Intro & Downloads

Downgrading

Beta versions may sometimes change your collection in a way that is not compatible with older Anki versions. If you wish to switch back to an older version, please go to the File>Switch Profile menu item, and click on Downgrade & Quit in the current version first.

Problems

If you run into any issues, please let us know on the beta testing section of the user forums.

Packaged Builds

Betas are posted on https://github.com/ankitects/anki/releases.

Via PyPI/pip

If you have a local Python 3.9+ installation, you can also install beta builds directly with pip.

Anki will be installed in a local Python folder called 'pyenv'.

Mac (both Intel/Apple), and Linux (x86_64) 
$ python3 -m venv pyenv
$ pyenv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip
$ pyenv/bin/pip install --upgrade --pre 'aqt[qt6]'
$ pyenv/bin/anki
  • Repeat the last step if you wish to start the same Anki version again.
  • Repeat the last two steps to update to the latest beta and start it.
Linux (ARM)

As there are no PyQt packages on PyPI for Linux/ARM, you will need to have your distro's PyQt5 packages already installed. Eg on Debian 12:

$ sudo apt install python3-pyqt6.qt{quick,webengine,multimedia} python3-venv

Or on Fedora:

$ sudo dnf install python3-qt5-webengine

Then run the following:

$ python3 -m venv --system-site-packages pyenv
$ pyenv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip
$ pyenv/bin/pip install --upgrade --pre aqt
$ pyenv/bin/anki
  • Repeat the last step if you wish to start the same Anki version again.
  • Repeat the last two steps to update to the latest beta and start it.
Windows 
c:\> python -m venv \pyenv
c:\> pyenv\scripts\pip install --upgrade pip
c:\> pyenv\scripts\pip install --upgrade --pre aqt[qt6]
c:\> pyenv\scripts\anki

Repeat the last step if you wish to start the same Anki version again. Repeat the last two steps to update to the latest beta and start it.