Tana: The Most Hyped Note-Taking App

I switched from Notion to Obsidian but this time I’m not tempted. The community plugins in Obsidian allows you to truly make it your own in terms of appearance and functionality.

- Tana is a step forward and two step back: proprietary online service and no local file editing.
- Obsidian edits local Markdown files but it's proprietary.
- Roam and Notion are online and proprietary.
- Logseq is Free Open Source Software, works locally with Markdown file and optionally in a web browser still editing local files without uploading them to a server.
I'm sorry for the others but when it comes to personal knowledge management being FOSS and editing standard local files are preconditions for digital self-sovereignty.

I've been using it for about a week and a half. Tana is an outliner database creator which is kind of a new thing. Besides this new mashup, It's advantage is that it can do pretty much everything the other apps can do, but much much faster. And maybe the most important aspect is that you can restructure your setup on the fly. You can build and experiment without fear because it's so easy to change things. I've tried and used pretty much everything within the PKM/TFT space, Tana is a game changer.

I would like to see a notion vs tana comparison about database features.

Dynalist and Notion had a baby and it's beautiful!

My initial enthusiasm for Tana has faded some the more I learn about it. Not that I'm suggesting that it is all hype. But the main feature seems to be Supertags, which is nice if you need that kind of database function. I don't. But I will happily try it (on the waiting list) and see what I think after using it.

If you're suffering from FOMO with regards to Tana, bear in mind that 99% of what you really want to achieve in your life can be done with any productivity app or system...even 🖋 + 📃!

To me, to qualify as a Obsidian alternative, the application must be on top of a local folder of plain text files.
Otherwise, I just can't trust that the company will be available in the next 20 years.

I've been looking at Tana as a database alternative to Notion via the Supertags for certain projects which overlap at different levels. Tana (to me at least) is more intuitive than Notion. (Loved your reaction watching the videos btw!)

Helpful and hilarious watching you watch the tutorial....puts fear and dread in my heart but I am keen to try!

I really have enjoyed learning and making videos about Tana. Especially the new AI features. I have very much enjoyed creating my Zettelkasten in Tana. I agree it needs local storage, offline editing, and additional security. Guess we'll see how it goes as they approach the launch and leave the closed beta behind.

when will this be released, is it still waitlist only?

How does it work with an apple pencil and scribble on an ipad?
Notion drives me mad on that issue

As a free PKM tool, I find dynalist a very useful webtool as well as an application too.

Wow! You have upped your game in terms of the editing and storytelling, it all feels fresh and appealing. Tana? I don't know, off to your next video with Danny, Ev... let's see....

For what I understand that it's a mix of Notion and Logseq and is just riding the hype train.

I'm more excited about Anytype but this looks interesting too

What I want to know is why do they require gmail? The Google tie-in via gmail makes me wonder what they are up to...

In the end of the video I find myself having the same pose / body language as Francesco while watching him watching a Tana tutorial. I almost wanted to film myself so yall in the comment field can reply and we can all nerd on each other nerds moments in infinity.

Is there something different about their "supertags" versus just you creating a tag for "projects" or whatever the super one would be? I mean, I use a super-category, category, sub-category columns in spreadsheets, but they work the same - it's just an imaginary abstraction. How is this different?

I wonder when this officially releases.

Tana’s my favorite artist

seems kind of similar to amplenote? with a more robust file and data system

Nah, it was game changing, when i discovered markup languages. I will never turn back to proprietary, closed file formats for notetaking
I need my files localy, that i can read and edit with different tools, backup, export, sync, extend functionality with add-ons, rearrange, etc., the way i feel

Would rather wait for logseq to catch up and implement whatever good design decisions exist in tana

A bit frightening when marketing of new products are filled with promises, as underperformance becomes more likely.

I need relational databases.

If it workes offline and have an database of my readwise,instapaper , and can integrate with my todoist or have its own reminder and calendar, and can replace my Anki with flashcards , taaaaakee alll of my moneeey

While I am trying to remember that shiny object syndrome is a thing, this looks interesting!!!
Like natural language from Todoist marries databases #Notion AND network graph view?
BUT! I used to be a ClickUp fan and while I still do love ClickUp, what I learned is that if you try to be everything, you are kind of meh. ClickUp tries to do everything in my opinion rather than encourage the user to think of ClickUp as a part of a "second brain" ecosystem. If Tana is gonna try to be everything, I hope Tana is humble and collab rather than doing like ClickUp saying you are better than everyone else when you are in fact not because ctrl + f is a crucial feature. Especially if you have ADHD like me!
With this said, I signed up immediately because I am super curious but at least this, I will try to not onboard a team without deciding what tool I really gonna stick with longterm first.
Simplicity and Lean, and geeking I guess? Cheers! Thank you very much for this nerdy video that turned a gloomy Wednesday into a sparkling evening here in Sweden despite we not having sun for month to come.

If anyone has an extra invite they are willing to share i would love to have it!

So it makes data view easier
But now I have to pay, can't export, and get locked in?
:/ .... eh.

I don’t think it can beat logsec at simplicity. Clearly it’s not WYSIWYG

Is it just hype??? 👀👀

No native apps means no deal.

Honestly I moved from Notion - Craft - AppleNotes lmao

this is yet another bloat Notes.
here the thing, you achieve more by separating your todo tasks, calendar, gantt, or kanban into separate specialized apps.
from my experience, combining everything into one app is very stressful.
you have to deal with multiple pages or folder with all different purposes & views,
it took me 20-50 seconds to figure out what i want to open, which page,
before i finally open it. it took too much processing power.
while with dedicated specialized app,
i can just open the app, i know right away what to do,
because there are already a great System set up for me.
These days, Obsidian is the most powerful notes app. it basically replaced everything that i tried.
Obsidian is great, the features felt thoughtful, it's there with purpose,
and i'm sure the devs are care about the users
and they're an experienced note taker themself.
because the app felt so organic.
everything that i wish a notes app have, Obsidian have it.
while with the other note app, it's like they create a feature for the sake of creating it, without much of a thought,
the result is a trainwreck features that can't be used seriously,
just mix features from multiple apps, and call it a new app.

Watched an hour of tutorials - its very confusing. And the interface is so 'overbusy'. So much noise, compared to content.
And not very good for long form writing. No markdown.

If anyone has an invite, I'd be very grateful.

Haha 😂

Anyone willing to help with getting access via invite?

Only One Demand: local file.

May anyone help me with an invite if you are an existing user? Many thanks in advance. I have seen more than dozens of tutorials but still stuck on the waiting list. 😅

cant't have my own notes back in a proper way? what's the point then? what if it shuts down like athens research. i'd probably stick to obsidian.

XD is this the snapchat of the todo apps?

Cannot compete with Obsidian. Notion is BS

seems all of those app are THE SAME thing !!! stop the crap !!!

Useless gadget

'Flocking?' 😆 Open your eyes. Unsubbed.

if it was open source it would be a banger. sticking to logseq for now