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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 v0.11.0-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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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 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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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
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Tangent v0.9.0-alpha.8 is out! it brings in-file search, a List Lens, Feed Lens improvements, and a collection of fixes.
v0.9.0-alpha.8 + Added support for simple in-file search. + Improved how annotations for query matches & in-file search are displayed. + 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. + Improved the display of folders & queries in the Cards Lens. + Moved a panel's settings hint to the top right in the Feed Lens. + Switched to using the computer name instead of hostname when identifying a machine in workspace data. - Fixed an issue where the Feed Lens wasn't correctly handling node reference comparison, leading to strange behavior when viewing Queries in the Feed Lens. - Fixed a regression where link tooltips were hitting a null reference. - Fixed an issue where pinned settings panels could overlap their contents when resized. - Fixed an issue where queries provided duplicate annotations per match. - Fixed an issue where "portable" paths generated from Windows had backslashes in their paths. - Fixed an issue where development data leaked into the distributed documentation.
February 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Tangent v0.9.0-alpha.7 is out! This update adds support for selecting your code highlighting theme and a handful of bugfixes.

#foss #pkm #notes #markdown
+ 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. - Fixed an issue where pasting images caused a loop of inserting the link over and over again. - Fixed a regression where some code languages were not correctly highlighted on initial load. - Fixed an issue where renamed notes could have their old names retained in the saved session files.
January 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Tangent v0.9.0-alpha.5 is out! This update adds syntax highlighting for inline html. This fills a longstanding functionality hole within Tangent and opens up the future for even more useful functionality. #pkm #markdown #foss
+ Added initial support for <span class="wow">HTML</span> syntax parsing. This fills a major parsing hole and fixes several issues users saw related to HTML syntax being parsed as something else. + Changed scrolling cards in the [[Cards Lens]] to require `alt` by default. This can be changed within settings.
January 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Happy New Year! Tangent v0.9.0-alpha.4 is out! This update improves link preview reliability and lets you disable the automatic raw link embedding. #pkm #markdown #foss
+ Added a setting to disable the automatic embedding of raw links on their own line. Raw links can still be embedded by prepending them with `!`. + Improved preview display, and switched to using the "googlebot" user agent, improving scraped results. + Improved how link preview errors are handled and displayed to the user. - Fixed an issue where markdown links had strange vertical alignment.
January 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Tangent v0.9.0-alpha.2 is out! This update adds support for link previews and audio/video/YouTube embedding! I'm pretty excited about this update. I hope it can become super useful. #notes #pkm #foss
+ Massively expanded [[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. - Fixed a regression where `inline code` would consume the entire line. - Fixed a regression where [[Code]] blocks would always show their closing backticks.
December 29, 2024 at 8:33 PM