What Is the Anki Manual Website?

docs.ankiweb.net is the official user manual for the computer (desktop) version of Anki, a flashcard program designed to make learning easier. It is the place to look when you want to understand how the desktop application works, from first setup to specific features. If you use Anki on a phone or tablet instead, this site is not the right manual for you — separate manuals exist for the mobile clients.

What the manual covers

The manual is organized around the things a desktop Anki user actually needs:

• Quickstart — a short path for people in a hurry, pointing straight to a Getting Started section.
• Keyboard shortcuts — reference material for working faster in the desktop app.
• Mobile Clients — links out to the separate manuals for AnkiDroid (Android) and AnkiMobile (iPhone/iPad).
• Getting Help — where to go when you are stuck.
• Translations — volunteer-contributed versions of the manual in other languages.

Desktop vs. mobile: which manual do you need?

The site states plainly that it is the manual for the computer version, and that the mobile clients have their own separate manuals. So the first decision is simply which device you are learning on.

Translations and their limits

Volunteers have translated the manual into a range of languages, including Bahasa Indonesia, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, Oʻzbekcha, Polski, Português Brasileiro, русский язык, Українська, العربية, فارسى, 日本語, and 简体中文. One caveat is stated directly on the page: translations may not always be up to date. If a translated page looks stale or incomplete, the English version is the safer reference. If you want to help translate the manual into another language, the site points to separate translation docs.

If you are not on the latest version

The manual targets the current release. If you are running an older version of Anki, the page directs you to archives of the manual at the Internet Archive, and notes that information on old scheduler versions is covered in a separate FAQ. This matters because scheduler behavior changed between versions, so instructions written for the current release may not match what you see.

When this site is the right resource

Use docs.ankiweb.net when you want authoritative, first-party documentation for desktop Anki — setup, shortcuts, feature behavior, and troubleshooting pointers. Skip it if you are looking for mobile-specific instructions, or if you are on an old version and need matching documentation, in which case the archived copies are the better fit.