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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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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.
December 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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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! 🎄

#pkm #foss #markdown #notes
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 due to a missing "referrer" header. - Fixed an issue where the accent color hue could not be set to the full 360° hue space. - Fixed an issue where the settings panel for a pane could remain open even when your mouse leaves the panel. - Fixed an issue where long note titles wrapped in the vertical toolbar. New since beta 4: + Displayed the shortcuts for Creation Rules in the "New Note" dropdown menu.
December 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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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.

#pkm #notes #foss #markdown
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.
December 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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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!

#pkm #foss #markdown #notes
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.
December 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Tangent v0.11.0-beta.2 is out! This update fixes a handful of issues, buttoning things up for a full release!

#pkm #foss #markdown #notes
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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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!

#pkm #foss #notes #markdown
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.
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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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
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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