AnkiWeb addon 475579924
Automatically saves drafts of all fields and tags in the Add Cards window every few seconds, restoring them per note type after crashes or accidental closures.
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| Min Anki | Max Anki | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1.6 | 25.09+ | 2025-11-27 |
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Provides a multi-tab rich-text notebook inside Anki, storing notes as text files in the profile folder with autosave, search, and formatting tools.
Ranks your weakest decks and tags from review history, builds filtered drills, and uses Claude to generate practice questions, mnemonics, and topic notes.
Shortens Anki's autosave interval from five minutes to one (configurable) and adds a “Save Now” file-menu button, though it is likely unnecessary.
Automatically renders Markdown typed into tagged note fields as styled HTML and restores raw syntax when refocused, with syntax highlighting and support for Anki 23.x–25.x+.
Quickly finds recently saved media files within a time threshold and inserts them into Anki fields, optionally renaming and moving or copying them.
Pops up a simple draft window for typing answers when each card appears, keeps the text when flipped, and clears it for the next card.
This add-on automatically saves the contents of the Add Cards window every few seconds, so you never lose work if:
If you reopen the Add window with the same note type, your draft will be restored automatically.
Each note type (Basic, Cloze, Custom types) stores its own independent draft.
last_saved timestamp.addons21/
add_cards_autosave/
__init__.py
README.md
__init__.py inside that folder.Inside __init__.py, you can customize:
AUTOSAVE_INTERVAL_MS = 5000 # 5 seconds
MAX_AGE_SECONDS = 48 * 60 * 60 # 48 hours
Drafts are saved in:
<your Anki profile folder>/add_cards_autosave.json
Each draft is stored by note type:
{
"Basic": {
"last_saved": 1732690000.123,
"fields": ["Front", "Back"],
"tags": ["tag1"]
},
"Cloze": { ... }
}
A draft is restored only if all are true:
MAX_AGE_SECONDSOtherwise, the draft is ignored.
A draft is removed only when a note is successfully added or discarded (Add window closed manually).
Drafts are not deleted when:
This ensures your work is always recoverable.
If you find a conflict with another add-on, open an issue or report the add-on name.
The Add Cards window does not autosave by default. If you’ve ever:
…this add-on solves that forever. It gives Anki a “draft safety net” that many users wish it had built in.
Q: Will autosaving every 5 seconds slow down my PC? A: No. Each autosave writes a tiny JSON file (1–5 KB). CPU and disk impact are effectively zero.
Q: Does it autosave images / LaTeX? A: It autosaves whatever is in the fields — including image references and LaTeX code.
Q: Does it work with multi-line fields / HTML? A: Yes, everything is stored as plain text in JSON.
Q: How do I test the add-on? A: Write notes in the Add Card Window, next open task manager, then right-click on the Python processes running under "Apps" and click "End Task", after that relaunch Anki, and finally reopen the Add cards window. The draft should be restored.
Close Add without saving: Draft preserved
Crash Anki: Draft preserved
Power loss: Draft preserved
Change note type: Draft not restored
Add note successfully: Draft deleted
Autorestore after restart: Fields restored automatically
Feel free to open an issue or request enhancements. This add-on was designed to prevent one of the most common sources of lost work in Anki.
This add-on automatically saves the contents of the Add Cards window every few seconds, so you never lose work if:
If you reopen the Add window with the same note type, your draft will be restored automatically.
Each note type (Basic, Cloze, Custom types) stores its own independent draft.
last_saved timestamp.addons21/
add_cards_autosave/
__init__.py
README.md
__init__.py inside that folder.Inside __init__.py, you can customize:
AUTOSAVE_INTERVAL_MS = 5000 # 5 seconds
MAX_AGE_SECONDS = 48 * 60 * 60 # 48 hours
Drafts are saved in:
<your Anki profile folder>/add_cards_autosave.json
Each draft is stored by note type:
{
"Basic": {
"last_saved": 1732690000.123,
"fields": ["Front", "Back"],
"tags": ["tag1"]
},
"Cloze": { ... }
}
A draft is restored only if all are true:
MAX_AGE_SECONDSOtherwise, the draft is ignored.
A draft is removed only when a note is successfully added or discarded (Add window closed manually).
Drafts are not deleted when:
This ensures your work is always recoverable.
If you find a conflict with another add-on, open an issue or report the add-on name.
The Add Cards window does not autosave by default. If you’ve ever:
…this add-on solves that forever. It gives Anki a “draft safety net” that many users wish it had built in.
Q: Will autosaving every 5 seconds slow down my PC? A: No. Each autosave writes a tiny JSON file (1–5 KB). CPU and disk impact are effectively zero.
Q: Does it autosave images / LaTeX? A: It autosaves whatever is in the fields — including image references and LaTeX code.
Q: Does it work with multi-line fields / HTML? A: Yes, everything is stored as plain text in JSON.
Q: How do I test the add-on? A: Write notes in the Add Card Window, next open task manager, then right-click on the Python processes running under "Apps" and click "End Task", after that relaunch Anki, and finally reopen the Add cards window. The draft should be restored.
Test scenarios to confirm full behavior:
| Test | Expected result |
|---|---|
| Close Add without saving | Draft preserved |
| Crash Anki | Draft preserved |
| Power loss | Draft preserved |
| Change note type | Draft not restored |
| Add note successfully | Draft deleted |
| Autorestore after restart | Fields restored automatically |
Feel free to open an issue or request enhancements. This add-on was designed to prevent one of the most common sources of lost work in Anki.