Tana is Product of the Year on Product Hunt. Thank you.
Community at the core
This recognition belongs to our community. Hundreds of you showed up, shared stories, left thoughtful comments, and explained in your own words why Tana matters in your work and lives. We are deeply grateful.
When we launched Tana on Product Hunt, we did not know what to expect. We knew we were building something opinionated and different, and we knew it would resonate strongly with some people. What we did not anticipate was the depth of the conversations that followed.
Hundreds of comments and reviews came in, not just about features, but about how people think, work, and live with Tana. Many shared stories about finally feeling on top of their work, about finding calm in complexity, and about building systems that actually grow with them instead of breaking.
A few moments that stayed with us:
“Every meeting I take in Tana makes the next one easier. I am no longer starting from scratch.”
“Tana is the first tool that matches how my brain works instead of forcing me into someone else’s structure.”
“I stopped worrying about losing important ideas. They are all there, connected, when I need them.”
These are not outcomes you can fake with a launch or manufacture with marketing. They only happen when people invest time, curiosity, and trust into a product and help shape it through feedback, critique, and shared experiments.
What made this Product Hunt launch special was not just the votes. It was the quality of discussion. People compared setups, shared workflows, challenged our decisions, and pushed us to explain why we believe in structured knowledge, connected thinking, and AI that works inside your own system rather than replacing it.
In my post-launch reflections, I wrote that this award feels less like a finish line and more like a signal. A signal that there is a growing group of people who want tools that respect their thinking, protect their agency, and compound their knowledge over time. Tools that are built for real work, not just polished demos.
Tana is still early. There is a lot we want to improve, simplify, and unlock next. But this moment matters, because it confirms that we are working on an important problem, together with a community that cares deeply about doing better work.
To everyone who commented, reviewed, voted, shared feedback, or simply followed along: thank you. This one is yours as much as it is ours.
Olav Sindre Kriken
Co-founder of Tana
