AnkiWeb addon 85158043
Adds a system tray icon that lets you minimize Anki to the tray by clicking the icon or the main window's close button, with optional startup-hidden and debug modes.
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| Min Anki | Max Anki | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1.0 | 2.1.27 | 2021-12-13 |
| 2.1.28 | 2.1.49 | 2021-12-13 |
| 2.1.50 | 2.1.51 | 2022-04-30 |
| 23.10 | 25.07.5+ | 2025-11-16 |
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Minimizes Anki to the Windows 11 system tray, auto-syncs on hide, shows due-card notifications, and optionally starts minimized with Windows.
Applies slight, configurable tweaks to Anki's default theme for a cleaner look, converting home-screen buttons to icons, macOS-style buttons, and customizable editor buttons.
Tidies Anki by hiding selected menu bar items and collecting them in a Tidy menu, with optional prototype system-tray features.
Blocks closing, minimizing, resizing or switching away from Anki, and warns or demands a bypass password, until selected decks' daily reviews are complete.
Restricts access to other applications until enough Anki cards are reviewed, earning real-time usage that drains until focus is forced back.
Adds a restart button, menu shortcut, and update prompt to quickly reboot Anki, with optional safe mode, custom paths, and a more reliable launcher-based restart.
Adds an icon to the system tray and allows minimizing anki to the tray when the icon is pressed or when the main window X button is pressed.
Configuration
To start Anki minimized in the tray go to
Tools > Add-ons > Minimize to tray > Config and set the variable hide_on_startup to true
To enable debug mode (for troubleshooting), set the variable debug to true in the same config menu. Debug messages will be printed to the console.
Changelog
2.1.0 (16/11/2025) Fix closed dialogs reappearing after restore from tray. Add debug mode with comprehensive logging.
2.0.1 (18/12/2024) Attempt to fix crash happening when windows are deleted
2.0.0 (26/11/2023) Fix for Anki 23.10 (Qt6)
1.2.3 (30/04/2022) Fix missing tray icon in anki 2.1.50 and up
1.2.2 (11/12/2021) Restore show windows when not in focus (this required to disable the option to hide windows on Windows when clicking on the tray).
1.2.1 (11/12/2021) Fix crash when focusing deleted widget. Fix anki does not start when missing internet connection. Click on tray on windows now correctly hides the windows.
1.2 (15/02/2020) Clicking on the tray icon focus/un-minimize Anki windows when they are not already focused. (Experimental feature. The windows may flicker in some rare cases)
1.1 (19/12/2018) Add action "Show all windows" (contribution of a-rodin)
1.0 (12/07/2018) Initial release
Issues Report any bug in the GitHub issues page of the project.
Author Simone Gaiarin (simgunz)
License Software distributed under the GNU General Public License version 3 (GNU GPL v3). http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
References Github page
Adds an icon to the system tray and allows minimizing anki to the tray when the icon is pressed or when the main window X button is pressed.
This addon is primarily developed and tested on Linux.
Windows support is limited due to platform-specific bugs that are often difficult to debug. Many of these issues appear to be caused by upstream problems in Qt or Anki's Windows implementation. If you encounter issues on Windows, please check the issue tracker for known problems and workarounds.
hide_on_startup to truedebug to true in the same config menu. Debug messages will be printed to the console.Simone Gaiarin <simgunz AT gmail DOT com>
Software distributed under the GNU General Public License version 3 (GNU GPL v3).
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html