Importing from Anki

MemGym imports Anki deck packages (.apkg) — your cards, cloze deletions, subdecks, and tags. Anki import runs on the server, so it is available in account mode (signed in); in local-first mode, use the plain-text (.txt) path on the Data page instead.

Exporting from Anki

  1. In Anki: File → Export…
  2. Format: Anki Deck Package (.apkg), one deck at a time.
  3. Tick "Support older Anki versions." MemGym reads Anki's classic format today; a default (newer-format) export will be turned away with a note asking you to re-export with this box ticked.
  4. Untick "Include media" for a smaller file — MemGym doesn't import media yet either way.
  5. On MemGym: Data → Import Anki (.apkg), pick the file, and read the import summary.

What happens to your cards

  • They arrive in a new collection named after your deck; subdecks become folders, and tags come along.
  • Cloze notes become one card per blank, just like in Anki. Formatting is converted to plain text.
  • Your cards land in the backlog, not the live feed — a 5,000-card deck won't bury you. Promote the ones you want to practise, at your pace.
  • The collection starts in Classic style — reveal-and-grade vocabulary you already know from Anki. (One honest difference: the reveal tap also records what you expected. That gap — between expectation and result — is the thing MemGym tracks that Anki can't.)
  • Your calibration history starts empty — by design. Calibration is a record of predictions you actually made; there is nothing in an Anki file it could honestly be built from. It is the one thing here you can only earn.
  • Re-importing an updated export of the same deck updates those cards in place — no duplicates, and your practice history on them is kept.

Not supported yet — tell us if you need it

We deliberately shipped the importer small. Each item below is queued behind real demand — if one blocks you, say so and it moves up the list:

  • Anki's newer export format (exports without the "Support older Anki versions" tick) — for now, re-export with the box ticked.
  • Images and audio on cards (we count what we skipped and show you).
  • Your Anki scheduling / review history (intervals and due dates; cards currently arrive fresh in the backlog).
  • Image Occlusion notes.
  • Custom card templates / styling (your content imports; the styling doesn't).
  • LaTeX / MathJax rendering (imports as plain text).
  • "Type in the answer" input (imports as a normal card).
  • Whole-collection .colpkg files — export decks individually for now.