Visual Flashcards

A clean, visual flashcard plugin for Obsidian with card-flip animations, score tracking, and session history. Built as an alternative to existing flashcard plugins that lack a proper visual interface.

Features

• 🃏 3D card-flip animation — tap or click to reveal the answer
• ✓ / ✗ Got it / Missed it scoring
• 📝 End screen with score percentage and a list of cards that need practice
• ↺ Retry missed cards immediately after a session
• 📈 Session history per note — tracks your last 10 sessions so you can see improvement over time
• ⇌ Shuffle mode
• 📂 Note picker dropdown — choose any note in your vault directly from the panel
• Works on desktop and mobile

How to Write Flashcards

Create a note in your vault and write your cards using this format:

Q: Why is my code not working?
A: You forgot to save the file

• Each card is a Q: line followed by an A: line
• Separate cards with enter
• The note can contain other content — only lines starting with Q: and A: are parsed

Installation

Manual

1. Download main.js and manifest.json from the latest release
2. In your vault, create the folder .obsidian/plugins/visual-flashcards/
3. Place both files inside that folder
4. Open Obsidian → Settings → Community Plugins → disable Restricted Mode if needed → enable Visual Flashcards

How to Use

1. Open the flashcard panel via the ribbon icon (stacked layers) or Command Palette → Open Flashcard View
2. Select your flashcard note from the dropdown
3. Click Load
4. Tap a card to flip it and reveal the answer
5. Mark it ✓ Got it or ✗ Missed it
6. After the last card, view your score and any cards that need more practice

Compatibility

• Obsidian 1.0.0+
• Desktop (Windows, macOS, Linux) and Mobile (iOS, Android)
• No external dependencies

License

MIT — free to use, modify, and distribute.