Mere Exposure: Passive Learning Wallpapers

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Generates wallpapers from your hardest Anki flashcards, using the mere exposure effect to reinforce difficult cards passively across your devices.
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Updated: 2026-09-23
Anki versions: 26.05~
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Last update or commit: 2026-09-23 (39 days before the snapshot).

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Description

Mere Exposure Effect: Flashcard Wallpapers

Leverage the "mere exposure effect" to master your most difficult Anki flashcards passively. This add-on tracks the cards you struggle and sets them to your wallpapers, updating on all your personal devices.

🌟 Key Features

Intelligent Difficulty Tracking: Automatically analyzes your recent review sessions to identify your hardest cards based on metrics like Ease or Retrievability.
Dynamic Wallpaper Generation: Renders your flashcard's title, text, tags, and images into a stunning, native desktop wallpaper without interrupting your workflow.
Fully Customizable: A robust configuration menu lets you fine-tune the look:
- Choose between Light, Dark, or randomized themes.
- Independently adjust Top, Bottom, Left, and Right margins.
- Granularly customize the font family and size for Titles, Body text, Badges, and Tags using your system's native fonts.
OS Shuffle Integration: Designed to play nicely with native OS features like macOS "Shuffle Folder". The add-on safely archives old wallpapers and cleanly updates static file paths so your desktop transitions seamlessly.
Auto or Manual Triggers: Set it to update automatically at the end of every study session/sync, or update it manually with a single click from the Anki toolbar.

⚙️ How to Use

Install the add-on and restart Anki.
Go to Tools > Mere Exposure > Config to set your preferences, difficulty metric, and output directory (default is ~/Pictures/AnkiWallpapers).
Point your computer's Desktop Background settings to the output directory and (optionally) set it to shuffle!
Do your reviews! The add-on will silently generate and update the wallpapers when you finish your session which will update your wallpaper accordingly as you master difficult concepts and learn new ones.

As a Bonus, sync your folder to set wallpapers on your other devices with their own custom resolution/sizes. Use this shortcut for iOS

Turn your wallpaper into a passive learning tool. Happy studying!

(Updated to support IO Cards)