Anki app won't open after trying to update

Question

When I try to open the Anki app, it shows the following error message and will not open:

Anki Launcher

1) Latest Anki (press Enter)

2) Choose a version

3) Keep existing version (25.09.4)

4) Revert to previous version (25.09.3)

5) Allow betas: off

6) Cache downloads: on

7) Download mirror: off

8) Uninstall

> 

Checking for updates...

Updating Anki...

  × No solution found when resolving dependencies for split

  │ (python_full_version >= '3.10'):

  ╰─▶ Because there is no version of anki-release==26.8.1 and your project

depends on anki-release==26.8.1, we can conclude that your project's

requirements are unsatisfiable.

Install failed: Failed to run (1): /Applications/Anki.app/Contents/MacOS/uv sync --upgrade --no-config --managed-python --python 3.13.5

Error: Failed to run (1): /Applications/Anki.app/Contents/MacOS/uv sync --upgrade --no-config --managed-python --python 3.13.5

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Posted Aug 8, 2026, 5:35 PM UTC

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