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 https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/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 https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4882
Python API docs can now be viewed in dev-docs.ankiweb.net. By @andrewsanchez in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4579

FSRS/Scheduling Changes

Rework the efficiency ratio graph in FSRS Help Me Decide by @Luc-Mcgrady in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4452
Require three left-clicks to unlock FSRS parameter editing by @Luc-Mcgrady in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4372
Speed up FSRS memory state updates by batching calculations by @DanielPechersky in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4335
Improve performance of reviews_for_fsrs function by @L-M-Sherlock in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4339
Fix/first and latest review dates should only consider entries with a rating. by @L-M-Sherlock in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4360
Fix/Ensure fuzz doesn't go backward during rescheduling by @user1823 in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4364
Fix/Per deck retention not used when card is moved to filtered deck by @Luc-Mcgrady in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4413
Restore retrievability SQL fix that was accidentally reverted by @Luc-Mcgrady in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4424
Fix/rounded corners on FSRS Simulator modal by @Luc-Mcgrady in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4535
Fix FSRS short-term schedule being ignored when using default parameters by @L-M-Sherlock in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4412
Use quantiles for FSRS retrievability stat ranges by @Luc-Mcgrady in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4425
Make descending retrievability a pure R sort by @user1823 in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4400
Don't reschedule suspended cards by @L-M-Sherlock in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4453
Apply deck-specific load balancer settings to filtered deck study by @MoamenAbdelsattar in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4574
Prioritize previously-attempted cards in the intraday learning queue by @user1823 in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4393
Improve sibling dispersal in the load balancer, including across presets by @jakeprobst in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4640
Fix desired retention not refreshing when switching deck option presets by @barisayyildiz in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4610
Improve FSRS invalid parameters error message with FAQ link by @AmandaSternberg-creator in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4342
Clarify ambiguous "this value" wording in desired retention tooltip by @Expertium in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4647
Expose setParameterUnlockClickTimeoutMs for FSRS parameter unlock timeout by @Luc-Mcgrady in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4810
Export last_interval to Python by @user1823 in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4365
Expose card decay and desired retention to the custom scheduler by @user1823 in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4880
Remove broken retention rate help link in stats by @Hannanilsenn in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4329

Other Notable Changes

Show saved custom colours in the image-occlusion fill tool colour picker on mobile by @iamllama in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4348
Add support for tag:nc:... (case-insensitive) tag searches by @iamllama in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4344
Treat newlines as term breaks in search queries by @eliasjlara in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4336
Add syntax for multi-card cloze deletions by @tfpgh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4333
Remember image-occlusion translucency toggle between sessions by @dspilleb in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4366
Fix "Restore to Default" picking the wrong template for basic notetype variants by @arold0 in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4382
Let the "Limit to" spin box grow with its content in the filtered deck dialog by @jcznk in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4398
Fix unescaped HTML in correct type-in answers by @Eltaurus-Lt in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4407
Always show text boxes on image-occlusion cards during review by @jariji in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4387
Fix FindDuplicates dialog size exceeding screen bounds by @Nechaiter in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4426
Fall back to Apple Samantha for TTS on macOS when no requested voice matches by @leedoughty in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4420
Allow variable field counts per row when CSV import uses a notetype column by @iamllama in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/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 https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4446
Start decoding images immediately by @SelfishPig in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4471
Revert ForceDarkMode change that interfered with Anki's native dark theme by @GithubAnon0000 in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4483
Apply the nightMode class to the editor in dark mode so custom HTML styles correctly by @leedoughty in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4473
Auto-select the relevant note type in the Manage Note Types dialog after add/rename by @Arthur-Milchior in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4479
Fix field rename by matching on the old name rather than field position by @Arthur-Milchior in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4488
Allow horizontal scrolling on the deck options screen so AnkiDroid handles large font sizes by @defkorean in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4501
Fix {{#Tags}} conditional not triggering card generation by @Yuukidiv in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4533
Silence console spam from image decoding errors during preload by @SelfishPig in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4534
Add note type and GUID column headers to deleted.txt for easier reimport by @hnvy in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4454
Apply Ctrl/Cmd+W window-closing shortcut globally to all dialogs by @beyondcompute in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4475
Fix overlapping date ranges in graphs when "all history" is selected by @JMannervik in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4430
Add a preference to disable the startup add-on update check by @SecretX33 in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4478
Add dir="auto" to cards so text direction no longer depends on the UI language by @MoamenAbdelsattar in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4428
Accept images with capitalized extensions in the Browse "Attach" dialog by @miggazElquez in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4474
Re-enable WindowsRT TTS player on Windows 11 by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4512
Fix HTML editor collapsing after toggling sticky fields and adding a note by @Yuukidiv in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4566
Fix image occlusion editor layout for right-to-left languages by @MoamenAbdelsattar in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4594
Speed up tag autocomplete by using the Rust backend's complete_tag() by @user1823 in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4626
Detect cloze fields nested inside conditionals during card generation by @maskady in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4651
Prompt to save unsaved changes when closing or switching debug console scripts by @Arthur-Milchior in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4625
Roll back the sidebar tag name when the backend rejects a rename by @chrislongros in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4718
Improve word wrapping on the Deck Options screen for narrow viewports by @defkorean in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4558
Update to mpv 0.41.0 by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4913
Bundle Fcitx plugin on Linux by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4886
Install required Linux system dependencies in install.sh by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4895
Render sync server messages as rich text by @timarnoldev in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4560

Other Improvements

Fix progress bar overflow crash when one-way uploads exceed 2 GB by @matbe766 in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4354
Fix fatal error from rapidly double-clicking the Add button by @arold0 in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4377
Use the native crypto.randomUUID() instead of a custom UUID implementation by @leedoughty in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4384
Credit Arabic translation contributor in the About window by @hnvy in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4720
Tighten Collection.add_notes type annotation so single-pass iterables aren't accepted by @jfly in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4758
Set a friendly process job name for mpv on Windows by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4438
Add Rust unit tests for the card-generation logic by @Yuukidiv in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4551
Add punctuation, convert raw URLs to markdown links in READMEs by @oliolioli in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4570
Reorder and comment .ftl files in UI order to help translators by @RolfMaster in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4514
Show tooltips for truncated sidebar items in the Browse window by @nav1s in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4385
Stop showing an error toast when saving an image-occlusion note twice on mobile by @iamllama in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4458
Render `

` as a line break in card template error messages instead of literal text by @leedoughty in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4451

Use a true minus sign instead of a hyphen in the deck browser by @GithubAnon0000 in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4437
Fix sync login dialog ignoring a freshly-set custom sync server URL by @ranjitodedra in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4396
Add plural forms to unit labels next to spin boxes in the Custom Study dialog by @RolfMaster in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4520
Don't expose collection.media.db2 over the API by @dae in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4653
Update media sync progress dialog correctly after an error occurs in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4486
Disable the Custom Study OK button when the selected deck is empty by @tunamayo04 in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4463
Warn the user when renaming a profile would exceed the OS path length limit in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4552
Fix regex error by @chiragjagga in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4837
Preserve browser focus after note export by @Tfc538 in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4845
Avoid loading unused cacert.pem by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4858
Strip HTML from note type names in Empty Cards dialog by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4902
Parameterize inputs of prop:cd* queries by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4905
Validate add-on zip entries by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4901
Repaint UI after answer reveal to reduce glitches on cards with images by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4970

Developer Improvements

The release build process is now fully automated using GitHub Actions. By @andrewsanchez @abdnh @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4632
Migrate CI from BuildKite to GitHub Actions. By @andrewsanchez @abdnh @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4593
Update to Rust 1.92 by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4461
Add Dependabot config with monthly grouped updates by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4726
Update PyCharm docs by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4389
Update VS Code config by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4397
Treat proto/i18n's implicit outputs as inputs by @iamllama in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4439
Respect .python-version when generating pyenv by @iamllama in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4436
Add more required packages to Linux build guide by @user1823 in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4432
Only run cargo-deny if there are dependency changes by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4644
Remove old GPG public key by @dae in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4707
Raise dependabot open-pull-requests-limit to 3 by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4746
Add release-age controls for uv and Yarn dependencies by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4761
docs: add contributing guidelines for add-ons, linked issues, and AI-assisted PRs by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4782
Add pre-commit for automated pre-push checks by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4660
Add a standardized pull request template by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4655
Exclude BackendFrontendService from write_python_interface by @Luc-Mcgrady in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4410
Add regression test for #1909 (media check long filenames) by @bds124 in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4476
Update docker build command for syncserver by @CYPHER0041 in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4562
Exclude more folders from build actions by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4561
Add Windows quick start guide for new contributors by @DaniSilvaCodes in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4466
Update Windows developer docs by @user1823 in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4662
Ignore Fluent message errors in TypeScript by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4494
Drop QDialog argument from grade_now() to make it add-on friendly by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4459
Wrap previewer type field syntax replacement in separate method by @DaedalusIndigo in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4563
Document that add_deck requires refetching the deck to see its new ID by @jfly in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4760
Update security.md by @andrewsanchez in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4790
Add missing PyPI metadata to anki package by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4817
Fix beta/rc suffix handling in int_version() by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4828
Prevent Windows elevation errors when running ninja_gen's update binaries by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4848
Fix atomic_rename to work with single-component relative paths by @jfly in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4773
Add Python test coverage by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4841
Add Rust test coverage by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4842
Add TypeScript test coverage by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4843
Add test coverage docs by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4844
Add tests for build_installer.py by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4868
Add Playwright end-to-end test infrastructure by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4864
Cache coverage baseline from main for regression checks by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4875
Replace print() logging in pylib with Python logging by @davidsauerwein in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4666
Avoid broad warnings filter by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4900
Enforce linked issue requirement on PRs by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4910
Fail PR if line coverage regresses by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4876
Import some modules lazily by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4831
Add hash script for GitHub Actions by @Luc-Mcgrady in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4991
Add unit tests for CSV export and import-export service layer by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4976
Add tests for attribute and tag stripping in HTML filter by @leedoughty in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4965
Add unit tests for learning and relearning state transitions by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4963
Replace deprecated global map-get/map-merge with sass:map namespace by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4955
Remove unused Bootstrap imports from _button-mixins.scss by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4953
Integrate Complexipy for Python complexity analysis by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4942 and https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4987
Consolidated security dependency updates (Dependabot batch) by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4934
Add just recipes for run, web-watch, rebuild-web, and clean, and add AGENTS.md by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4943
Expand contributing guide with PR process and test requirements by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4946
Prevent duplicate 'missing linked issue' comments on PR edits by @fernandolins in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4937
Use commit SHAs for GitHub Actions dependencies by @Luc-Mcgrady in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4916
Use PowerShell to run just commands on Windows by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4921
Exclude github-actions[bot] from contributor check by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4923

New Contributors

@Hannanilsenn made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4329
@eliasjlara made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4336
@tfpgh made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4333
@dspilleb made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4366
@matbe766 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4354
@AmandaSternberg-creator made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4342
@arold0 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4377
@nav1s made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4385
@ranjitodedra made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4396
@Eltaurus-Lt made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4407
@jariji made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4387
@Nechaiter made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4426
@SelfishPig made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4471
@bds124 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4476
@tunamayo04 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4463
@defkorean made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4501
@RolfMaster made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4514
@Yuukidiv made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4533
@JMannervik made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4430
@SecretX33 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4478
@DanielPechersky made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4335
@MoamenAbdelsattar made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4428
@DaedalusIndigo made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4563
@miggazElquez made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4474
@oliolioli made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4570
@DaniSilvaCodes made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4466
@chrislongros made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4668
@CYPHER0041 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4562
@maskady made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4651
@jfly made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4758
@barisayyildiz made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4610
@chiragjagga made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4837
@Tfc538 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4845
@davidsauerwein made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4666
@timarnoldev made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4560

Full Changelog: https://github.com/ankitects/anki/compare/25.09.4...26.05

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