Deckorator – modern themes

AnkiWeb addon 1326296861

Decorates Anki's deck list, overview, study screen and windows with 46 customizable themes, backgrounds, card designs and a calm study mode.
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2 (👍 2 · 👎 0)
Updated
2026-10-20
Anki versions
26.09~
License
AGPL-3.0 (from the GitHub repository)
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Languages
Python, Jinja, JSON
Description language
en

Maintenance

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  • Last update or commit: 2026-10-20 (12 days before the snapshot).
  • Commits in the last year: 13.
  • Issues: 0 open, 0 closed.
  • Pull requests: 0 open, 0 merged.

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Description

Decorate your Anki decks. Deckorator gives the deck list, overview and study screen a clean, modern look, and it stays quiet while you study.

Deck list

Features

  • 46 theme packs, including the Omarchy color themes: a complete look in one click, illustrated or with photo wallpapers
  • Illustrated wallpapers in your accent color, plus a banner in the top bar
  • My designs: save your look, or turn any wallpaper into a complete theme (accent and tones adapt), share as a .deckorator file
  • Add-on center: your add-ons as cards with a switch, settings and page link; pin favorites to the top
  • Plays well with other add-ons: their content below the deck list gets a matching card; other theme add-ons are detected
  • Online gallery: browse wallpapers from Omarchy and ML4W on GitHub and turn them into designs
  • Card designs: six styles for any note type (clean, index card, minimal, focus, study notes, like my theme), previewed on your own cards and fully reversible
  • Every area adjustable: bold, subtle or Anki's original, per window
  • 8 color presets or your own accent color, or take it from your system accent color or desktop wallpaper
  • Backgrounds: spotlight, dot grid, line grid, grain, waves, your own image, or your desktop wallpaper (re-synced on every start; live and video wallpapers become a still image)
  • Calm study mode: while reviewing, the background stays quiet so the card comes first
  • Readable review counters and tinted answer buttons
  • "Studied today" highlighted on the home screen
  • Review Heatmap support: fully restyled, colors only, or left untouched
  • Performance mode: blur is switched off automatically on weak laptops
  • Card browser, editor, statistics, deck options, preferences and add-ons window in the same style
  • Settings window with a live preview of your own decks and cards

Study screen

Settings

How to use

Tools → Deckorator – Theme settings… or the Config button in the add-on manager.

Good to know

  • Only changes how Anki looks and never touches your cards. Card designs add a marked, removable CSS block to the note types you choose.
  • Nothing is ever sent anywhere.
  • Found a problem? Open Settings → Advanced → Copy diagnostic report and post it on GitHub. That helps me fix it quickly.

README

Deckorator

Decorate your Anki decks. A modern, customizable theme for Anki's deck list, overview, study screen and windows. It stays quiet while you study.

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Install: in Anki go to Tools → Add-ons → Get Add-ons… and enter 1326296861 (AnkiWeb page)

Features

Looks

  • 46 theme packs for a complete look in one click: illustrations, photos, the Omarchy color themes (Catppuccin, Gruvbox, Nord, Tokyo Night …) and minimal patterns
  • Illustrated wallpapers drawn for Deckorator that take on your accent color, with light and dark versions
  • My designs: save your look or turn any wallpaper into a complete theme (accent and tones adapt), share as .deckorator files
  • Online gallery: browse wallpapers from Omarchy and ML4W on GitHub and use them as designs
  • 21 color presets, a quick color pick, or take the accent from your system or desktop wallpaper
  • Backgrounds: spotlight, dot grid, line grid, grain, waves, illustration, your own image (also a separate one for dark mode) or your desktop wallpaper
  • Banner behind the top bar, or only inside the tab capsule

Studying

  • Calm study mode: the background stays quiet so the card comes first
  • Card designs: six styles for any note type, previewed on your own cards and fully reversible
  • Readable review counters, answer buttons tinted by rating, "studied today" highlighted

Windows & add-ons

  • Card browser, editor, statistics, deck options, preferences and add-ons window in the same style, bold or subtle
  • Every area adjustable: Deckorator look or Anki's original, per window
  • Add-on center: your add-ons as cards with a switch, settings and page link; pin favorites to the top
  • Content other add-ons place below the deck list gets a matching card; other theme add-ons are detected
  • Review Heatmap support: fully restyled, colors only, or left untouched

Comfort

  • Performance mode: blur is switched off automatically on weak laptops; glow effects can be turned off
  • Settings window with a live preview of your own decks, cards and windows, light and dark
  • English and German interface, follows Anki's language

Screenshots

Fuji with banner in the tab bar Catppuccin (Omarchy color theme)
Fuji Catppuccin
Winter, dark mode (aurora photo) Clouds, light mode
Winter dark Clouds light
Calm study screen Answer buttons tinted by rating
Study question Study answer
Card browser Statistics
Card browser Statistics

Settings: designs, card designs and areas, all with a live preview

Designs page

Card designs Areas & window preview
Card designs Areas

Settings

Tools → Deckorator – Theme settings… or the Config button in the add-on manager.

Deckorator only changes how Anki looks. It never touches your cards. The one exception you control yourself: card designs add a clearly marked CSS block to the note types you choose, and "Remove style" restores the original.

Reporting a problem

Open the settings, go to Advanced → Help & feedback → Copy diagnostic report and paste the report into a new issue. It contains your Anki/Qt version, OS, the detected hardware, your Deckorator settings and recent errors. It does not include card contents or file paths. Nothing is ever sent automatically.

Compatibility

Tested with Anki 26.09 on Linux (KDE Plasma, Wayland). It should work from Anki 25.02 on. Wallpaper and accent detection supports KDE, GNOME, Windows and macOS. Reports from Windows and macOS are very welcome.

Development

The add-on lives in addon/. Symlink it into Anki's add-on folder (addons21/deckorator) while working on it. ./build.sh creates dist/deckorator.ankiaddon for upload to AnkiWeb.

License

GNU AGPL v3, the same license as Anki itself. The bundled wallpapers are CC0 or public domain, see addon/wallpapers/CREDITS.md.

Releasing

  1. Bump VERSION in addon/__init__.py and add an entry to CHANGELOG.md
  2. Run ./build.sh
  3. Upload dist/deckorator.ankiaddon on AnkiWeb (add-on 1326296861)