Ghostwriter for Anki — Flashcards, faster

Highlight text, draft flashcards with an AI copilot, and send directly to Anki.

Ghostwriter helps you quickly write Anki cards from the things you read online. Highlight a passage and open Ghostwriter with ⌥⇧F. Start typing the first few words of the front of your card, and then call the AI copilot with ⌘⇧X to complete the card based on the source material. The finished card goes straight to Anki with ⌘⇧A. This is deliberately not an app for automatically generating flashcards. Ghostwriter will not turn a web page into a pile of cards for you—and for good reason: LLMs are reliably bad at writing flashcards. You should decide what's worth remembering and how to phrase it, the AI is there to help you write it faster! 100 AI suggestions are included to begin with — after that you can add your own API key, use a local model, or keep writing cards manually. Manual writing works fully offline. The only time anything leaves your machine is when you choose to use a (non-local) LLM. The LLM receives the text you are asking it to help you with. Requirements: desktop Anki running with the AnkiConnect add-on (ID 2055492159). Best for students, language learners, and any frequent Anki user. Good flashcards come from good judgement.