Installation

Get Kard into your project, compiled, and confirmed working. Kard is a local-first plugin — once it’s installed, you’re ready to go. No server required.

Before you begin

You need:

• Unreal Engine 5.8 (Windows / Win64).
• A project you can add a plugin to — Kard ships as binary format plugin. It is plug and play.

Requirements at a glance

Requirement	Detail
Engine	Unreal Engine 5.8
Platform	Windows (Win64)
Plugin type	Binary plugin.
Required plugin	SQLiteCore (ships with the engine; enabled automatically)
Optional plugins	Niagara, Level Sequence Editor, PCG, Electra Player

The optional plugins unlock extra features (effects, sequencer, PCG, and inline video). Kard loads each integration only if that plugin is enabled — if one is off, Kard still works; you just don’t get that integration.

Note

Kard currently supports Win64 only. macOS and Linux are not listed as supported targets.

Step 1 — Add Kard to your project

1. Close the Unreal Editor.
2. Copy the Kard folder into your project’s Plugins directory, so the layout is: YourProject/Plugins/Kard/Kard.uplugin.
3. If your project has no Plugins folder yet, create one first.

Step 2 — Open Project

1. Open your project.

Step 3 — Confirm the plugin is enabled

Note

Kard should be automatically enabled if you dropped it into a project. The icon should appear on the toolbar:

If not, enable it following these steps:

1. In the editor, open Edit → Plugins.
2. Search for Kard (it’s in the Editor category).
3. Make sure it’s enabled. If you just enabled it, restart the editor when prompted.

Step 4 — Open Kard and verify

Kard adds three ways to open it. Any one confirms a healthy install:

• Toolbar — click the Kard button in the level editor toolbar.
• Window menu — choose Window → Kard.
• Kard menu — use the top-level Kard menu in the menu bar (Open Tasks / Pages / Notes / Dashboard).

Kard opens as a single dockable tab titled Kard.

Accounts

The first screen you will see is the login page.

Accounts

Kard data does not leave your project. Accounts in Kard are a simple feature that allows assigning tasks. The first user becomes admin that can create new user accounts.

Once the account was created you should see the Kard interface and the welcome content to make you familiar with Kard.

Note

There’s no default keyboard shortcut for opening Kard. You can assign one under Editor Preferences → Keyboard Shortcuts → Kard Plugin.

Check your version

To see which version you installed, open the Kard toolbar dropdown and choose Help → About Kard. It shows the installed version and the Kivibyte copyright.

Where your data lives

Kard stores every card as a standard asset (.uasset) inside your project’s Content folder. That means:

• Kards are version-controlled like any other asset — commit them with your project.
• Nothing leaves your machine; there’s no external service to configure.

A hosted cloud sync backend is in development for a future release.

Related Reads

• Your First Kard — create your first kard in a couple of minutes.
• Core concepts — the handful of ideas the rest of the docs build on.
• FAQ & troubleshooting — storage, source control, and data safety.