Interleave new cards across multiple Anki decks

This repository contains a small Python script, interleave.py, that helps you interleave new cards across multiple Anki decks while preserving the original order within each deck.

The practical goal is to avoid finishing all new cards from one deck long before you start making progress in another. Instead, you get a combined “master” ordering that keeps you moving through each deck at roughly the same pace (proportional to how many new cards each deck contains).

Example (Deck 1 has 4 new cards, Deck 2 has 2 new cards):

• Deck 1: D1[1], D1[2], D1[3], D1[4]
• Deck 2: D2[1], D2[2]

The resulting interleaving will be approximately 2:1:

• D1[1], D1[2], D2[1], D1[3], D1[4], D2[2]

setup (one-time)

install any missing requirements

• Desktop Anki
• AnkiConnect installed and enabled
• Python 3
• Python dependency: requests

clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/tlon-team/anki-interleaver

usage

backup (recommended)

Before running the script on a large collection, make a backup: in Anki, go to File → Create Backup and select a location for the backup file.

run the script

1. Open Anki (AnkiConnect must be running; keep Anki open).
2. Run:

python interleave.py

3. Follow the prompts.

license

MIT