What desktop features are available?
The Tana desktop app is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and provides features beyond the web experience. Download it from the download page, which detects your operating system, or from the Download button in the top navigation.
Tabs
Open multiple documents in separate tabs within one window. The tab bar appears at the top when you open a second tab. Each tab maintains its own navigation history and split view state.
Use Cmd+TCtrl+T to open a new tab, Cmd+WCtrl+W to close the current one, and Ctrl+TabCtrl+Tab or Ctrl+Shift+TabCtrl+Shift+Tab to cycle between them. Cmd+ClickCtrl+Click on any link opens it in a new tab.
Split view
Work with two documents side by side. Use Cmd+Option+ClickCtrl+Alt+Click on any link to open it in the other pane. Drag the divider to adjust the split ratio. Each pane can be closed independently.
Use Cmd+Shift+ClickCtrl+Shift+Click on a link to open it in a new window instead.
Find in page
Use Cmd+FCtrl+F to open a find bar that searches the current page. Enter jumps to the next match, Shift and Enter to the previous, and Escape closes it.
Profiles
The Profiles menu in the application menu bar lists your profiles and New Profile..., which opens a window with its own isolated sign-in. Use profiles to stay signed in to multiple accounts or organizations side by side, each in its own window.
External meeting capture
The desktop app can detect active Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet calls and capture their audio and screen content for transcription and outcome extraction. See External meeting capture for the full workflow.
System tray
The desktop app installs a menu bar icon that shows today's agenda across every organization you are signed in to. Events are listed in time order. When you are in more than one org, each event is labelled with the org it belongs to so it is clear which org it is from. The menu bar title shows the meeting that is happening right now, or the next one coming up if nothing is in progress. Click any event to jump to it.
Deep links
The desktop app registers the tana-app:// URL scheme. Links in this format open the corresponding document directly in the app, making it easy to link to Tana content from other tools.
Can I use tabs on desktop?
Open multiple documents in separate tabs within one window. The tab bar appears at the top when you open a second tab. Each tab maintains its own navigation history and split view state.
Use Cmd+TCtrl+T to open a new tab, Cmd+WCtrl+W to close the current one, and Ctrl+TabCtrl+Tab or Ctrl+Shift+TabCtrl+Shift+Tab to cycle between them. Cmd+ClickCtrl+Click on any link opens it in a new tab.
What is split view?
Work with two documents side by side. Use Cmd+Option+ClickCtrl+Alt+Click on any link to open it in the other pane. Drag the divider to adjust the split ratio. Each pane can be closed independently.
Use Cmd+Shift+ClickCtrl+Shift+Click on a link to open it in a new window instead.
How do I see today's meetings without opening Tana?
The desktop app installs a menu bar icon that shows today's agenda across every organization you are signed in to. Events are listed in time order. When you are in more than one org, each event is labelled with the org it belongs to so it is clear which org it is from. The menu bar title shows the meeting that is happening right now, or the next one coming up if nothing is in progress. Click any event to jump to it.
Does Tana have a dark mode?
Tana follows your system appearance and renders in light or dark to match. The whole app switches together, so Today, meetings, documents, and chats always agree, and changing the setting on your machine applies immediately without a reload.
Is there a mobile app?
Not yet. Use Tana in your mobile web browser for now.
Can I use Tana on the web?
Tana works in any modern browser at home.tana.inc. The web app can be installed as a PWA (Progressive Web App) for a more app-like experience.
The web app has the same core workspace and meeting features as the desktop app. Desktop features that depend on the Mac app, including tabs, split view, profiles, external meeting capture, the menu bar agenda, and tana-app:// links, are not available in the browser.
What are the keyboard shortcuts for navigation?
Zoom in panelGo back (Zoom out)ExpandExpand allCollapseCollapse allOpen in new panelShow today nodeRemind meOpen calendar for →Set up day tag for this workspaceJoin collaborative space →Open sidebar nodeOpen layout nodeOpen in new browserOpen workspace →Hide sidebarShow sidebarShow mini sidebarSet theme to dark modeSet theme to light modeSet theme to system themeOpen trash (deleted)Open libraryOpen home node of current workspaceOpen schemaWhat are the keyboard shortcuts for editing?
Insert afterInsert beforeDuplicate nodeDelete nodeGet link to nodeAdd descriptionCreate fieldAdd tag #Add contextual contentNotify @ →Copy as HTML linkExport plain htmlCopy as markdownCopy as markdown no fields, no tagsCopy as Tana PasteDownload as markdownDownload as markdown no field, no tagsExport workspace as markdownSet [Field] →Show [Field] →Set Optional →Set Cardinality →Set Datatype →Set Autocollect options →Set Hide field conditions →Set Source supertag →Clone ReferenceHard delete including referencesShow edit attributionHide edit attributionConfigure nodeConfigure node (legacy)Create URL nodeLock nodeUnlock nodePaste as codeSet move targetCopy full content to clipboardIterate and convert URLs to URL nodesRemove ReferenceRemove tag #Create supertagInsert current date and timeInsert current timeCreate supertag based on contentEdit supertag definition for [supertag]Set default tag for children