Desktop
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.
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.
Sync
Tana syncs in real time across all your devices. The sync indicator in the sidebar shows connection status.
Updates
When a new version is ready, Tana shows an update banner. How soon it appears depends on how long your session has been open, and after a long idle stretch Tana asks you to reload with a "Reload required" prompt. Neither the banner nor the prompt interrupts you while you are in a call.