Leech Toolkit

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Provides leech and lapse management tools including markers, reversal, custom automated actions, cross-device sync, browser options, reviewer shortcuts, and text macros.
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scheduling review-flow note-management leech shortcuts

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Votes: 22 (👍 15 · 👎 7)
Updated: 2024-04-01
Anki versions: 23.12.1~
License: MIT (from the license file in the package)
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Languages: Python, JSON
Description language: en

Maintenance

abandoned

Last update or commit: 2024-04-01 (944 days before the snapshot).
Commits in the last year: 0.
Issues: 16 open, 13 closed.
Pull requests: 0 open, 1 merged.
Median first response: 7 hours (19 answered issues and pull requests).
Outside pull requests: 100% of 1 merged.
Forks that may still be maintained: "🩸Leech Toolkit - Advanced leech tag management (Fixed by Shigeඞ)" (1633380637).

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Repository: iamjustkoi/leechtoolkit · more by iamjustkoi
Stars: ⭐ 7 · forks 1 · open issues 16
Last commit: 2024-04-01
License: MIT
Languages: Python
Tests: 0

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Version branches

Min Anki	Max Anki	Updated
2.1.0	2.1.56	2023-01-25
23.10.1	23.12.1+	2024-04-01

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The original addon and its forks. The best value in each column is in bold.

Version	Works on Anki 26.09.3	Maintenance	Last activity	Votes	Approval	GitHub stars	Notes
Leech Toolkit this addon original	likely	abandoned	1 Apr 2024	👍 15 · 👎 7	47%	7
↳ 🩸Leech Toolkit - Advanced leech tag management (Fixed by Shigeඞ) (AI-detected; may be wrong)	likely	stale	30 Sep 2025	👍 12 · 👎 2	60%	–

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Description

Add additional tools for handling lapse counts and leeches in Anki!

Main Features

Leech Marks

Almost-Leech Marks

Bottom Bar Leech Button
Lapse & Leech Reversing
Custom Actions on Leech/Reverted Leech
Sync Card Lapse Counts and Updated Leech Statuses Across Devices
New Card Browser Options

Reviewer Shortcuts - Customizable shortcuts for leeching and un-leeching cards during reviews

Options

General - General options for UI elements and Lapse Reversing.

Actions - Optional leech/un-leech actions that can also override base Anki operations.

Set Flag - set the current flag
Suspend - set suspended state to on/off
Add Tag(s) - add tags
Remove Tag(s) - remove tags
Forget - forget the card and restore its initial state
Edit Field(s) - append, prepend, and/or replace text to note fields
Move to Deck - move the card to a specified deck
Set Due Date - reschedule the card between a range of days
Add to New - Add a card to the new queue with some custom match filters

Advanced - Options for hiding the config shortcut, syncing and updating the collection, and setting shortcuts.

Deck Options - Custom settings, per-deck, for updating lapses and performing custom leech/un-leech actions.

--These can be accessed in the legacy deck options menu (Shift + Options).

Text Macros

Custom text macros for filtering and outputting custom info during leech/un-leech actions:

%date - the current date based on the system's locale (e.g. 2022-10-01)
%reviews - the review count for the current card (e.g. 3)
%re: - Regular Expressions

%re:captured_expression
%re:".*captured with spaces\W"
%re:\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d (capturing the above date format)

%% - a single % (e.g. %%reviews outputs %reviews instead of applying the macro)

Bugs, Issues, and Suggestions:

Feel free to post any issues, feedback, and/or suggestions you have on GitHub!

Releases/Changelog

Source Code

Wish you the best! -koi

Support

Every bit helps and is greatly appreciated!

patreon.com/iamjustkoi

ko-fi.com/iamjustkoi

README

Leech Toolkit 🩸

Add additional tools and functionality for handling leeches in Anki!

Installation

Install from Anki-Web
Or go to "Tools -> Add-ons -> Get Add-ons..." and paste these numbers in:

368380974

Features

Leech Marker

Show a marker on cards that have been leeched.

Almost-Leech Marker

Show a marker on cards that are about to be leeched.

Bottom Bar Leech Button

Add a button to Anki's bottom bar whenever a leeches exist in decks.

Lapse & Leech Reverse

Lapse Reverse

Decrease or reset card lapses after a custom number of correct answers in a row.

Revert/Un-Leech Cards

Revert leeched cards when their lapse count gets below a custom threshold.

Custom Actions on Leech/Reverted Leech

An array of actions that can be customized to do a number of different things, automatically!

(More details under Options > Actions)

Update Lapses and Leech Status Across Devices

Sync reviews/performance with AnkiWeb and add a custom tag to leech cards (doesn't replace the default tag) that gets saved across devices.

New Browser Menu Options

New options for leeching, un-leeching, and setting lapses on cards!

Leech/Un-leech

Leech/Un-leech cards and perform custom actions based on the per-deck/global settings per card.

Set Lapses

Set lapse counts on cards and (optionally) update their leech status based on the new lapse count.

Reviewer Shortcuts

Customizable shortcuts to leech/un-leech cards during reviews

Options

General

General options for UI elements and Lapse Reversing.

Actions

Optional leech/un-leech actions that can also override base Anki operations.

Set Flag - set the current flag
Suspend - set suspended state to on/off
Add Tag(s) - add tags (with optional text macros see: Text Macros)
Remove Tag(s) - remove tags (with optional text macros see: Text Macros)
Forget - forget the card and restore its initial state
Edit Field(s) - append, prepend, and/or replace text to note fields
- Example
Move to Deck - move the card to a specified deck
Set Due Date - reschedule the card between a range of days
Add to New - Add a card to the new queue with some custom match filters
- Example

Advanced

Options for hiding the config shortcut, syncing and updating the collection, setting shortcuts, and adding some custom HTML for the leech marker.

Deck Options

Custom settings, per-deck, for updating lapses and performing custom leech/un-leech actions.

These can be accessed in the legacy deck options menu (Shift + Options).

Text Macros

Custom macros that can be accessed inside tag and field edits.

Also comes with some auto-complete features to see what can be used in a text box.

Available Macros:

%date - the current date based on the system's locale (e.g. 2022-10-01)
%reviews - the review count for the current card (e.g. 3)
%re: - Regular Expressions
- Example Syntax:
  - %re:captured_expression
  - %re:".*captured with spaces\W"
  - %re:\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d (capturing the above date format)
%% - single % (e.g. %%reviews outputs %reviews instead of applying the macro)

Bugs/Issues:

Please post any issues or feedback you might have on GitHub.

Happy studies! -koi