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Tana's dedicated desktop app does everything your Tana on a browser does, but it doesn't require the browser to stay open in order to work. Tana loads all data each time you open it in a browser tab, so we recommend using Tana Desktop for daily use.
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Use Tana for desktop without an internet connection. Read, write and edit, search your workspace, and access most features even when traveling or experiencing network issues.
When you lose connection briefly, you'll see a spinning icon followed by a warning message. Tana lets you keep working in all workspaces, and your changes sync once you're back online. You can also click "Work offline" to enter full offline mode.
Access through the user menu or by clicking "Work offline" during a disconnection. You can also reload Tana while disconnected.
When entering offline mode, Tana builds search indexes locally so features like inline references work without a connection. The search index builds in the background after loading and may take a few minutes to be functional in large workspaces.
When loading finishes, you'll see an offline indicator in the top bar. When working offline, you can write and edit in all personal workspaces, and you have read access to all shared workspaces.
When your connection returns, a green dot appears on the offline indicator in the topbar. Click it to go back online.
Tana will reload and sync all changes made while you were offline. Depending on how many changes you have made, this may take a few minutes.
Most Tana features work even when offline. These features require an internet connection:
The Tana Desktop app offer native tabs, allowing you to open multiple tabs in a single window to keep projects, notes, and meetings side-by-side.
Use panels to split your screen and compare or work across pages without losing your place.Whether you’re deep in planning or jumping between meetings, the Desktop app makes it easy to stay organized, reduce tab fatigue, and move faster across your graph.
Open a node in tab: Ctrl/Cmd+Click
Open a node in new panel: Shift+Click
See full list of keyboard shortcuts to use with Tabs and panels.
Access to the app Options (which is different from your Tana account settings) depends on which platform you're using:
By default, desktop meeting notifications will be enabled. Notifications will be sent before scheduled meeetings (from Google Calendar sync) or when you enter a meeting link and your microphone becomes active (meeting detection).
You can disable them in Options for Tana Desktop. You can also choose to only get notificatios for scheduled meetings by disabling "Meeting detection".
Turn this on or off by going to the Options menu > Toggle spellchecker (see above)
To change whether Tana links open in the app or in browser by default, run the command Reset "Always open in..." preference and the next time you click on a Tana link, the browser will prompt you to choose.
The desktop app has a system-wide shortcut for recording voice notes to Tana. The default for this is Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+E, and this can be changed in the Options menu > Customize keybindings (see above). Like voice recordings from Tana Capture, recordings end up in the Inbox, transcribed and ready to be actioned.
The requirements for Tana Desktop app are the same as for Chromium. You can check out the most up to date system requirements here.
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
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 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 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:
Right now they are more or less the same, with a few differences:
We encourage users to use the desktop app, so Tana can remain open without needing the browser to be open as well.
The system requirements for Tana Desktop app are the same as for Chromium. You can check out the most up to date system requirements here:
All desktop apps have access to a top bar with several OS-level menus.
Go to Options > Customize keybindings to change it
In Mac, the Option menu is visible when the top bar is visible:
In Windows, hit Alt to see the top bar of the window:
See Tana for Desktop for more.
