Maintain your flashcards in a markdown file. Sync periodically with Anki without losing progress.

flashimp interfaces directly with the Anki installation on your OS. No additional Anki plugins or special steps are necessary.

Usage

• Prerequisites
  • Working installation of uv as it's used for dependency management
  • ⚠️ Manually created Anki profile called flashimp by default needs to exist ⚠️. It's to keep flashimp flashcards isolated from other decks for safety.

$ cat <<EOF >flashcards.md
# Example Cloze Deletion Card
foo {{c1::bar}} baz
# Example Front/Back Card
Front Question
***
Back Answer
EOF

$ ./flashimp.py flashcards.md
ADD Example Cloze Deletion Card [...]
ADD Example Front/Back Card [...]
APPLY CHANGES (type YES to confirm)?
YES

$ cat flashcards.lock
{
  "deck": "flashcards",
  "notes": {
    "Example Cloze Deletion Card": {
      "mid": 1782903190095,
      "nid": 1782995851749
    },
    "Example Front/Back Card": {
      "mid": 1782903190091,
      "nid": 1782995851751
    }
  },
  "profile": "flashimp"
}

$ ./flashimp.py flashcards.md
No changes

Features

• Straightforward flashcards format
• Flashcards with images support

Credits

flashimp draws from apy.