Powerful, intelligent flash cards.
Remembering things just became much easier.
About Anki
Anki is a program which makes remembering things easy. Because it's a lot more efficient than traditional study methods, you can either greatly decrease your time spent studying, or greatly increase the amount you learn.
Anyone who needs to remember things in their daily life can benefit from Anki. Since it is
content-agnostic and supports images, audio, videos and scientific markup (via LaTeX), the possibilities
are endless.
For example:
- Learning a language
- Studying for medical and law exams
- Memorizing people's names and faces
- Brushing up on geography
- Mastering long poems
- Even practicing guitar chords!
Features
Synchronization
Use the free AnkiWeb synchronization
service to keep your cards in sync across
multiple devices.
Flexibility
From card layout to review timing, Anki has
a wealth of options for you to customize.
Media-Rich
Embed audio clips, images, videos and
scientific markup on your cards, with precise control
over how it's shown.
Optimized
Anki will handle decks of 100,000+ cards
with no problems.
Fully Extensible
There are a large number of add-ons
available.
Open Source
Because the code and storage format is
open, your important data is safe.
Download Anki
Choose a platform from the left.
Download Anki for Windows Vista/7/8/10 (2.0.51)
If upgrading from a version before 2.0.51, please uninstall Anki before installing the new version. Your user data will not be deleted when uninstalling.
Windows XP users, please use the alternate version below.
Installation
- Save the installer to your desktop or downloads folder.
- Double-click on the installer to run it. Anki will be installed to your computer.
- Double-click on the new Anki icon on your desktop to start Anki.
- If you receive the error "The application has failed to start because the configuration is incorrect", please install this Microsoft library.
Upgrading
Upgrading is as simple as installing the new version over the old version, and your data will be preserved. Simply close Anki if it's currently running, then follow the steps in the Installation section above.Alternate Version + Windows XP Support
The toolkit Anki uses has a bug that causes big slowdowns with Thai text. If you're experiencing this or other issues, please try the alternate version instead.
Notes
Internet Explorer 9+, Windows 8+, and Norton Antivirus users: these products may display scary warning messages when new Anki versions are released, because they have not seen people previously downloading the new version. This "helpful" behaviour can be worked around:
- On Microsoft products, you can use "Run anyway"
- Norton Antivirus instructions
Anki is not available on Windows RT, as the libraries Anki was built with do not support that platform. That means that the Surface 1 and Surface 2 will not be able to install Anki, but any other surface including the Surface 3 and all Surface Pro models will run Anki natively. If you can't install Anki, you will still be able to use AnkiWeb.
Download Anki for Mac (2.0.50)
Installation
- Save the file to your desktop or downloads folder.
- Open it, and drag Anki to your Applications folder or desktop.
Upgrading
Upgrading is as simple as installing the new version over the old version, and your data will be preserved. Simply close Anki if it's currently running, then follow the steps in the Installation section above.Alternate Version
The regular download requires OSX 10.8+ and a 64 bit CPU. If you're unable to run it, or are experiencing issues with the standard download, an alternate version is available. It requires OS X 10.5+, and PPC machines are not supported.Compiled Package
Not sure which to pick? Run 'uname -a' in a terminal and look for x86_64 - if you see it, you want the 64 bit build.
Once downloaded, the following commands in a terminal window will install it system-wide. The $ is the prompt character, and shouldn't be typed in. Make sure what you're entering in matches the file you downloaded.
$ tar xjf Downloads/anki-2.0.50-amd64.tar.bz2 $ cd anki-2.0.50 $ sudo make install
Gnome users: to get GTK themes working, please see this page.
If you experience any issues with the compiled package, please click Support up the top and let us know.
Other Options
Source-based downloads are also available, but you will need to ensure you have the required dependencies installed, and you may not be able to run from source on the latest Linux distributions, as a number have stopped shipping a library Anki depends on.
We are not able to provide any support for issues you may encounter when running from source - if in doubt please use the compiled package above.
Source
.deb (2.0.50)
Source
.tgz (2.0.50)
Some Linux distributions include Anki in their repositories. We've seen many users experience problems with these distributed versions, due to them being out of date or missing appropriate libraries. For this reason, the compiled package above is recommended over using the version of Anki bundled with your Linux distribution.
Source
Stable releases are available on the Linux/BSD tab.Development
To install the development version, either grab a tarball from my GitHub page, or install Git and then run the following command:
$ git clone git://github.com/dae/anki.git
Then please read README.development for further instructions.
Translating Anki
Please see this section of the manual for info on translating Anki into a different language.iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch
AnkiMobile is a paid companion to the free computer program, for use on Apple devices. By purchasing the app, you help to support Anki's future development.If you can't afford the app, you can still use AnkiWeb.