Restart — restart or close Anki with a shortcut (by Ankicraft)

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Restarts or closes Anki instantly via customizable keyboard shortcuts, safely saving the collection first, with remappable or disableable hotkeys, duplicate-shortcut protection, and a multilingual interface.
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Updated: 2026-07-14
Anki versions: 26.12~
License: AGPL-3.0 (from the license file in the package)
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Languages: Python, JSON
Description language: en

Maintenance

active

Last update or commit: 2026-07-14 (110 days before the snapshot).

GitHub

Repository: cortezmichael594-lgtm/anki-restart · more by cortezmichael594-lgtm
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Min Anki	Max Anki	Updated
2.1.0	26.12+	2026-07-14

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Description

Ever crash-tested your patience waiting for Anki to reboot after a sync hiccup or a slow add-on reload? Alt-tabbing to find the icon, double-clicking, waiting for the splash screen... Quick Restart turns that whole dance into a single keystroke. Quick Restart gives Anki the instant restart it's missing. ⚡

🔄 Restart Anki instantly with a customizable shortcut — no mouse, no hunting for icons
❌ Close Anki with its own separate shortcut, just as fast
🧠 Safe by design: your collection is saved and closed the normal way before restarting, backups included
⌨️ Fully remappable shortcuts, or turn either one off if you only need the other
🛡️ Built-in guard against setting both shortcuts to the same key combo
🌍 Interface translated into dozens of languages, following Anki's own language setting

HOW TO USE

Install the add-on and restart Anki once.
Press Ctrl+R anytime to restart Anki, or Ctrl+W to close it.
Open the config screen to change either shortcut or disable one of them.

SETTINGS

Go to Tools → Add-ons → Quick Restart → Config to change the shortcuts or enable/disable restart and close independently.

COMPATIBILITY

Tested on the latest Anki release on Windows; should work the same on macOS and Linux since it only uses standard Qt/Anki APIs, but hasn't been verified there yet.

CHANGELOG

v1.0.0 — 2026-07-14 — Initial release.

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