NoaLingua Documentation
Getting your words out, and bringing them back
Export is free on every plan, including at the deck limit and for someone who never pays. Four formats: Anki-compatible CSV, a full Anki package with images and audio, an editable spreadsheet, and your entire profile as one JSON file.
The formats
| Format | What it contains | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Export as CSV (Anki-compatible) | Words, meanings and sentences in a form Anki reads directly. | The fastest route into Anki. |
| Export for Anki, with pictures | A real Anki package including video frames and the speaker’s own audio where it was captured. The message tells you how many cards carry each. | Anki users who want the full context. |
| Export as a spreadsheet | A CSV you can edit and re-import. | Bulk editing, or tidying up a deck. |
| Export as JSON (full profile) | Settings, every card with its repetition schedule, streak, labels and progress. | Backup, or moving to another computer. |
Moving to another computer
Merge — keep both retains every word from both sides; where the same word exists in both, the more recently studied one survives. Replace everything deletes what is there first.
- Settings → Privacy & data → Your profile, as a file → Export profile.
- Copy the .json file to the other machine.
- Install NoaLingua there, then Import profile.
- It shows you what is in the file first — export date, word count, whether it contains settings — and then asks what to do.
What import will never do
Import adds. It never overwrites and never deletes: words you already have keep their existing repetition history.
Three different rejections have three different messages — not JSON, a profile from a newer version, and not a NoaLingua profile — so a failed import tells you which of the three happened.
Why a file rather than an account
A file works offline, will still open in ten years, ends up in whatever backup you already have, and nobody can take it away from you or shut it down.
Chrome’s own settings sync can carry your settings between machines if you enable it, but not your deck — Chrome allows about 8 KB per item, which a deck exceeds after a few dozen words.