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 • All user/developer documentation is now unified under a single website deployed from the main repo. The different docs repos will be archived and existing issues moved soon. By @andrewsanchez @Luc-Mcgrady @abdnh in #4882 • Python API docs can now be viewed in dev-docs.ankiweb.net. By @andrewsanchez in #4579 FSRS/Scheduling Changes • Rework the efficiency ratio graph in FSRS Help Me Decide by @Luc-Mcgrady in #4452 • Require three left-clicks to unlock FSRS parameter editing by @Luc-Mcgrady in #4372 • Speed up FSRS memory state updates by batching calculations by @DanielPechersky in #4335 • Improve performance of reviews_for_fsrs function by @L-M-Sherlock in #4339 • Fix/first and latest review dates should only consider entries with a rating. by @L-M-Sherlock in #4360 • Fix/Ensure fuzz doesn't go backward during rescheduling by @user1823 in #4364 • Fix/Per deck retention not used when card is moved to filtered deck by @Luc-Mcgrady in #4413 • Restore retrievability SQL fix that was accidentally reverted by @Luc-Mcgrady in #4424 • Fix/rounded corners on FSRS Simulator modal by @Luc-Mcgrady in #4535 • Fix FSRS short-term schedule being ignored when using default parameters by @L-M-Sherlock in #4412 • Use quantiles for FSRS retrievability stat ranges by @Luc-Mcgrady in #4425 • Make descending retrievability a pure R sort by @user1823 in #4400 • Don't reschedule suspended cards by @L-M-Sherlock in #4453 • Apply deck-specific load balancer settings to filtered deck study by @MoamenAbdelsattar in #4574 • Prioritize previously-attempted cards in the intraday learning queue by @user1823 in #4393 • Improve sibling dispersal in the load balancer, including across presets by @jakeprobst in #4640 • Fix desired retention not refreshing when switching deck option presets by @barisayyildiz in #4610 • Improve FSRS invalid parameters error message with FAQ link by @AmandaSternberg-creator in #4342 • Clarify ambiguous "this value" wording in desired retention tooltip by @Expertium in #4647 • Expose setParameterUnlockClickTimeoutMs for FSRS parameter unlock timeout by @Luc-Mcgrady in #4810 • Export last_interval to Python by @user1823 in #4365 • Expose card decay and desired retention to the custom scheduler by @user1823 in #4880 • Remove broken retention rate help link in stats by @Hannanilsenn in #4329 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
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 • The release build process is now fully automated using GitHub Actions. By @andrewsanchez @abdnh @fernandolins in #4632 • Migrate CI from BuildKite to GitHub Actions. By @andrewsanchez @abdnh @fernandolins in #4593 • Update to Rust 1.92 by @abdnh in #4461 • Add Dependabot config with monthly grouped updates by @fernandolins in #4726 • Update PyCharm docs by @abdnh in #4389 • Update VS Code config by @abdnh in #4397 • Treat proto/i18n's implicit outputs as inputs by @iamllama in #4439 • Respect .python-version when generating pyenv by @iamllama in #4436 • Add more required packages to Linux build guide by @user1823 in #4432 • Only run cargo-deny if there are dependency changes by @abdnh in #4644 • Remove old GPG public key by @dae in #4707 • Raise dependabot open-pull-requests-limit to 3 by @fernandolins in #4746 • Add release-age controls for uv and Yarn dependencies by @fernandolins in #4761