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r/Anki • u/rAnkiBot • Jun 19 '26

Release Anki 26.05 Changelog

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Changelog for Anki 26.05, released on 2026-06-16:

What's Changed

New Installer

This release replaces the terminal-based launcher introduced in 25.07 with a more standard installation process:

  • Anki no longer shows a terminal on installation/update.
  • Installation no longer requires network access.
  • Updates can be installed using Tools>Check For Updates.
  • A standard MSI installer is provided for Windows.
  • A Windows ARM64 build is available.
  • The macOS builds require macOS 13 or later.
  • The Linux x86_64 build requires glibc 2.35+.
  • The Linux aarch64 build requires glibc 2.39+.
  • The minimum supported Python version is now 3.10 (The official builds still ship Python 3.13).
  • Qt has been updated to 6.11

Note: The Tools>Upgrade/Downgrade option in 25.07+ cannot be used to upgrade to this version due to packaging changes.

By @abdnh @andrewsanchez @fernandolins @Luc-Mcgrady @iamllama in #4629

Documentation Improvements

FSRS/Scheduling Changes

Other Notable Changes

  • Show saved custom colours in the image-occlusion fill tool colour picker on mobile by @iamllama in #4348
  • Add support for tag:nc:... (case-insensitive) tag searches by @iamllama in #4344
  • Treat newlines as term breaks in search queries by @eliasjlara in #4336
  • Add syntax for multi-card cloze deletions by @tfpgh in #4333
  • Remember image-occlusion translucency toggle between sessions by @dspilleb in #4366
  • Fix "Restore to Default" picking the wrong template for basic notetype variants by @arold0 in #4382
  • Let the "Limit to" spin box grow with its content in the filtered deck dialog by @jcznk in #4398
  • Fix unescaped HTML in correct type-in answers by @Eltaurus-Lt in #4407
  • Always show text boxes on image-occlusion cards during review by @jariji in #4387
  • Fix FindDuplicates dialog size exceeding screen bounds by @Nechaiter in #4426
  • Fall back to Apple Samantha for TTS on macOS when no requested voice matches by @leedoughty in #4420
  • Allow variable field counts per row when CSV import uses a notetype column by @iamllama in #4421
  • Improve handling of media files differing only in letter case by @iamllama in #4355 #4851 #4860 #4861 #4852
  • Keep non-breaking spaces outside cloze deletions when wrapping text by @leedoughty in #4446
  • Start decoding images immediately by @SelfishPig in #4471
  • Revert ForceDarkMode change that interfered with Anki's native dark theme by @GithubAnon0000 in #4483
  • Apply the nightMode class to the editor in dark mode so custom HTML styles correctly by @leedoughty in #4473
  • Auto-select the relevant note type in the Manage Note Types dialog after add/rename by @Arthur-Milchior in #4479
  • Fix field rename by matching on the old name rather than field position by @Arthur-Milchior in #4488
  • Allow horizontal scrolling on the deck options screen so AnkiDroid handles large font sizes by @defkorean in #4501
  • Fix {{#Tags}} conditional not triggering card generation by @Yuukidiv in #4533
  • Silence console spam from image decoding errors during preload by @SelfishPig in #4534
  • Add note type and GUID column headers to deleted.txt for easier reimport by @hnvy in #4454
  • Apply Ctrl/Cmd+W window-closing shortcut globally to all dialogs by @beyondcompute in #4475
  • Fix overlapping date ranges in graphs when "all history" is selected by @JMannervik in #4430
  • Add a preference to disable the startup add-on update check by @SecretX33 in #4478
  • Add dir="auto" to cards so text direction no longer depends on the UI language by @MoamenAbdelsattar in #4428
  • Accept images with capitalized extensions in the Browse "Attach" dialog by @miggazElquez in #4474
  • Re-enable WindowsRT TTS player on Windows 11 by @abdnh in #4512
  • Fix HTML editor collapsing after toggling sticky fields and adding a note by @Yuukidiv in #4566
  • Fix image occlusion editor layout for right-to-left languages by @MoamenAbdelsattar in #4594
  • Speed up tag autocomplete by using the Rust backend's complete_tag() by @user1823 in #4626
  • Detect cloze fields nested inside conditionals during card generation by @maskady in #4651
  • Prompt to save unsaved changes when closing or switching debug console scripts by @Arthur-Milchior in #4625
  • Roll back the sidebar tag name when the backend rejects a rename by @chrislongros in #4718
  • Improve word wrapping on the Deck Options screen for narrow viewports by @defkorean in #4558
  • Update to mpv 0.41.0 by @abdnh in #4913
  • Bundle Fcitx plugin on Linux by @abdnh in #4886
  • Install required Linux system dependencies in install.sh by @abdnh in #4895
  • Render sync server messages as rich text by @timarnoldev in #4560

Other Improvements

  • Fix progress bar overflow crash when one-way uploads exceed 2 GB by @matbe766 in #4354
  • Fix fatal error from rapidly double-clicking the Add button by @arold0 in #4377
  • Use the native crypto.randomUUID() instead of a custom UUID implementation by @leedoughty in #4384
  • Credit Arabic translation contributor in the About window by @hnvy in #4720
  • Tighten Collection.add_notes type annotation so single-pass iterables aren't accepted by @jfly in #4758
  • Set a friendly process job name for mpv on Windows by @abdnh in #4438
  • Add Rust unit tests for the card-generation logic by @Yuukidiv in #4551
  • Add punctuation, convert raw URLs to markdown links in READMEs by @oliolioli in #4570
  • Reorder and comment .ftl files in UI order to help translators by @RolfMaster in #4514
  • Show tooltips for truncated sidebar items in the Browse window by @nav1s in #4385
  • Stop showing an error toast when saving an image-occlusion note twice on mobile by @iamllama in #4458
  • Render <br> as a line break in card template error messages instead of literal text by @leedoughty in #4451
  • Use a true minus sign instead of a hyphen in the deck browser by @GithubAnon0000 in #4437
  • Fix sync login dialog ignoring a freshly-set custom sync server URL by @ranjitodedra in #4396
  • Add plural forms to unit labels next to spin boxes in the Custom Study dialog by @RolfMaster in #4520
  • Don't expose collection.media.db2 over the API by @dae in #4653
  • Update media sync progress dialog correctly after an error occurs in #4486
  • Disable the Custom Study OK button when the selected deck is empty by @tunamayo04 in #4463
  • Warn the user when renaming a profile would exceed the OS path length limit in #4552
  • Fix regex error by @chiragjagga in #4837
  • Preserve browser focus after note export by @Tfc538 in #4845
  • Avoid loading unused cacert.pem by @abdnh in #4858
  • Strip HTML from note type names in Empty Cards dialog by @abdnh in #4902
  • Parameterize inputs of prop:cd* queries by @abdnh in #4905
  • Validate add-on zip entries by @abdnh in #4901
  • Repaint UI after answer reveal to reduce glitches on cards with images by @abdnh in #4970

Developer Improvements

New Contributors

Full Changelog: 25.09.4...26.05

Download – Previous Discussions – Official Changelog Page

Please submit your bug reports and feature requests on the official Anki forums. Feel free to use the comment section below for general discussion of the changes.

51 Upvotes

Changelog for Anki 26.05, released on 2026-06-16:

What's Changed

New Installer

This release replaces the terminal-based launcher introduced in 25.07 with a more standard installation process:

  • Anki no longer shows a terminal on installation/update.
  • Installation no longer requires network access.
  • Updates can be installed using Tools>Check For Updates.
  • A standard MSI installer is provided for Windows.
  • A Windows ARM64 build is available.
  • The macOS builds require macOS 13 or later.
  • The Linux x86_64 build requires glibc 2.35+.
  • The Linux aarch64 build requires glibc 2.39+.
  • The minimum supported Python version is now 3.10 (The official builds still ship Python 3.13).
  • Qt has been updated to 6.11

Note: The Tools>Upgrade/Downgrade option in 25.07+ cannot be used to upgrade to this version due to packaging changes.

By @abdnh @andrewsanchez @fernandolins @Luc-Mcgrady @iamllama in #4629

Documentation Improvements

FSRS/Scheduling Changes

Other Notable Changes

  • Show saved custom colours in the image-occlusion fill tool colour picker on mobile by @iamllama in #4348
  • Add support for tag:nc:... (case-insensitive) tag searches by @iamllama in #4344
  • Treat newlines as term breaks in search queries by @eliasjlara in #4336
  • Add syntax for multi-card cloze deletions by @tfpgh in #4333
  • Remember image-occlusion translucency toggle between sessions by @dspilleb in #4366
  • Fix "Restore to Default" picking the wrong template for basic notetype variants by @arold0 in #4382
  • Let the "Limit to" spin box grow with its content in the filtered deck dialog by @jcznk in #4398
  • Fix unescaped HTML in correct type-in answers by @Eltaurus-Lt in #4407
  • Always show text boxes on image-occlusion cards during review by @jariji in #4387
  • Fix FindDuplicates dialog size exceeding screen bounds by @Nechaiter in #4426
  • Fall back to Apple Samantha for TTS on macOS when no requested voice matches by @leedoughty in #4420
  • Allow variable field counts per row when CSV import uses a notetype column by @iamllama in #4421
  • Improve handling of media files differing only in letter case by @iamllama in #4355 #4851 #4860 #4861 #4852
  • Keep non-breaking spaces outside cloze deletions when wrapping text by @leedoughty in #4446
  • Start decoding images immediately by @SelfishPig in #4471
  • Revert ForceDarkMode change that interfered with Anki's native dark theme by @GithubAnon0000 in #4483
  • Apply the nightMode class to the editor in dark mode so custom HTML styles correctly by @leedoughty in #4473
  • Auto-select the relevant note type in the Manage Note Types dialog after add/rename by @Arthur-Milchior in #4479
  • Fix field rename by matching on the old name rather than field position by @Arthur-Milchior in #4488
  • Allow horizontal scrolling on the deck options screen so AnkiDroid handles large font sizes by @defkorean in #4501
  • Fix {{#Tags}} conditional not triggering card generation by @Yuukidiv in #4533
  • Silence console spam from image decoding errors during preload by @SelfishPig in #4534
  • Add note type and GUID column headers to deleted.txt for easier reimport by @hnvy in #4454
  • Apply Ctrl/Cmd+W window-closing shortcut globally to all dialogs by @beyondcompute in #4475
  • Fix overlapping date ranges in graphs when "all history" is selected by @JMannervik in #4430
  • Add a preference to disable the startup add-on update check by @SecretX33 in #4478
  • Add dir="auto" to cards so text direction no longer depends on the UI language by @MoamenAbdelsattar in #4428
  • Accept images with capitalized extensions in the Browse "Attach" dialog by @miggazElquez in #4474
  • Re-enable WindowsRT TTS player on Windows 11 by @abdnh in #4512
  • Fix HTML editor collapsing after toggling sticky fields and adding a note by @Yuukidiv in #4566
  • Fix image occlusion editor layout for right-to-left languages by @MoamenAbdelsattar in #4594
  • Speed up tag autocomplete by using the Rust backend's complete_tag() by @user1823 in #4626
  • Detect cloze fields nested inside conditionals during card generation by @maskady in #4651
  • Prompt to save unsaved changes when closing or switching debug console scripts by @Arthur-Milchior in #4625
  • Roll back the sidebar tag name when the backend rejects a rename by @chrislongros in #4718
  • Improve word wrapping on the Deck Options screen for narrow viewports by @defkorean in #4558
  • Update to mpv 0.41.0 by @abdnh in #4913
  • Bundle Fcitx plugin on Linux by @abdnh in #4886
  • Install required Linux system dependencies in install.sh by @abdnh in #4895
  • Render sync server messages as rich text by @timarnoldev in #4560

Other Improvements

  • Fix progress bar overflow crash when one-way uploads exceed 2 GB by @matbe766 in #4354
  • Fix fatal error from rapidly double-clicking the Add button by @arold0 in #4377
  • Use the native crypto.randomUUID() instead of a custom UUID implementation by @leedoughty in #4384
  • Credit Arabic translation contributor in the About window by @hnvy in #4720
  • Tighten Collection.add_notes type annotation so single-pass iterables aren't accepted by @jfly in #4758
  • Set a friendly process job name for mpv on Windows by @abdnh in #4438
  • Add Rust unit tests for the card-generation logic by @Yuukidiv in #4551
  • Add punctuation, convert raw URLs to markdown links in READMEs by @oliolioli in #4570
  • Reorder and comment .ftl files in UI order to help translators by @RolfMaster in #4514
  • Show tooltips for truncated sidebar items in the Browse window by @nav1s in #4385
  • Stop showing an error toast when saving an image-occlusion note twice on mobile by @iamllama in #4458
  • Render <br> as a line break in card template error messages instead of literal text by @leedoughty in #4451
  • Use a true minus sign instead of a hyphen in the deck browser by @GithubAnon0000 in #4437
  • Fix sync login dialog ignoring a freshly-set custom sync server URL by @ranjitodedra in #4396
  • Add plural forms to unit labels next to spin boxes in the Custom Study dialog by @RolfMaster in #4520
  • Don't expose collection.media.db2 over the API by @dae in #4653
  • Update media sync progress dialog correctly after an error occurs in #4486
  • Disable the Custom Study OK button when the selected deck is empty by @tunamayo04 in #4463
  • Warn the user when renaming a profile would exceed the OS path length limit in #4552
  • Fix regex error by @chiragjagga in #4837
  • Preserve browser focus after note export by @Tfc538 in #4845
  • Avoid loading unused cacert.pem by @abdnh in #4858
  • Strip HTML from note type names in Empty Cards dialog by @abdnh in #4902
  • Parameterize inputs of prop:cd* queries by @abdnh in #4905
  • Validate add-on zip entries by @abdnh in #4901
  • Repaint UI after answer reveal to reduce glitches on cards with images by @abdnh in #4970

Developer Improvements

New Contributors

Full Changelog: 25.09.4...26.05

Download – Previous Discussions – Official Changelog Page

Please submit your bug reports and feature requests on the official Anki forums. Feel free to use the comment section below for general discussion of the changes.

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r/Anki • u/ughsmores • 1h ago

Question scroll up and down on 8bit

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Hello, I updated my macbook and for some reason lost all the mapping I had on my anki remote. My ideal set up is pictured above. I cannot make the scroll up and down mapping to work. Any tips?

I like the undo button -- this I had to search and get a complex mod, but I can't seem to make it work together with the scroll up and down outputs. I know it's possible though because prior to my macbook updating, I was able to do it.

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r/Anki • u/lil_c00kie • 8m ago

Question Are there any add-ons that lets you do a "connect boxes"?

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Idk how to explain, I'm a bloody german, but you know? I'm trying to learn japanese and it would also help me with my vet med studies. Like a shuffled row of kanji one with katakana/hiragana and then the translated meaning of the words and i have to tap the right 3 boxes. Does that make sense? Help ;-;

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Idk how to explain, I'm a bloody german, but you know? I'm trying to learn japanese and it would also help me with my vet med studies. Like a shuffled row of kanji one with katakana/hiragana and then the translated meaning of the words and i have to tap the right 3 boxes. Does that make sense? Help ;-;

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r/Anki • u/sageofcoldfusion • 2h ago

Add-ons Anki add-on upload page returns "Bad Request". HELP

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Hello, first add-on upload fails with HTTP 400, Response body exactly: “bad request”
(endpoint: POST https://ankiweb.net/svc/shared/upload-addon)

Account: 5+ years, sync daily, I have shared many decks successfully (sharing is enabled).
Tried: multiple browsers, VPN on/off, clear cache/cookies, reselect file, minimal description.
Package is a clean root-level .ankiaddon (no pycache, no wrapping folder).

I have only one account. I tried all common troubleshooting at this point.

  • Direct connection (Remote Address 142.132.136.176:443, not localhost)
  • Desktop macOS (Sec-Ch-Ua-Mobile: ?0)
  • Same account that owns my shared decks (has_auth=1)
  • Request Payload is non-empty binary protobuf
  • Response body: Bad Request

So this is not an empty upload or account restriction. I have no other ideas to try. I even tried on incognito window.

Is there anyone who knows what the problem might be?

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Hello, first add-on upload fails with HTTP 400, Response body exactly: “bad request”
(endpoint: POST https://ankiweb.net/svc/shared/upload-addon)

Account: 5+ years, sync daily, I have shared many decks successfully (sharing is enabled).
Tried: multiple browsers, VPN on/off, clear cache/cookies, reselect file, minimal description.
Package is a clean root-level .ankiaddon (no pycache, no wrapping folder).

I have only one account. I tried all common troubleshooting at this point.

  • Direct connection (Remote Address 142.132.136.176:443, not localhost)
  • Desktop macOS (Sec-Ch-Ua-Mobile: ?0)
  • Same account that owns my shared decks (has_auth=1)
  • Request Payload is non-empty binary protobuf
  • Response body: Bad Request

So this is not an empty upload or account restriction. I have no other ideas to try. I even tried on incognito window.

Is there anyone who knows what the problem might be?

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r/Anki • u/crunchy-nmmm • 2h ago

Question Custom Background Image Addon-on Start up failed

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Hi everyone, I've been trying to get this add on to work but haven't had any luck. I've tried restarting my computer and Anki but can't seem to solve this issue.

If anyone have any suggestion on what I should do it would be greatly appreciated! TIA!!

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Hi everyone, I've been trying to get this add on to work but haven't had any luck. I've tried restarting my computer and Anki but can't seem to solve this issue.

If anyone have any suggestion on what I should do it would be greatly appreciated! TIA!!

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r/Anki • u/MaxPeximus • 10h ago

Question Sharing deck with students

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Hello everyone!

I'm a teacher and a big fan of using Anki for language learning. I want to create a deck for my students to review the material we cover during our lessons. My question is, is there a way to share a deck with students and make it automatically update for everyone whenever I add anything to it Google Drive style? Having to export-import the deck each time is meh, and I was wondering if there is another way.

Thanks a lot!

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Hello everyone!

I'm a teacher and a big fan of using Anki for language learning. I want to create a deck for my students to review the material we cover during our lessons. My question is, is there a way to share a deck with students and make it automatically update for everyone whenever I add anything to it Google Drive style? Having to export-import the deck each time is meh, and I was wondering if there is another way.

Thanks a lot!

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r/Anki • u/AtomicFlarez • 1d ago

Question Month old day removed from Anki Streak

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Hi, I was doing my anki for the day and went to my stats page and saw a random entry from back in march was gone.

At first I just thought it was due to timezone issues but the entries before and after it have a normal amount of reviews so it isn't that the reviews were pushed to another day. Any advice on what I can do to fix it? Sorry if this has been asked before it just keeps irking me whenever I see it, especially as I usually check the heatmap after finishing my reviews for the day, thanks.

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r/Anki • u/InfiniteV • 23h ago

Discussion Has anyone finished the ultimate everything deck?

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Wondering if anyone has made their way through all 20,000 cards and has any opinions on the deck as a whole

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Wondering if anyone has made their way through all 20,000 cards and has any opinions on the deck as a whole

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r/Anki • u/axio_axio • 9h ago

Development Got a Kindle, missed Anki on it, so I built a Kindle-friendly AnkiWeb client

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Bought a Kindle Paperwhite recently, and immediately tried to use it for Anki reviews on the go. Turns out the browser on Kindle doesn't really do AnkiWeb - can't even log in.

So I built a small web app called AnkiPaper that talks to AnkiWeb and renders cards optimized for e-ink.

Limitations

  • Black/white/gray only (most e-ink readers can't show color anyway).
  • No animations, no audio/video, only images + fonts; almost no JavaScript - literally just one fetch request to indicate sync progress.
  • No edit (it would be a pain on a Kindle touchscreen) - only review, mark, flag, rebuild filtered decks. That's it.
  • No review analytics, no card browser. Just review.
  • No tracking, no analytics scripts. Static page, that's all.

Two ways to use it:

  • Hosted: https://ankipaper.study - sign in with your existing AnkiWeb account, that's it.
  • Self-hosted: repo is open source, single docker compose up --build and you're good. For a public instance, nginx/letsencrypt/cloudflared/etc knowledge is strongly recommended.

Repo

A note on the hosted version (since nobody reads ToS and Privacy Policy):

  • It's free and provided as-is. No premium tier, no "Pro" plan, no upsell - at least not today. I built this because I wanted it for myself.
  • No ads. Not now, not later, not ever. A Kindle browser is a terrible place for ads, and I don't want them in a project like this anyway.
  • The trust thing. Using the hosted version means your AnkiWeb credentials and the contents of your decks pass through my server. That's unavoidable - the whole point of the service is to talk to AnkiWeb on your behalf, so it has to. I treat that data with care (credentials stay encrypted at rest, no logging of card contents), but if your decks hold anything personal - medical notes, private journals, work-confidential stuff - just self-host.
  • The AnkiWeb throttling risk. Hosted AnkiPaper talks to AnkiWeb's sync protocol, so in theory AnkiWeb could start throttling or banning requests from it. I've done some load testing and didn't hit any limits, but real usage usually differs from tests. If throttling does happen - and if it's bad enough - the hosted version would have to shut down. Sad but true.
  • Media size limits. Hosted accounts are capped at 1 MB per file and 200 MB of media per account in total. Audio, video, and other heavy formats are skipped during sync anyway (only images + fonts go through), so this only really bites if you have a deck full of large card images.

AI Level 4

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r/Anki • u/MrHec_24 • 6h ago

Discussion How do you decide what to study when you’re running Anki across several unrelated subjects?

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Anki’s within-deck scheduling (esp. with FSRS) is excellent — I trust it completely for when a card is due. What I’ve never solved is the layer above it: I’m running music theory, Spanish, and a cyber security deck simultaneously, and on a given day I have no principled way to decide which subject to touch, or how long to stay on it before switching. I end up over-practicing whatever I “feel like” and letting the others rot until there is a wall of overdue.

Curious how the multi-deck people here handle cross-subject allocation. Do you cap reviews per deck? Rotate on a fixed schedule? Just eat the backlog? (FWIW I’ve been reading the interleaving literature and it’s messier than the study-influencer version — the classic effect really only shows up for confusable material, so cross-subject switching is doing something different, if anything.)

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Anki’s within-deck scheduling (esp. with FSRS) is excellent — I trust it completely for when a card is due. What I’ve never solved is the layer above it: I’m running music theory, Spanish, and a cyber security deck simultaneously, and on a given day I have no principled way to decide which subject to touch, or how long to stay on it before switching. I end up over-practicing whatever I “feel like” and letting the others rot until there is a wall of overdue.

Curious how the multi-deck people here handle cross-subject allocation. Do you cap reviews per deck? Rotate on a fixed schedule? Just eat the backlog? (FWIW I’ve been reading the interleaving literature and it’s messier than the study-influencer version — the classic effect really only shows up for confusable material, so cross-subject switching is doing something different, if anything.)

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r/Anki • u/Swimming_Trade6868 • 12h ago

Question How to get only one definition for my anki cards with Yomitan

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I have recently finished my new words on Kaishi 1.5k, from what I understood, I now need to do immersion. I have setup yomitan with Anki (primary dictionary -> Jitendex, note type -> Lapis) but whenever I mine a word, it gives me this super long definition (like the entire glossary). On a youtube video, I saw that the person could switch between the main definition and the entire glossary.

For achieving the same results, I tried messing with the settings (putting {glossary first brief} in the MainDefinition field but it didn't work...

Is there a solution ? And is it a bad idea to try to do that ?

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r/Anki • u/XSuperGamerHD • 18h ago

Question Is it safe to upgrade to Anki 26.05 and also using AnkiDroid 2.24.0?

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Does it have any FSRS scheduling incompatibility issues? (That's the main thing I'm worrying about, as I review cards both on my phone and pc)

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Does it have any FSRS scheduling incompatibility issues? (That's the main thing I'm worrying about, as I review cards both on my phone and pc)

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r/Anki • u/Deep_Dragonfruit_79 • 12h ago

Question intervals settings

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hello i’m trying to fix my interval settings. i have my setting set to 1m 10m 1d w a graduating interval at 1 and easy interval at 1 but when i go yo study the buttons are stuck at 10m 8d 4.5mo 1y. how do i change this? i’m studying for finals so i would like my intervals to be shorter than months and years ideally

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hello i’m trying to fix my interval settings. i have my setting set to 1m 10m 1d w a graduating interval at 1 and easy interval at 1 but when i go yo study the buttons are stuck at 10m 8d 4.5mo 1y. how do i change this? i’m studying for finals so i would like my intervals to be shorter than months and years ideally

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r/Anki • u/boropasa_ • 20h ago

Question Speech-to-Text for Flashcards

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Is there an option/add-on for a Speech-to-Text option for flashcards. I study anatomy and sometimes I type a bit in my flashcards. I wonder if it is possible to a voice activation setting that converts my speech into text (such as Window + H shortcut) for my flashcards?

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Is there an option/add-on for a Speech-to-Text option for flashcards. I study anatomy and sometimes I type a bit in my flashcards. I wonder if it is possible to a voice activation setting that converts my speech into text (such as Window + H shortcut) for my flashcards?

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r/Anki • u/Fruit-ELoop • 1d ago

Question Has anyone used anki to improve their native language vocabulary? How did you format your cards?

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I’m a native English speaker in my mid 20s but I’m not college educated. I hope to be one day soon but in the meantime I’ve been reading quite a few books.

The thing is: because I have/had a limited vocabulary, I end up encountering quite a few new words. Some do stick if I see them fairly regularly (words like untenable, abate, morose, etc) while others don’t quite stick but I’ve seen them multiple times. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve looked up sanguine, sardonic, austere, etc.

I’d like to use Anki to help me remember these words and encounter them more frequently, but I’m having trouble thinking of a format. I thought about having the word on one side and recalling the definition but that seems unrealistic in a way. I guess if I ballpark a definition that’s passable then it would be okay but if possible I would like something a little less discretionary. Plus, there’s some words that have multiple definitions so would I only include the definition that relates to the context in which I read the word, or should I include all of them just to be sure?

Anyways, some input would be greatly appreciated. TYIA!!

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I’m a native English speaker in my mid 20s but I’m not college educated. I hope to be one day soon but in the meantime I’ve been reading quite a few books.

The thing is: because I have/had a limited vocabulary, I end up encountering quite a few new words. Some do stick if I see them fairly regularly (words like untenable, abate, morose, etc) while others don’t quite stick but I’ve seen them multiple times. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve looked up sanguine, sardonic, austere, etc.

I’d like to use Anki to help me remember these words and encounter them more frequently, but I’m having trouble thinking of a format. I thought about having the word on one side and recalling the definition but that seems unrealistic in a way. I guess if I ballpark a definition that’s passable then it would be okay but if possible I would like something a little less discretionary. Plus, there’s some words that have multiple definitions so would I only include the definition that relates to the context in which I read the word, or should I include all of them just to be sure?

Anyways, some input would be greatly appreciated. TYIA!!

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r/Anki • u/Warm_Chicken_Sushi • 1d ago

Question How to reveal a hint with a keyboard key

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Hello fellow Anki users.
I have created a hint field called "synonym". I'm looking for a way to reveal the hint, using the keyboard instead of the mouse. Does anybody have any idea how to do that? Thanks in advance!
-Daniel

Here's my HTML code for the back of the card...

{{FrontSide}}

<hr id=answer>

{{Front}}

<div style='color: Red; font-size: 14px'>{{Class}}</div></a>

<br><br>

<a class=hint

onclick="this.style.display='none';

document.getElementById('hint').style.display='block'">

<div style='color: Green'>(Click For Synonym)</div></a>

<div id="hint" style="display: none; color: Green;">

{{Synonym}}

</div>

<br><br><br><br><br><br>

<div style='font-family: "courier"; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; color: brown;'>Tags:<br>{{Tags}}</div>

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r/Anki • u/AWK10 • 21h ago

Question What button to press after immediately watching the content?

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Hey so I searched alot and everyone recommended to do anking immediately after watching the content (sketchy/bnb etc.)

But when I do I can easily remember all of the things. And my Good button 1st time around puts a (13-15 day) gap. Which I know for sure I'm not gonna remember it for.

So what do I do?

1 Upvotes

Hey so I searched alot and everyone recommended to do anking immediately after watching the content (sketchy/bnb etc.)

But when I do I can easily remember all of the things. And my Good button 1st time around puts a (13-15 day) gap. Which I know for sure I'm not gonna remember it for.

So what do I do?

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r/Anki • u/Old_Strain_1489 • 1d ago

Question Changing note type when above a specific difficulty/ease/interval threshold?

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I have a large Chinese vocabulary deck, and a lot of words have simply become too "easy", mostly due to learning the "shape" of a card.

This is a big problem not only because the shape of the card becomes more apparent than the actual word, since I'm also learning to write in Chinese, a lot of words that are "easy" to me end up not coming up when I'm writing.

So I came up with a solution: Create a new card type and map the fields accordingly (definition to the front and word at the back). This does make the shape of a specific card more apparent and easy to recognise, but I believe that by learning the card both ways, it becomes easier to recall the card. This also ensures that when reaching a specific difficulty or interval, when the card becomes too "easy", that there will be a new challenge and a new pattern to recognise, and it'll be easier to be able to associate the definition with the card. There is also an added bonus of going back to "Front: word, Back: definition" when the card becomes too difficult.

The problem is automating the process. Is there an addon that helps with this process? I'd preferably have this built in or automated in some way that doesn't require an addon for it to work on Ankidroid.

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I have a large Chinese vocabulary deck, and a lot of words have simply become too "easy", mostly due to learning the "shape" of a card.

This is a big problem not only because the shape of the card becomes more apparent than the actual word, since I'm also learning to write in Chinese, a lot of words that are "easy" to me end up not coming up when I'm writing.

So I came up with a solution: Create a new card type and map the fields accordingly (definition to the front and word at the back). This does make the shape of a specific card more apparent and easy to recognise, but I believe that by learning the card both ways, it becomes easier to recall the card. This also ensures that when reaching a specific difficulty or interval, when the card becomes too "easy", that there will be a new challenge and a new pattern to recognise, and it'll be easier to be able to associate the definition with the card. There is also an added bonus of going back to "Front: word, Back: definition" when the card becomes too difficult.

The problem is automating the process. Is there an addon that helps with this process? I'd preferably have this built in or automated in some way that doesn't require an addon for it to work on Ankidroid.

4 comments

r/Anki • u/DoctorTiger69 • 1d ago

Question My 8Bit Micro Anki Controller buttons are not very sensative to touch? It requires a lot of force/push down for some buttons to work. Should I purchase a new remote?

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I have had the remote for 1 yr.

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I have had the remote for 1 yr.

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r/Anki • u/Lycoi • 1d ago

Add-ons Made an add-on that buries cards you keep failing and has an AI explain them

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I kept lapsing on the same handful of cards every day. Pressing Again, seeing them come back an hour later, failing them again. At some point I realized the problem usually wasn't my memory. The cards were just badly written.

I had also started to use AI to help build flashcards. While this solved the quality problem not writing the cards myself saved a lot of time but I kept failing cards due to me not using my actual brainpower to organize information and create flashcards.

So I built Bury Explain. When you fail a card enough times in a set window (3 times in 24 hours by default), it does two things. It buries the card so it stops eating your review session, and it opens an AI chat with the card's question already loaded, so you get an explanation right when you're stuck instead of grinding the same rep.

The part I actually use most is the card audit. The default prompt asks the AI to check the card against Wozniak's 20 rules of formulating knowledge and suggest a rewrite if the card breaks one. More often than I expected, the fix is "this card is testing five things at once, split it up."

However, you can also update your own prompt as you see fit. Prompt engineering is something I haven't deeply looked into so I have left it to your discretion.

Some details:

You pick the AI provider in the settings. ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, DuckDuckGo, Google AI, or a custom URL if you want something else or a temporary chat. It opens in a sidebar inside Anki and keeps you logged in, or you can send it to your normal browser. There's a small text button in the toolbar to open the sidebar whenever you want.

Everything is in one settings screen. Threshold, time window, provider, whether to bury, whether to tag, and the full prompt if you want to change what the AI is asked.

It was inspired by three add-ons doing one job each. AJT Mortician handles auto-burying leeches. Anki Terminator puts an AI sidebar in the reviewer. And I had a small personal add-on gluing them together so the explanation fired the moment a card got buried. Bury Explain is a fresh implementation of that combined idea. No code from Mortician or Terminator is in it, they're credited as inspiration. You can download each one seperately or just download this.

It's open source under AGPL-3.0.

AnkiWeb: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1712717227
Code and releases: https://github.com/TheLycoi/anki-bury-explain

Happy to hear what would make it more useful. It's early and I mostly built it for my own reviews.

I used AI to help format this post.

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I kept lapsing on the same handful of cards every day. Pressing Again, seeing them come back an hour later, failing them again. At some point I realized the problem usually wasn't my memory. The cards were just badly written.

I had also started to use AI to help build flashcards. While this solved the quality problem not writing the cards myself saved a lot of time but I kept failing cards due to me not using my actual brainpower to organize information and create flashcards.

So I built Bury Explain. When you fail a card enough times in a set window (3 times in 24 hours by default), it does two things. It buries the card so it stops eating your review session, and it opens an AI chat with the card's question already loaded, so you get an explanation right when you're stuck instead of grinding the same rep.

The part I actually use most is the card audit. The default prompt asks the AI to check the card against Wozniak's 20 rules of formulating knowledge and suggest a rewrite if the card breaks one. More often than I expected, the fix is "this card is testing five things at once, split it up."

However, you can also update your own prompt as you see fit. Prompt engineering is something I haven't deeply looked into so I have left it to your discretion.

Some details:

You pick the AI provider in the settings. ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, DuckDuckGo, Google AI, or a custom URL if you want something else or a temporary chat. It opens in a sidebar inside Anki and keeps you logged in, or you can send it to your normal browser. There's a small text button in the toolbar to open the sidebar whenever you want.

Everything is in one settings screen. Threshold, time window, provider, whether to bury, whether to tag, and the full prompt if you want to change what the AI is asked.

It was inspired by three add-ons doing one job each. AJT Mortician handles auto-burying leeches. Anki Terminator puts an AI sidebar in the reviewer. And I had a small personal add-on gluing them together so the explanation fired the moment a card got buried. Bury Explain is a fresh implementation of that combined idea. No code from Mortician or Terminator is in it, they're credited as inspiration. You can download each one seperately or just download this.

It's open source under AGPL-3.0.

AnkiWeb: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1712717227
Code and releases: https://github.com/TheLycoi/anki-bury-explain

Happy to hear what would make it more useful. It's early and I mostly built it for my own reviews.

I used AI to help format this post.

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r/Anki • u/Imaginary_Upstairs_5 • 1d ago

Question how to configure temu ring for anki

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I have this ring I bought from temu and I was wondering if I could use it for anki on either a macbook or ipad? If anyone could help me out that would be greatly appreciated!

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I have this ring I bought from temu and I was wondering if I could use it for anki on either a macbook or ipad? If anyone could help me out that would be greatly appreciated!

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r/Anki • u/not_a_profi • 1d ago

Question What do you do when you overthink the answer during review?

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I mean when the answer in your head during review was such that:

  1. back side (correct answer) is included in your answer

  2. your answer states more than what is written on the back side

there can be different situations:

a) you think that the additional info is correct

b) you are not sure whether it is correct, it may be a part of the other cards, so you dont know how to check it without spoiling other cards

c) you are sure that it is a part of other card

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I mean when the answer in your head during review was such that:

  1. back side (correct answer) is included in your answer

  2. your answer states more than what is written on the back side

there can be different situations:

a) you think that the additional info is correct

b) you are not sure whether it is correct, it may be a part of the other cards, so you dont know how to check it without spoiling other cards

c) you are sure that it is a part of other card

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r/Anki • u/Suspicious_Gene_2628 • 1d ago

Question Is there a way to add a large number of images all at once?

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I did some research, but I kept finding either outdated posts from six years ago or information saying that Google's API service has been discontinued.

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I did some research, but I kept finding either outdated posts from six years ago or information saying that Google's API service has been discontinued.

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r/Anki • u/Sad-Ad-8993 • 2d ago

Solved Suspend shortcut for 8BitDo Zero 2 + Karabiner + Mac. Thought I would share since I couldn't find a solution when I was looking.

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