Anki is a powerful flashcard application designed around active recall and spaced repetition.
Its flexible note system can generate multiple cards from the same information, with built-in support for conventional question-and-answer cards, cloze deletions and image occlusion. Cards can include images, audio, video and LaTeX-rendered material.
Anki supports the FSRS scheduler, which can optimise scheduling parameters from your own review history. Collections can be synchronised through AnkiWeb, while advanced users can run their own Anki-compatible sync server.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- FSRS scheduling with parameter optimisation based on review history, alongside the legacy SM-2 scheduler.
- Flexible note types and card templates can generate multiple cards from the same underlying information.
- Built-in Basic, reversed, type-in-the-answer, cloze deletion and image occlusion note types.
- Supports images, audio, video and LaTeX-rendered mathematical notation.
- Synchronises collections and media across devices using AnkiWeb and supports studying through its web interface.
- Offers a self-hosted sync server for users who do not want to use AnkiWeb.
- Organises material using decks, subdecks, tags and filtered decks.
- Provides detailed statistics covering reviews, retention and scheduling.
- Imports and exports Anki packages and can import material from other flashcard applications including Mnemosyne.
- Large ecosystem of add-ons for extending the interface, scheduling and language-learning functionality.
- Supports shared decks distributed through AnkiWeb.
- Creates automatic backups of collections.
Website: apps.ankiweb.net
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Developer: Ankitects Pty Ltd and contributors
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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