn’t this still be Linux-specific? I know less about .tgz & am wondering if that’s similar. For GitHub, where’s the source? Is it in 1 archive file? Just want to know if Win. source is really there, hoping that if they really open-sourced Win. version & no one complained yet, that installer's safe? – CodeBricks – 2018-04-15T00:33:10.887
No, Windows would be .exe but if your worried compile from source – Ramhound – 2018-04-15T00:46:50.127
1How does open source relate to malware-free? Unless the app is trivial, how could you tell from looking at a mountain of code whether it contains any malware? – fixer1234 – 2018-04-15T05:14:07.373