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