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Tangent is an open source note writing app that focuses on exploring your new and existing thoughts quickly, easily, and without getting lost.

Tangent uses plain text markdown(ish) files in local folders on your computer. It works perfectly alongside other apps and does not try to lock up your thoughts.

Tangent's Website
tangentnotes.com
Tangent's Github
github.com/suchnsuch/Tangent
Tangent Notestangentnotes
2026-01-25

The two big highlights are:

- The "Details Panel" is now universal, allowing folders, images, etc. to show backlinks in addition to notes.

- A massive improvement to keyboard control. Lenses, pane settings, details panel, and the sidebar can all be easily navigated with the keyboard.

Tangent Notestangentnotes
2026-01-25

Tangent v0.12.0-alpha.1 is out! This is a big release with a host of updates to underlaying frameworks. "The Bleeding Edge" will likely earn its name! 🔪

v0.12.0-alpha.1 + Made the Details Panel universal across all views, making backlinks accessible anywhere. + Added keyboard navigation in the pane settings, with a Cd/Ctrl+Alt+Up shortcut for opening the settings panel in the current pane. + Added keyboard navigation to the Feed, Cards, and List Lenses. + Enabled the "Move to Left Note" Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+Left shortcut to move keyboard focus to The Sidebar. Pressing Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+Right while focus is in the sidebar will return focus to the leftmost pane. + Made the floating "Create" button universal across the Folder, Feed, & List Lenses. + The - and * list characters are now treated as different kinds. Swapping between them in a list will propagate that change to all lower siblings. + Added support for list glyphs to automatically change as you indent. This can be disabled in the note settings. + Sentence focus will highlight the previous sentence if the cursor is within trailing whitespace of a line. This leaves the last sentence highlighted when you haven't yet started a new one. + Added support for ISO week numbers in Creation Rule name templates. + Added • webp image files to the image allow list. + Added a setting to disable auto-updates. + Updated to Electron 40 and Svelte 5. - Fixed an issue where thousands of in-note-search results could cause dramatic performance issues by limiting the number of rendered annotations. - Fixed RTL language issues for tags, inline math, lists, and unchecked checkboxes (more work here pending)
Tangent Notestangentnotes
2026-01-10

Tangent v0.11.6 is out! This one wasn't a paper cut. It could very easily break the parser.

v0.11.6 - Fixed an issue with HTML parsing where sequential newlines were not handled correctly.
Tangent Notestangentnotes
2026-01-10

Tangent v0.11.5 is out! Hopefully I can stop finding random paper cut bugs and get back to the next release cycle 😆

v0.11.5 - Fixed an issue where moving a file out of a folder didn't immediately update the folder view.
Tangent Notestangentnotes
2026-01-08

Tangent v0.11.3 and v0.11.4 are released! Code blocks with more than three backticks are now supported and you can now actually reach the collapse button for indented list items.

v0.11.3 + Added support for code blocks defined by more than three backticks. - Fixed an issue where editing code blocks could break the ability to collapse code blocks. v0.11.4 - Fixed an issue where you could not collapse second tier list items.
Tangent Notestangentnotes
2026-01-03

Tangent v0.11.2 is out! A block quote parsing bug, found by a user!

v0.11.2 - Fixed an issue where styling markup immediately after the beginning of block quotes were not processed correctly.
Tangent Notestangentnotes
2025-12-26

It's always something! Tangent v0.11.1 is out, fixing a nasty bug that could delete files while you were trying to rename them.

🎁 Happy Boxing Day! 🎁

v0.11.1 - Fixed an issue where pressing Delete while renaming elements in the sidebar deleted those items.
Tangent Notestangentnotes
2025-12-25

Tangent v0.11.0 is out! All features developed since August are now in the stable channel!

Customize your shortcuts! Embed audio, video, pdfs, and mermaid diagrams! And more!

🎄 Happy Holidays, everyone! 🎄

vO.11.0 New since v0.10: + Added support for displaying and embedding local video, audio, and pdf files. + Added support for displaying Mermaid Diagrams inside of Code blocks. + Added the ability to customize keyboard shortcuts throughout Tangent. + Added support for checked & enabled status for note formatting commands. + Added tooltips for files in the sidebar. + Added a "copy section" button to the line gutter. Code, math, and front-matter blocks copy their contents. Hold "Shift" to copy surrounding markdown syntax. + Added support for copying local • png & . jpeg files directly to the clipboard. + Added support for navigating the sidebar with keyboard keys and invoking "rename" via a shortcut. + Added support for custom shortcuts for Creation Rules. + Updated the icon for macOS Tahoe. + Added support for specifying a folder over a note with a trailing /. + Added support for nested & escaped brackets [] in markdown links. + Added support for autocompleting ... to ... (ellipses). + Mirrored the name of the note in the note settings pane for consistency. + Improved the readability and reliability of YAML parsing errors. - Fixed an issue where parsing could crash from YAML that parsed but could not be translated to a JS object. - Fixed an issue where link preview cards lacked all style in production. - Fixed an issue where directory-based search matches could be prioritized over direct filename matches. - Fixed an issue where the YouTube embedder rejected Tangent's requests d
Tangent Notestangentnotes
2025-12-24

Tangent v0.11.0-beta.4 is out! Did you know that embedded website previews were supposed to look like this and have been broken since release? 🤦

Also fixed YouTube embeds.

The way website previews are _supposed_ to look!vO.11.0-beta.4 - Fixed an issue where link preview cards lacked all style in production. - Fixed an issue where the YouTube embedder rejected Tangent's requests due to a missing "referrer" header.
Tangent Notestangentnotes
2025-12-17

Tangent v0.11.0-beta.3 is out! This update features a number of fixes and improvements to YAML error handling as well as other community-reported issues.

Keep the squeaky wheels squeaking!

v0.11.0-beta.3 + Pressing the "De-Maximize" button when in fullscreen drops Tangent out of fullscreen. + Improved the readability and reliability of YAML parsing errors. - Fixed an issue where parsing could crash from YAML that parsed but could not be translated to a JS object. - Fixed an issue where long note titles wrapped in the vertical toolbar. - Added an experimental fix for an overzealous command triggering bug.
Tangent Notes boosted:
FlorianFlorian_p
2025-12-17

@gaufff I also use Obsidian but I’m keeping an eye on Tangent Notes which will be a good replacement 😉 A few fractures still need to be developer before I can switch completely

Tangent Notes boosted:
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2025-12-17

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Tangent Notestangentnotes
2025-12-05

Tangent v0.11.0-beta.2 is out! This update fixes a handful of issues, buttoning things up for a full release!

Tangent Notestangentnotes
2025-11-22

Tangent v0.11.0-beta.1 is out! Embedded images, pdfs, videos, and audio! Custom keyboard shortcuts! Mermaid diagrams! A new icon for macOS Tahoe, and more!

vO.11.0-beta.1 New since v0.10: + Added support for displaying local video, audio, and paf files. + Added support for displaying Mermaid Diagrams inside of Code blocks. + Added the ability to customize keyboard shortcuts throughout Tangent. + Added support for checked & enabled status for note formatting commands. + Added tooltips for files in the sidebar. + Added a "copy section" button to the line gutter. Code, math, and front-matter blocks copy their contents. Hold "Shift" to copy the entire syntax tree. + Added support for copying local • png & . jpeg files directly to the clipboard. + Added support for navigating the sidebar with keyboard keys and invoking "rename" via a shortcut. New since alpha 4: + Added support for embedding a preview of PDFs, both local and remote. + Added support for custom shortcuts for Creation Rules. + Updated the icon for macOS Tahoe. + Added support for specifying a folder over a note with a trailing /. + Added support for custom titles in markdown links. + Added support for nested & escaped brackets [] in markdown links. - Fixed an issue where the "copy" gutter action would be cut off by moving it to the right side. - Fixed an issue where key codes were used as shortcuts, breaking shortcuts with non-US keyboard layouts. - Fixed an issue where directory-based search matches could be prioritized over direct filename matches.
Tangent Notestangentnotes
2025-11-11

Tangent v0.11.0-alpha.4 is out! This update is a good collection of community-driven improvements and fixes across both old and new features.

Please continue to be squeaky wheels so that I may apply grease!

v0.11.0-alpha.4 + The playback position of local audio and video files are now cached. + Added a "copy section" button to the line gutter. Code, math, and front-matter blocks copy their contents. Hold "Shift" to copy the entire syntax tree. + Added support for the $filename token in the Attachments options, allowing you to place attachments in folders derived from name of the file that an image is being pasted into. + Added support for copying local • png & . jpeg files directly to the clipboard. + Added support for navigating the sidebar with keyboard keys and invoking "rename" via a shortcut. - Fixed an issue where hitting Escape when renaming files in the sidebar did not cancel the rename of the file. - Fixed a regression where the chromium dev tools were no longer accessible. - Fixed an error that could occur when invoking Creation Rules. - Fixed a bug where Cmd/CtrI+Clicking creation rules wouldn't add the created file to the Thread View. - Fixed an issue where • mkv files were not flagged as videos. - Fixed an issue where adding a shortcut in addition to a default shortcut replaced the default shortcut. - Fixed an issue where rebinding undo & redo commands did not work reliably. - Fixed an issue where images whose path contained a # character did not display.
Tangent Notestangentnotes
2025-11-01

Tangent v0.11.0-alpha.3 is out! We now have completely customizable keyboard shortcuts! You all can finally go nuts!

v0.11.0-alpha.3 + Added the ability to customize keyboard shortcuts throughout Tangent. + Added support for checked & enabled status for note formatting commands. + Added tooltips for files in the sidebar. - Fixed a crash that could occur at startup. Added logging to gain more information. - Fixed null reference errors that occurred when attempting to embed a remote PDF. - Fixed an issue where image preview tooltips did not show the image.Tangent’s shortcuts customization interface.
Tangent Notestangentnotes
2025-11-01

It seems there's an issue where files are coming in without any filetypes at all, which shouldn't be possible, but there you go. 🤷‍♂️

Tangent Notestangentnotes
2025-11-01

Tangent v0.10.3 is out! This release is a bugfix for a crash that could occur on startup. It also adds logging & messaging to try and glean a little more information on the problem.

Tangent Notestangentnotes
2025-10-09

Tangent just had its fifth birthday! Happy birthday, Tangent! 🎂

Tangent Notestangentnotes
2025-09-14

Tangent v0.11.0-alpha.2 is out! This update fixes the broken styling of embedded audio/video files that was only present in deployed builds.

v0.11.0-alpha.2 - Fixed an issue where embedded audio/video files had broken styling. - Fixed an issue where clicking on audio/video files in the Cards Lens started playing the file while opening it in a second tab.

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Repository: https://github.com/cyevgeniy/lmst