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

https://www.tangentnotes.com
https://github.com/suchnsuch/Tangent
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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!

#pkm #foss #notes #markdown
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.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Tangent v0.11.0-alpha.3 is out! We now have completely customizable keyboard shortcuts! You all can finally go nuts!

#foss #markdown #notes
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.
November 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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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.
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Tangent just had its fifth birthday! Happy birthday, Tangent! 🎂
October 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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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.

#pkm #foss #markdown #notes
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.
September 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Tangent v0.11.0-alpha.1 is out! Tangent can now display local pdfs, play local audio & video files, and render mermaid diagrams!

#pkm #foss #markdown #notes
A flow chart flowing from idea to capture to thinking deeper and back to idea. vO.11.0-alpha.1 + Added support for displaying local video, audio, and pdf files. + Added support for displaying Mermaid Diagrams inside of Code blocks. - Fixed an issue where math blocks weren't hidden by collapsed sections.
September 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Tangent v0.10.2 is out! A couple of quality of life updates. The scrolling issue of the Feed Lens had been bugging me!
vO.10.2 + Pressing escape now dismisses any active annotations or search highlights in a note. + Completed or canceled Todos are now no longer crossed out while selected. - Fixed an issue that caused scrolling up in the Feed Lens to jump around obnoxiously.
September 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Tangent v0.10.1 is out! This update fixes a critical editing bug, and a few other paper cuts.

#pkm #markdown #notes #foss
vO.10.1 - Fixed an issue where deleting text at the beginning of a line deleted text at the top of the document. - Fixed an issue where section collapsed controls were impossible to click for indented lines. - Fixed an issue where notes would scroll to their selection even when their selection hadn't changed.
August 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Tangent v0.10.0 is out! In this new stable update:

- Collapsible sections!
- Markdown links to specific headers!
- Improved Creation Rule template tokens thanks to @Sevoris!
- And more!

#pkm #markdown #foss #notes
August 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Double dipping! Tangent v0.10.0-beta.2 is out! Some quick regression fixes and search improvements here.

#pkm #notes #foss #markdown
v0.10.0-beta.2 + Made tag search not relative to the last name item, better matching user intuition. - Fixed a regression where the sidebar sorting icon was mangled. - Fixed a sorting bug that could erroneously use log2(0). - Fixed an error that could occur when dropping selection with an autocomplete handler open.
July 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Tangent v0.10.0-beta.1 is out! This first beta release sports collapsible sections, link & formatting improvements, easier header search, and more!

And, maybe more importantly, we're actually on track for more than 2 stable releases in a year!

#pkm #notes #foss #markdown
vO.10.0-beta.1 New since v0.9.x: + Added support for Collapsing Sections. Headers, lists, code, math, and front matter can all be collapsed. Collapsed state is kept persistent between sessions. + Added an option to automatically collapse Front Matter. + PR 206 by Sevoris: Made the Creation Rule name template tokens clickable buttons for easier editing. + Added the Cd/Ctrl+Alt+Shift+K shortcut for inserting wiki links with the selected text as the display text. + Added support for adding links from the context menu. + Exposed formatting toggles from the context menu. + Added support for linking directly to header id links in markdown links. + Added support for restoring selection & scroll position in notes between sessions. - Fixed an issue where the note editor fallback feature wasn't correctly invoked. - Fixed an issue where some edits could uncollapse all collapsed sections. - Fixed an issue where link data could be incorrect after editing links. - Fixed an issue where closing inline formatting at the end of a link broke link parsing. - Fixed several issues with selection & annotation initialization when opening notes. New since alpha 3: + Added support for searching for and navigating to headers from the Cmd/Ctrl+0 search menu. + Updated to Electron 37. - Fixed an issue where link highlight annotations could be stomped.
July 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Tangent v0.10.0-alpha.3 is out! It includes improvements to Creation Rule editing, link manipulation, and collapsed sections!
v0.10.0-alpha.3 + PR 206 by Sevoris: Made the Creation Rule name template tokens clickable buttons for easier editing. + Added the Cd/Ctrl+Alt+Shift+K shortcut for inserting wiki links with the selected text as the display text. + Added support for adding links from the context menu. + Exposed formatting toggles from the context menu. + Added support for linking directly to header id links in markdown links. - Fixed an issue where some edits could uncollapse all collapsed sections. - Fixed an issue where link data could be incorrect after editing links. - Fixed an issue where closing inline formatting at the end of a link broke link parsing. - Fixed several issues with selection & annotation initialization when opening notes.
July 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Tangent v0.10.0-alpha.2 is out! This update stomps out some of the 🐞🐛🪳 from Alpha 1.

#pkm #foss #markdown #notes
vO.10.0-alpha.2 - Fixed a regression that caused queries to not work correctly. - Fixed an issue where adding new lines in collapsed code blocks caused errors. - Fixed an issue where the note editor fallback feature wasn't correctly invoked. - Fixed an issue where note aliases could incorrectly override the main note name in search.
July 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Tangent v0.10.0-alpha.1 is now out! Selection collapsing is here!

#pkm #foss #markdown #notes
vO.10.0-alpha.1 + Added support for Collapsing Sections. Headers, lists, code, math, and front matter can all be collapsed. Collapsed state is kept persistent between sessions. + Added an option to automatically collapse Front Matter. + Added support for restoring selection & scroll position in notes between sessions. - Fixed an issue where tooltips could persist past when their originating element was destroyed.
July 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Tangent v0.9.0 is now live on flathub! https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.suchnsuch.Tangent

#foss #flatpak #pkm #notes
Install Tangent on Linux | Flathub
Record and connect your thoughts
flathub.org
June 29, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Tangent v0.9.0 is released! This new stable version includes many features, including:
- Inline link previews!
- Inline HTML syntax highlighting!
- Note hover previews!

And more! Check it out: https://www.tangentnotes.com/Download

#pkm #foss #notes #markdown
v0.9.0 New since v0.8x: + Added support for link previews, with support for website previews, audio, video, and youtube links. Raw links on their own line are automatically previewed. + Added support for displaying ‹span class="wow" >HTML</ span> with syntax highlighting. + Hovering over wiki-links now show a preview of the note's contents. + Changed scrolling cards in the Cards Lens to require alt by default. This can be changed within settings. + Added support for Shifting Sections with Alt+Shift+Up/Down on Windows & Linux and ^T+Up/Down on Mac. + Added an option to follow links with unmodified left clicks. + Added an option to always autocomplete the full workspace path for Wiki Links. + Added an option to control whether finished Todos are crossed out. + Added support for selecting different code highlighting themes. + Added support for searching within a single file. + Added support for indenting headers, code blocks, math blocks, and quotes. + Added support for unicode autocomplete in note titles. + Added the List Lens and greatly improved the Card and Feed lenses. + Switched to using the computer name instead of hostname when identifying a machine in workspace data. + Added an option on linux & windows to use the native titlebar. Defaults to on for linux, off for windows. + Added error & warning indicators for YAML parsing errors in Front Matter. + Changed default Bold and Italics behavior so that underscores surrounded by text does not trigger formatting. + Updated Electron to v35.4.0; updated many other dependencies as well. - Lots of bug fixes. New since Beta 5: - Fixed an issue where query editor selection could be lost. - Fixed an issue where you couldn't open a new query from the Map. - Fixed an issue where query results could come out of order. - Fixed HTML parsing to only start on valid tag names.
June 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Tangent v0.9.0-beta.5 is out! Wikipedia previews now have actual descriptions in them, and a user request for disabling crossing out finished Todos!

#pkm #notes #foss
v0.9.0-beta.5 + Added description extraction for preview of Wikipedia links. + Added an option to control whether finished Todos are crossed out. + Updated Electron to v35.4.0; updated many other dependencies as well. - Fixed an issue where external links had a blank tooltip. - Fixed an issue where links with preview errors could show two different tooltips at once.
May 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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I want to release stable versions more often. The only reasonable way to do this is to shrink the scope of each update. With that aim, I'm moving most of the items currently on the 0.10.x milestone to some future milestone.

#foss
May 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Tangent v0.9.0-beta.4 is out. This fixes a _very_ nasty bug that I stumbled onto by chance. Apologies that it made it into the beta!

#pkm #markdown #notes #foss
vO.9.0-beta.4 - Fixed a critical issue where non-terminated code blocks threw unhandled errors and could make the editor appear blank. Added a stripped-down fallback to better handle & message any future errors of this class.
May 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Tangent v0.9.0-beta.3 is out! Another handful of regressions are fixed, including fixing pasting images!

#pkm #markdown #notes #foss
v0.9.0-beta.3 - Fixed a regression where pasting images didn't actually insert the image. - Fixed an issue where deleting a note referenced by other notes didn't clear out that note's content. - Hardened a potential issue surrounding map node syncing & reduced related log bloat. - Fixed an issue with saving settings when there were no customizations.
May 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Tangent v0.9.0-beta.2 is out! All of these fixes were found by the community! Thank you all, and keep 'em coming!

You can open an issue for a bug or a feature idea on github! https://github.com/suchnsuch/Tangent
vO.9.0-beta.2 + Changed default Bold and Italics behavior so that underscores surrounded by text does not trigger formatting. + Added error & warning indicators for YAML parsing errors in Front Matter. + Added the ability to wrap from the first to the last item (and vice-versa) in the command palette & autocomplete menus. - Fixed an issue where unclosed front matter still inserted a horizontal line. - Fixed a regression where new Wiki Links to virtual files would not show up green once the file was actually created. - Fixed an issue where using Ctrl+Shift+Click on a wiki link to replace the current pane when clicking on a link in a file in a Feed Lens didn't correctly replace that pane with the linked file.
May 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Tangent v0.9.0-beta.1 is out! A bunch bugfixes since alpha 11 and many new features since v0.8!

Now is the perfect time to dip your toes and help to polish the final v0.9 release!

#pkm #notes #foss #markdown
v0.9.0-beta. 1 New Since v0.9.0-alpha.11: + Added support for unicode autocomplete in note titles. + Added an option on linux & windows to use the native titlebar. Defaults to on for linux, off for windows. - Fixed an issue where you couldn't select inside of a selection in note titles. - Fixed an issue where links with periods could create files with strange extensions. - Replaced "Paste as Plaintext" with the native "Paste and Match Style", fixing a duplicate paste issue on Windows & Linux. - Fixed an issue where the List Lens couldn't scroll. - Fixed an issue where raw links would assume a trailing period was part of the link. - Fixed an issue where toggling on italic, bold, or other inline formatting on an empty line didn't work. - Fixed an issue where creating a new session by following links could drop current thread context. New Since vO.8.x: + Added support for < span class="wow" >HTML</ span> syntax parsing. + Added support for inline formatting within link text. + Added support for Embedding & link previews. Raw links on their own line are automatically treated as "embed" links. Markdown embed links (i.e. image links) will also display link previews & embeds. Audio, video, and YouTube links are displayed in the note natively. + Added support for Shifting Sections with Alt+Shift+Up/Down on Windows & Linux and ^ T+Up/Down on Mac. + Added an option to always use the full workspace path when autocompleting Wiki Links. + Added wiki link previews using a new custom tooltip system. + Added support for selecting different code highlighting themes, with different options for block and inline (e.g. HTML) code in both light mode and dark mode. + Changed scrolling cards in the Cards Lens to require alt by default. This can be changed within settings. + Added a simple List Lens for folders & queries that displays files in a list. This lens is used automatically when displaying folders & queries in the Feed Lens. + Added support for simple in-file search. + Added support for indenting headers, code blocks, math blocks, and block quotes. + Switched to using the computer name instead of hostname when identifying a machine in workspace data.
May 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Tangent v0.9.0-alpha.11 is out! This update lets you indent everything from headers to code blocks!

#pkm #markdown #foss
v0.9.0-alpha.11 + Added support for indenting headers, code blocks, math blocks, and block quotes. - Fixed a regression where editing code caused visual issues. - Fixed a bug where un/tabbing multiple lines could shift selection incorrectly.
April 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Tangent 0.9.0-alpha.10 is out! This update has keyboard-based section shifting, a new wikilink autocomplete option, and a massive set of fixes for queries!

#tangent #pkm #foss
v0.9.0-alpha.10 + Added support for Shifting Sections with Alt+Shift+Up/Down on Windows & Linux and ⌃⌥+Up/Down on Mac. + Added an option to always use the full workspace path when autocompleting Wiki Links. - Fixed several issues that could cause terrible performance in Queries. - Fixed a regression where Highlights and Strikethrough were broken.
April 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Tangent v0.9.0-alpha.9 is out! The headline feature is note previews in link tooltips! Some other pieces should be helpful too!
v0.9.0-alpha.9 + Added wiki link previews using a new custom tooltip system. + Added an option to follow links with unmodified left clicks. + Improved panel behavior when Tangent's windows are thinner than the set minimum panel width. + Added an experimental IO Queue system for debugging query solving issues. - Fixed an issue where some system settings documentation links didn't work. - Fixed an issue where the List Lens didn't correctly buffer itself from its parent's settings. - Removed the (always incorrect) hotkey from the set creation rule button. An example of the tooltip previews in Tangent v0.9.0-alpha.9
March 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM