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Tana for Desktop. Available on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Elevate Tana to the top of your desk. The desktop app gives you faster performance, full offline access, native tabs and panels, a bot free meeting notetaker, and desktop notifications in a focused environment that feels like Tana at its purest.

What is Tana for Desktop?

Tana for Desktop lets you run your entire knowledge graph in a dedicated desktop environment with offline support, better performance, and deep integration with your operating system. You get the same outline editor and knowledge graph you know from the browser, but in a cleaner and more integrated interface.

Work offline, stay in flow

Your ideas don't need wifi. Neither should your notes.Tana Desktop now works completely offline, so your notes, tasks, and ideas are always available, even without wifi. You can read, write, edit, and search your workspace and access most features even when you travel or work in places with unstable networks.When your connection drops, you keep working in your personal workspaces. Tana syncs changes automatically when you come back online. You can also choose to enter offline mode directly when you want deep focus without network distractions.Offline mode covers every workspace in your sidebar. Search and linked notes, references, and navigation work as usual, so your knowledge graph remains usable everywhere, not just when you have a browser tab open.Unlike tools that only sync static pages or require manual setup, Tana gives you full offline access to your entire graph, with search and references working exactly as they do online.

Easy navigation with tabs and panels

Tana Desktop gives you navigation features designed for serious work. You can open multiple tabs in a single window, like in a browser, so projects, notes, and meetings stay side by side.Panels let you split the screen and compare or work across pages without losing your place. You can keep a project plan on the left and meeting notes on the right, or a daily note next to your task overview.This means less tab fatigue and less context switching. Native tabs and keyboard shortcuts make everything feel snappy and predictable, and you can build your own personal layout for planning, writing, and meetings. Learn more about keyboard navigation in Tana.

The Tana Meeting Notetaker: No Bot Required

Most meeting transcription tools send a bot that joins your call, announces itself to everyone, and creates awkward moments. Tana does it differently.No bot announcements. No awkward interruptions. Just you, your meeting, and notes that actually connect to your work.The Tana Meeting Notetaker records system audio directly from your desktop. You get: Live transcription of calls, in person meetings, lectures, and interviews; AI generated summaries and action items after every meeting; Notes linked directly to people, projects, and tasks in your Tana graph.The notetaker runs on Mac and Windows through the Tana desktop app and supports over 60 languages with automatic detection. Your meeting notes become part of your knowledge graph, not a one off document buried in another app.

Never miss a meeting: desktop notifications

Tana Desktop sends meeting notifications that keep you on time and in context.When you connect your Google Calendar, Tana shows reminders as meetings start. One click opens the meeting link (Google Meet, Teams, Zoom) and at the same time opens the meeting node in Tana so you can begin taking notes or start the meeting agent.Tana can also detect ad hoc meetings and suggest that you capture and transcribe them. The result is one seamless flow from notification to call to structured notes in your graph.
Tana will show a desktop notification when it detects that your mic is being used for a meeting.

Why use Tana Desktop instead of the browser?

The browser is great for quick access, but a dedicated desktop app is built for deeper work.

With Tana for Desktop you get:

  • Better performance: Tana runs outside your crowded browser, so everything feels faster.
  • A clean, distraction free workspace: No other tabs competing for your attention. Just you and your graph.
  • Your knowledge graph, always available: Read, write, search, and navigate your entire knowledge graph without an internet connection.
  • Desktop features that matter: Notifications, system audio recording for meetings, and closer integration with keyboard shortcuts.

You still have the option to open Tana in the browser, but for many people the desktop app becomes the main way they use Tana every day.

    Questions and answers

    • Does Tana Desktop work with Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams?

      Yes. Because Tana records system audio rather than joining as a bot, it works with any video conferencing tool, including Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, and in person meetings. You don't need to configure anything per platform.

    • Does Tana have an offline mode? Can Tana run locally on my computer?

      Yes, Tana Desktop supports working offline. The Tana Mobile apps for iOS and Android support capturing new things offline, but not reading your. Read more

    • Can I use Tana on mobile browsers?

      Updated: March 11, 2024

      Tana is not optimized for mobile/tablet browsers, especially not on iOS where it forces a full refresh too often.

      Tana mobile for iOS

      Tana mobile for iOS was released in November 2024, which allows for browsing and capturing content to Tana. We are working towards fuller editing capabilities, here's a list of known limitations. In the meantime, download the newest version here:

      Tana mobile on iOS

      Tana mobile for Android

      Tana mobile for Android was released in February 2025, which allows for browsing and capturing content to Tana. We are working towards fuller editing capabilities. In the meantime, download the newest version here:

      Tana mobile on Android

    • What is the difference between the desktop and the web app?

      Right now they are more or less the same, with a few differences:

      • The web app can receive CSS modifications, although we do not encourage doing this because it can easily break due to rapid iteration of the codebase at this time.
      • The Desktop app has a couple more features like global voice recording that the web version doesn't have. In the future, the feature gap will grow larger when we add things like reminders, notifications, and more.

      We encourage users to use the desktop app, so Tana can remain open without needing the browser to be open as well.

      Download the desktop app here

    • How do I change/disable the Tana desktop recording shortcut?

      All desktop apps have access to a top bar with several OS-level menus.

      Go to Options > Customize keybindings to change it

      Mac

      In Mac, the Option menu is visible when the top bar is visible:

      Windows

      In Windows, hit Alt to see the top bar of the window:

      See Tana for Desktop for more.