Anki Capture
Turn selected text into Anki cards with your own AI CLI
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Select a word or phrase on your Mac, press a shortcut, and send an AI-generated card to Anki. Use your own Codex, Claude Code, or Gemini CLI and chosen model. Set explanation and interface languages separately; preview ambiguous terms. Open source. Apple Silicon/macOS 14+ preview, not Apple-notarized yet. Requires Anki, AnkiConnect, and a supported AI CLI.
PH · launched Oct 22, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 67%) · 0 views
Niche: digital flashcard apps · 81 launches, 8 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Education
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- AI feature
- Hobby / open-source project
- Mac
- Education
- GitHub
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More like this: all 81 launches in digital flashcard apps →
Could you build this?
Yes This is a small macOS utility. It captures selected text via a global hotkey, calls a local AI CLI, and pushes cards to Anki through the well-documented AnkiConnect API.
Competitors
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Attention rank: #171 of 286 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 354 days after the earliest competitor.
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