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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.

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r/Anki • u/The_Seventh_Bee • 13h ago

Discussion Any cool tips and tricks for Anki?

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Been using Anki every day for one year now, is great I have some nice adds-on.

I have not played much with the custom deck or FSRS either aside from of course doing the monthly update of my cards.

I want to learn more about it. I am bad with reading instructions but any super good tutorials that explain about study custom and FSRS helper? I heard great things about it but been too scared to use it as I do not want to mess my cards.

Peace and that this a reminder to do your reviews today!

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r/Anki • u/joeisajellyfish • 20m ago

Question Visual time drain? (not Speed Streak)

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I'm working on gamifying my Anki so I might actually study it, and I find the timers helpful. However, since the timer is relatively small and in the corner, it is very easy to miss. I've tried to use Speed Streak, but for some reason it just refuses to work with some decks. I'd appreciate any suggestions.

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r/Anki • u/Prior_Broccoli8116 • 11h ago

Question Learning language with e book reader an anki

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I'm looking for a way to read a book in a foreign language and, whenever I come across a word I don't know, highlight it, have it translated, and automatically send both the original word and its translation to Anki as a flashcard.

From my research, this is exactly how Koshi Reader works. However, it only supports Japanese.

Ultimately, I'd like to get this setup running on an Android e-book reader.

Could you help me with this?

Thank you!

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r/Anki • u/Alternative-Ok69 • 6h ago

Question How is this possible? Total card count is 1200 but outside its showing 1300

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when i open the filtered deck to solve it shows me 1200 cards on the outside in the main menu it shows 1300 cards!

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r/Anki • u/figeon • 8h ago

Question Is there a way to automatically show images from special fields after answering?

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So you don't have to manually open them if you want to look

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r/Anki • u/Nayutantantan • 14h ago

Question Looking for a deck for English used in Logistics/Business/Academics Essays!

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Hi there! I recently started using anki for language learning and fall in love with it... so much that I have been trying to drag my friend in 😂

Here the thing, she is not really good in English (at least on survival levels) and due to her studies to obtain a master-then-doctorate-later in her major (something along the line of logistics and business), she would need to read plentiful of essays, articles and sources in English. Those often comes with very difficult English vocabulary so I tend to be there to translate/explain to her instead of having her reaching out to chatGPT for gibberish translations😐

I feel like with Anki system of 20 cards a day might be useful to help her but I am currently stuck on finding which shared deck can be useful... I tried several decks but they were just "phrases"/"saying" that felt like it would only apply in the field and not something that can be used in an essay

If anyone has a recommendation then that will be useful!

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r/Anki • u/runslack • 1d ago

Question Fluent forever method in Anki: woth it ?

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Title says it all. Are there people following fluent forever principles using Anki as a tool ? I see they have an app but I really do not like having to pay a sub for something I could eventually do myself.

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r/Anki • u/SquareArtisan • 11h ago

Question Visual mnemonic system for plural forms?

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r/Anki • u/VariationHopeful9591 • 9h ago

Question is there a good pdf to .json maker and .json to cloze maker available online.?

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I am almost done with .json script to be honest. Now i release may be someone from the community has already made it.
Was going to start on .json to cloze maker but i am very short on time.
Any suggestions or help will be great.

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r/Anki • u/Spirit-Neither • 12h ago

Add-ons Anki Add On Text-to-speech

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Hi everyone,
I'm looking for an Anki add-on that can read my cards aloud using text-to-speech. Ideally, I'd like it to work on both Anki Desktop and the AnkiMobile app on iPhone, so the audio also plays when I'm studying on my phone.
Does anyone know of an add-on or a workflow that works well for this?
Thanks in advance!

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r/Anki • u/PM_ME_CREEPY_THINGS • 21h ago

Question repositioning cards

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hello, just a quick question.

i got a premade deck with about 2000 cards and learning about 10 new cards each day.

Now, there are certain cards that i would like to learn before others. Is the proper way in this case then to just go repositioning -> set start position to 1 on all unlearned cards i wann learn earlier?

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r/Anki • u/BeneficialMarket585 • 5h ago

Question fix my anki settings please!

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Hi! Please help me I am not sure what I did to mess this up. I would really like it to be

<10 min again, hard 1 day, good 2 days, easy 3 days

can someone show me the settings i should change?

please show me what to change it to because I am very new to anki

thanks!!!

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r/Anki • u/Helpful-Dhamma-Heart • 20h ago

Question Making decks for languages

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Just wondering peoples suggested path for making decks.

What fields to use, how simple or complex, if you excel or other spreadsheets automation. If you use any add-ons or a new or old version.

I use windows and android so sync to the online version.

I found I was spending a lot of time making cards, maybe as much as learning, but my learning times need to be increased.

I have several books and audio to memorize at some point. I have been sick so it's on hold but I thought I should revisit my system and see if I could improve it.

Thanks

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r/Anki • u/MisterTeapot • 1d ago

Question Does FSRS take card types into account?

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If I have a card model with CN to EN and the reversed card, does FSRS take this into account when planning?

Learning to read a Chinese character is a lot easier than learning how to write it. Am I messing up the parameters by having these cards together?

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r/Anki • u/ghenaat • 1d ago

Discussion Do you make a separate deck for each topic, or throw everything in one?

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trying to figure out how people organize this and i keep going back and forth.

like say i'm adding vocab for totally different stuff, tech words, food/fruit names, random words i hear during the day. do you keep those in separate decks by topic, or just dump everything into one big deck and let the review algorithm sort it out?

i started with one deck for everything because it felt simpler, but now it's kind of a mess and switching between random contexts feels weird when i review. thought about splitting by topic but then i worry i'll end up with 15 tiny decks i never open.

how do you do it? one big deck, or separate by subject? and if you split them, what's your rule for when something deserves its own deck vs just going in the general pile?

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r/Anki • u/Flimsy-Baby-7992 • 1d ago

Question How to reset window size of the main window?

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I think the 'Reset Window Sizes' setting in Preferences only reset anything but the main window

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r/Anki • u/bl__ake • 1d ago

Add-ons Learn2Rot: Earn screen time by doing your flashcards

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Hi r/Anki! I made this add-on for myself, and I figured I'd put it online in case it helps anyone else out. It's called Learn2Rot, every time you answer a flashcard it gives you a couple (configurable) seconds that you can spend watching any media of your choice. Once you run out of time, you won't be allowed to play any media until you accumulate some more time. It's all open source and on GitHub, and it should be pretty easy to install through AnkiWeb too. If anything is broken or you'd like some features, please make a create an issue on GitHub and I'll try my best to fix it!

Here's the link! https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/317517318

Update: It should work on both MacOS and Windows now!

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r/Anki • u/pobnarl • 1d ago

Question How to get card sort order to go my index?

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I made a deck and the cards are numbered by frequency (language learning), so the most frequently used word has Index 1. However when I try to use it it's put random numbers in the "Due" column, like "New #6775", that doesn't match the index. Im using Ankidroid on android. Any easy way to fix this? I want cards to show up based on Index #.

*typo in title, *by index

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r/Anki • u/Electronic_Dr • 1d ago

Discussion Marrow rev Anki card

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r/Anki • u/m9041 • 1d ago

Question I have FSRS enabled, yet my cards still display "Ease" instead of "Difficuly"

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Hi!

I have been wondering about something for a while and figured I'd ask -- the info panel about some of

my flashcards displays ease instead of difficulty, which, if I understand correctly, is the metric

associated with FSRS, while the former is associated with the old algorithm. Why is that?

Here's an example:

I have been using anki for 4-ish years and enabled FSRS ca. 2 years ago when I first learned about it. Recently I had a feeling that my intervals were waaaay too long, so I restricted the review history portion FSRS uses to optimize parameters and things seem to work better now. However, on some of my older flashcards, I noticed this peculiarity and figured I'd ask. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks!! :)

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r/Anki • u/SquareArtisan • 1d ago

Question Visual mnemonic system for plural forms?

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r/Anki • u/IReadNewsSometimes • 2d ago

Discussion what do you do when you accidentally see the answer before responding the card?

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for example if you pressed "show answer" by mistake or the algorithm put the reverse card just behind this one

i usually just answer "good" or maybe "bad" depending on how confident i feel about my future self. if i don't feel confident at all i might just bury the card but I'm not sure it helps much

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r/Anki • u/Schonathan • 1d ago

Question Can a LLM/GPT API fix the format/structure of my cards?

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Good morning,

I am far from a super technical Anki user, but a learning I've had recently is around what the card format needs to look like with regards to centering, structure, etc. I am wondering if I could use Anki APIs and Claude/OpenAI and connect to it so that I can have Claude fix the formatting, font, structure, etc of my cards. Alternatively I might just create a csv export and have it fixed that way, but wanted some help/ideas here.

Thanks!

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