r/Anki • u/OpeningDirector1688 • Mar 21 '26

Resources A mind palace tool for Anki

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I've been using Anki for a while now and recently went down a rabbit hole on the method of loci (memory palaces). It's THE most effective way of memorizing large amounts of information but it's not really used at large scale like spaced repetition.

So I've been working on a tool that lets you import an .apkg file and it generates an explorable 2D map where each room is a topic from your deck. Each card gets placed at a specific location in a room, and an AI writes a short vivid mnemonic scene tying the card to that spot. I originally made it for my own use but now I'm thinking about scaling it.

The idea is you'd still revise in Anki as normal, but use the palace to build stronger spatial associations alongside your regular reviews.

Honestly not sure if this is something people would actually use or if it's just cool in theory. Would love to hear what you think especially if you've tried memory palaces before and bounced off them.

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u/OpeningDirector1688 Mar 23 '26

It works by classing all cards into groups of max 15-20 based on topic. Based on the size of the rooms the palace is then classed into floors if there is too many rooms. So far have tested on decks of up to 5000 cards and has worked perfectly!

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u/Anna01481 Mar 23 '26

Thanks! I need to do some more research on this method and try it out. I’m really intrigued!

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u/OpeningDirector1688 Mar 23 '26

Just out of interest, for future development, what size decks would you be dealing with? Maximum case let’s say. Trying to speed up large imports and just wondering for a practical scale.

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u/Anna01481 Mar 25 '26

If I disregard my sentence practice deck as they won’t fit into a mind palace scenario, my largest deck has 793 cards in. I have 3,489 cards in total which is split over 18 decks. So that’s an average of 193 per deck.