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- 2026-10-24
- Anki versions
- 2.1.50~
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- Python, HTML, JavaScript, JSON
- Description language
- en
Anki-Cali Draw - Annotate on card ,Blackboard and Draw while editing a note
AnkiWeb addon 1205964508
Adds offline blackboard and on-card drawing tools to the reviewer and note editor, with shapes, erasing, saving images to notes, and configurable shortcuts and settings.
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- Last update or commit: 2026-10-24 (8 days before the snapshot).
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| Min Anki | Max Anki | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1.1 | 2.1.50+ | 2026-10-24 |
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Description
Draw on a blackboard beside your card, or ink directly on top of the card, while reviewing.
Anki-Cali Draw adds two lightweight drawing tools to the reviewer, each one click (or one shortcut) away. No account, no internet, no dependencies – everything runs offline inside Anki.
Blackboard (Ctrl+Shift+E, or the easel button in the top toolbar)
Frameless scratchpad window that opens beside the card – ideal for working out maths, chemistry or diagrams before you reveal the answer Pen (with stylus pressure), line, arrow, rectangle, ellipse, eraser, pan and zoom, undo/redo Copy PNG to the clipboard (or Ctrl+C) and Save to card – attaches the drawing as an image to a field of the current note Clears automatically after you rate the card, remembers a sketch per card, or keeps one canvas – your choice
Draw while editing a note
A draw button in the editor toolbar of the Add, Edit Current and Browser windows opens the blackboard; Insert into note puts the drawing into the field you were editing (or the field you chose in Settings)
Annotate on card (Ctrl+Shift+D, or the card-with-pen button in the top toolbar)
Draw directly on top of the card, no blackboard: pen, highlighter, line, arrow, shapes, eraser Ink scrolls with the card and stays when you flip to the answer Pointer button lets you interact with the card (type-in answers, audio) without losing your ink Copy puts the card plus your annotations on the clipboard as an image
Also: a friendly Settings window (Tools → Anki-Cali Draw → Settings, or the add-on's Config button): shortcuts, theme, window placement and opacity, when drawings clear, where pictures are pasted (ask every time or always a chosen field), and a separate show/hide switch for each of the two toolbar buttons. Follows Anki's light/dark theme and rejects palm touches when a stylus is used.
Privacy: the add-on makes no network requests and collects no data. Images are saved only if you press "Save to card", into your normal Anki media folder.
Notes
Annotation mode has no keyboard tool hotkeys on purpose (they would clash with Anki's review shortcuts); use the toolbar. Not affiliated with Excalidraw; this add-on contains its own small drawing engine.
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