v2.0.0

The simplest, fastest way to turn what you're studying into Anki flashcards. Drop something in, get a clean .apkg deck back.

2anki started as a Notion → Anki toggle-list converter. v2 is the version where it grew into a full bridge between whatever you study and Anki — Notion, PDFs, slides, photos, e-books, mind maps, other flashcard apps — with an AI card generator, in-browser editors, and one-tap delivery to your own Anki. It's still free to start, still open source, still self-hostable, and still funded by the people who use it rather than investors.

Here's everything v2 brings.

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Bring in anything you study

2anki now reads far more than Notion pages:

• Notion — connect via the API or drop an HTML export. Toggle lists become cards, cloze deletions work out of the box, and tables convert one row per card (column 1 front, column 2 back). For databases with more than two columns, pick which column is the front and which is the back. A preview shows exactly which blocks will become cards before you convert, with clickable sub-pages.
• PDF — drop a PDF and each pair of pages becomes a card, front and back. Password-protected PDFs convert too — type the password during upload, no third-party tools.
• PowerPoint — slides, bullets, and speaker notes all reach the card generator. GoodNotes PDFs work as well.
• Markdown, HTML, Excel (xlsx), and zip bundles — the originals, still here.
• Outlines — upload .opml or .brainstorms.json and turn an outline into a deck.
• E-books and Kindle — drop a Kindle My Clippings.txt or a DRM-free EPUB and get a vocabulary deck back in English, German, Spanish, or French.
• Other flashcard apps — moving from Quizlet, Lingvist, StudyStack, or Zorbi? Export a CSV and upload it here.

An AI that turns notes into real cards

The AI converter is the heart of v2 — Claude, tuned for flashcards, not a generic chatbot:

• Pick the card style before converting — cloze, question-and-answer, basic + reverse, or multiple choice.
• Control the depth — Short, Medium, or Detailed steers how much each card holds. For images, choose Sparse, Balanced, or Dense to control how many cards come back.
• Map the fields — tell the AI exactly what goes on each card field.
• Auto-tagging — generated cards arrive pre-tagged with 1–3 topic tags so you can filter your deck the moment it lands in Anki.
• Smarter extraction — duplicate cards from section boundaries are removed automatically, so a single upload yields more usable cards.
• Chat — paste up to 100,000 characters, pick a note type, and generate; change the type and your cards regenerate in place. Tags survive a reload and ship with the download.

Photo to Deck

Point your camera at the material and get cards back:

• Drop a photo of a textbook page, a lecture slide, or handwritten notes — or tap Take a photo on mobile to capture and convert in one step.
• Choose a card count and whether to generate new cards or copy existing questions.
• The source image rides along on the back of each card by default, so you study against the original — or uncheck to skip it.
• Large, high-resolution photos are handled gracefully. Free plan: 5 photos a month.

Mind maps

A full mind-map editor in your browser that exports straight to Anki:

• Build a tree — double-click the canvas to drop a node, drag from any side to connect, snap-to-grid alignment, and a Tidy layout button (Ctrl/Cmd+L) to clean it up.
• Markdown in node labels, resizable nodes, paste or drop an image into any node, rename inline.
• Export as cloze cards (one card per path, each node tested in sequence) or as a single Whole map card that renders the entire tree as one interactive, offline card in Anki.
• Works on phones — pan the map, edit nodes, and download the deck on the go.

Faithful to Anki

A deck is only useful if it looks right in Anki:

• Cloze stays clickable; images, audio, embeds, code blocks, and LaTeX carry over.
• Pick the note type — Basic, Basic + Reverse, Cloze, or Multiple choice.
• Turn on Audio in Card options and Anki reads Japanese, Korean, and Chinese cards aloud.
• Preview your deck inside 2anki first — interactive cards, dark mode, full-height rendering — so there are no surprises after import.
• Every Format page shows exactly what carries into Anki before you commit.

Getting decks where they belong

• Send to my Anki appears on every finished deck — Auto Sync subscribers send to AnkiWeb instantly.
• Share a deck with a link — the recipient previews the cards and downloads the .apkg without an account.
• Print — drop an .apkg on the Print page and get a PDF back. One free print a month, no subscription.

Accounts and sign-in

• Sign in with Apple (including Hide My Email), sign in with a magic link (no password), or continue with Notion — or skip Notion entirely and land straight on the upload page.
• Stay signed in for 30 days.
• Reach your starred Notion pages from the sidebar; collapse the sidebar to icons and the choice sticks.
• Five themes, including gold, purple, and hot pink.
• 2anki is ad-free the moment you sign in — ads only ever show to logged-out visitors.

Plans

Free to start: 100 cards a month, 5 photos, and 1 PDF print. When you need more:

• Day Pass and Week Pass — skip the monthly limit without committing to a subscription. They surface right when you hit a wall, with the limits explained up front.
• Unlimited — monthly, or $60/year (two months free).
• Auto Sync — instant delivery to your Anki on every conversion.

Built for the exam you're actually taking

Dedicated guides and landing pages for USMLE, nursing, and medical lecture slides, plus migration guides from Quizlet, Anki competitors, and other tools — and a help page that finally explains why Anki schedules your next review 17 months out, and what to do about it.

Still open, still yours

• Open source and self-hostable — clone the repo, run pnpm install && pnpm dev, and you're up on localhost:3000. If you outgrow the free tier, host it yourself.
• No VC funding — 2anki is sustained by paying subscribers and lifetime users, not investors.

How v2 was built

Every change that touches what you see goes through a product trio — three AI agents (PM, Designer, Engineer) working in parallel, with Alexander as the human in the loop setting direction, approving specs, and merging. It's how a two-week stretch shipped photo-to-deck, mind maps, the AI chat converter, e-book and PowerPoint support, Apple and magic-link sign-in, and dozens of smaller refinements without the wheels coming off.

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Turn what you study into Anki flashcards.