Remember

A Markdown-native spaced repetition plugin for Obsidian with FSRS scheduling.

Built for reliable use across synced devices.

Usage

Every flashcard is a Markdown note in your Remember folder (Remember/ by default). Use subfolders to organize cards into decks and subdecks.

Run Remember: Open (or click the button in the left toolbar). Then click New card to add a card or select a deck and start a review.

The plugin automatically manages the card's frontmatter. See Card metadata for details.

Basic cards

# Front

hola

# Back

hello

Enable Reverse when creating a card (or set remember-reverse: true in its frontmatter) to also create a virtual card in the reverse direction.

Cloze cards

A cloze card hides marked text in its surrounding context. The whole note body is the card:

The capital of ==c1:France== is ==c2:Paris==.

Each cN is a required, stable card number. The example above creates two cards:

• c1: The capital of […] is Paris.
• c2: The capital of France is […].

Use the same number to hide related answers together as a single card:

The capital of France is ==c1:Paris==, and its currency is the ==c1:euro==.

This creates one card that hides both highlighted clozes:

• c1: The capital of France is […], and its currency is the […].

Suspending cards

Add remember-suspend: true to the frontmatter to exclude a card from reviews without deleting its history.

Adding existing notes

You can also create a note directly in the Remember folder and add # Front/# Back sections or a cloze marker. Remember adds the missing frontmatter when it opens.

Card metadata

Card frontmatter uses the following properties:

• remember-id — the generated stable card identifier
• remember-type — the card format: basic or cloze
• remember-reverse — whether a basic card also appears in the reverse direction
• remember-suspend — whether the card is excluded from reviews

Deck settings

Add an optional _remember.md note to a deck folder to override settings for that deck. Put the settings in the note's frontmatter.

---
remember-desired-retention: 0.95
remember-limit-new-cards-per-day: true
remember-new-cards-per-day: 10
remember-bury-siblings: false
remember-learn-ahead: true
remember-learn-ahead-minutes: 5
---

Missing settings come from the closest parent deck. Global Remember settings are used when no deck overrides them.

Multi-device sync

When using Obsidian Sync, enable Settings → Sync → Selective sync → Sync all other types on every device.

Data storage

All data stays local in your vault. Remember makes no network requests.

Review history is saved in reviews-<device-id>.rememberlog files in the Remember folder. The schedule is calculated from these files, so do not delete them.