Turn your daily reviews into a friendly competition. Friends Leaderboard adds a
private, friends-only scoreboard right inside Anki's deck browser, plus a full
motivation layer - levels, achievement badges, a daily goal, streak nudges, and a
weekly recap - all computed from your own review history.
Built for small groups (friends, classmates, study partners) on Anki Desktop.
Studying on AnkiMobile/iPad counts automatically once it syncs to your desktop.
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THE LEADERBOARD
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β’ Renders in the deck browser - no separate window to open.
β’ Day / Week / Month / All-time filters.
β’ Ranked table with gold/silver/bronze medals for the top three.
β’ Your own row is pinned and highlighted, with per-row review counts.
β’ A live current-streak flame and a footer with today's points.
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SCORING
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You earn points for completing reviews. A scoring event is the first non-"Again"
answer a card gets on a given day, worth base Γ answer Γ performance:
β’ Base by card maturity - New/Learning 0.7, Young 1.0, Mature (β₯21d) 1.2
β’ Button - Again 0 (no event), Hard Γ0.5, Good Γ1.0, Easy Γ1.1
β’ Performance - your card ease, clamped to 0.7β1.3
β’ Daily bonus - 5 Γ β(events), Γ1.5 if you clear every due + new card
β’ A day with β₯50 points keeps your streak alive.
The in-app "How Scoring Works" screen is generated from the live engine, so it
can never drift from the real math.
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MOTIVATION & ACHIEVEMENTS
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β’ Levels & XP - earn levels from lifetime points, with titles from Novice all
the way to Grandmaster of Recall. Your level shows on the leaderboard.
β’ 16 achievement badges - streaks (7/30/100/365 days), card milestones
(1k/10k/50k), big days, perfect weeks, comebacks, and more. Your rarest earned
badge appears next to your name on the board.
β’ Daily goal ring - set a points target and watch a progress ring fill in.
β’ Streak-at-risk banner - a gentle nudge when today's streak isn't safe yet,
turning urgent in the evening.
β’ Weekly recap - a once-a-week summary of your points, days completed, best day,
and badges earned.
β’ π My Progress screen - level + XP bar, the full badge shelf, a GitHub-style
study heatmap, and your weekly recap. Open it from the trophy button on the
board or Tools β Friends Leaderboard β My Progress.
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PRIVACY
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All scoring happens locally. The server only ever receives small aggregate
numbers (per-day points, streak, review count, your level, and one badge).
Card content, deck names, note text, and your raw review history never leave your
computer.
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GETTING STARTED
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- Install and restart Anki. You'll be asked to pick a username.
- You get a friend code (e.g. ABCD-1234). Share it with friends.
- Add friends by their code: Tools β Friends Leaderboard β Friends β Add Friend.
That's it β your leaderboard appears in the deck browser. Use Export/Import
Identity (My Code tab) to reuse the same account across multiple computers.
Note: this add-on connects to a small shared server for a private friend group.
It is meant to be used with people you've shared the friend code with.
Requirements: Anki Desktop (recent Qt6 builds). Found a bug or have a feature
idea? Reach out to the person who shared this with you.
What's new in this version (paste into the changelog/version-notes field)
v2 β Motivation update
β’ Levels & XP with titles (Novice β Grandmaster of Recall); your level now shows on the board.
β’ 16 achievement badges; your rarest earned badge appears next to your name.
β’ Daily goal ring on the board with a settable points target.
β’ Streak-at-risk nudge so you don't lose a streak by accident.
β’ Weekly recap summary.
β’ New π My Progress screen: level + XP, full badge shelf, study heatmap, weekly recap.
β’ Privacy unchanged - only your level and one badge slug are added to the data sent.