Tana Outliner

Name: Tana Outliner
Rating: 4.76 (55 reviews)

Put your notes to work with voice and AI

4.8•55 reviews•

3.4K followers

Put your notes to work with voice and AI

4.8•55 reviews•

3.4K followers

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An AI-native workspace for tech-savvy professionals who want to stay on top of everything—without the busywork. Tana helps you connect and organize information so you get it where you need it, in a super flexible format. Now with full offline support!

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Launch tags:Productivity•Notes•Artificial Intelligence

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I've been using Tana for nearly 2 years now and absolutely love it! It is my central hub for curating writing content and strategic project management. Who needs a super power when you can have a super tool?! It keeps me functioning on a high level getting stuff done without wasting time trying to create a fancy system. The flexibility of Tana is such that it grows as my needs have evolved.

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1yr ago

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@sally_church Thank you, Sally! I think you've hit the nail on the head with regards to the appeal of Tana; it grows to the complexity *you* need. 🙌

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1yr ago

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So glad to hear @sally_church! Thank you so much for the support 🫶

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1yr ago

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WELL SAID @sally_church! Appreciate your kind words!

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1yr ago

Tana has been my daily driver for a long while now, and I honestly can't think of using any other productivity tool this consistently for this long. I've been into "linked notes" style note-taking for about 15 years now, and there just isn't anything like Tana around that combines the affordances so effortlessly. Like the magical thing about Tana is that I can just...think, everything just flows out of me and into the app – and I can find it again, use it again, and build in the real world because I know I can trust Tana to have my back. And that was before they started baking AI as deeply into the product as they have now: with AI Chat, AI Commands, and AI Agents...my mind gets blown every day anew at how COOL THIS IS. Like there's zero context switching left – it all comes together in a single app. But, and this is important: Tana isn't just for the super nerdy hypergraphic people who write down everything every day...it provides great affordances to anyone who wants to be more productive – anyone where reading, writing, and thinking are part of the job. Can't tell you how excited for Tana to be accessible to everyone now. 2025 is going to be a good year for productivity!

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1yr ago

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@cortexfutura I remember learning some core concepts in Tana thanks to your videos waaay back before joining. Thank you for making great content! It's amazing to see how Tana has evolved since then, especially with all the AI integrations you mentioned. Completely agree—2025 is shaping up to be a fantastic year for productivity!

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1yr ago

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@cortexfutura You are one of the Tana OGs. The content you make is extraordinary good, and your support has been amazing for us on our journey. Let's get this rocket going!

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1yr ago

@aurorakb That's so cool to hear, thank you @aurorakb ! I'm hyped for this year :D

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1yr ago

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Maker

THANK YOU @cortexfutura! You have done so much for us and Tana. Your courses (https://www.cortexfutura.com/) are simply the best!

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1yr ago

@cortexfutura hey @Tana I too learnt Tana from you. As an engineer and early adopter I tried and tried but I’d loose how to find my people or books super tags and not know where to find them. I tuned out a year ago which now seems like But all the tags and mistake with what I read here with the Ai integration. I gather you have updated training?

I might need to go and start again. I stores so much information there I’d like to tap into it for my upcoming book. I have a community (exit the matrix with me) joining me in my book research of ancient wisdom and modern science to create an abundant life of your dreams so if I could work it out I can demo how they can use Tana

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1yr ago

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I really hope Tana carves out a big market share in this space. Because this space is ripe for disruption!

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1yr ago

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@sentry_co amen! We couldn't agree more with that assessment...

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1yr ago

@sentry_co This is so true. People deserve a tool as powerful as Tana!!

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1yr ago

@sentry_co absolutely!

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1yr ago

I have been using Tana for the past two years and love how it brought all my needs into one tool: notes taking ,journaling, content ideation and creation etc. The team has built it with and for the community with transparency and fun. The new features are regularly added to make it easier for beginners: it is such a new approach that it can feel a bit uncomfortable at the beginning but with teachers such as @evielync and the great Slack community, you quickly get the hang out of it. There are tons of powerful uses that I still have to explore and I can't wait!

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1yr ago

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@monaco Thanks so much, Stephanie! It’s wonderful to hear how Tana has streamlined everything for you and that you’re finding even more ways to use it. Totally agree—the community and teachers like Ev make diving in so much easier. Excited to see what you’ll discover next!

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1yr ago

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@monaco That is so fantastic to hear, going from 'useful to us' through 'useful for experts' towards 'useful for anyone' is exactly where we want to be going. And using the parts you find useful and doing real work with it is a *great* strategy in my opinion. You'll know when you need or want to explore other powerful uses :))

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1yr ago

@monaco so glad to have been part of the journey with you Stephanie!

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1yr ago

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Thank you for the long term support @monaco! (Are you actually writing this from the pool?)

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1yr ago

@tarjeiv not today. It's the name of my newsletter/blog/app. I review and curate boutique hotels with pools in Europe. So yes sometimes I do write it from the pool!

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1yr ago

Tana is supercharging my productivity. I particularly like the voice to structured output work-flows. Tana is also the hub for managing all my tasks.

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1yr ago

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@arne_tonning1 The one and only! Thank you for your ongoing support!

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1yr ago

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@arne_tonning1 Thank you Arne! I agree, I love the voice to output work-flows. It's just so refreshing to be able to do work not tethered to a screen.

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1yr ago

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Maker

Thanks, @arne_tonning1! There are not many people that have been as helpful as you have on our journey. And we are just getting started 🚀

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1yr ago

@arne_tonning1 agreed. Voice workflows have changed how I get work done in Tana

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1yr ago

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THANK YOU @arne_tonning1 ! Without you, we wouldn't be here!

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1yr ago

Kind of reminds me a little bit of Things 3 with some fancy new features. I'll be giving it a try... very picky about the kinds of tools I use for task management but the idea that managing the tens of things I have to track for myself every day can be less of a chore is very intriguing.

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1yr ago

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@styrojeff Thank you for giving us a shot, Jeff! 🫶 If you have any questions or want help, tips and tricks, be sure to join our amazing community! https://tana.inc/community

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1yr ago

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@styrojeff We love picky users (it's the best way to improve a product)! So please try Tana and give us your candid feedback.

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1yr ago

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Thanks for giving us a shot, @styrojeff! Tana flexible and powerful, but different. Looking forward to your feedback 🙏

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1yr ago

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@styrojeff Yes! Great comparison Jeff! A user in our community actually built out a Things 3 style dashboard in Tana too! Check it out here- https://www.loom.com/share/890b9...

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1yr ago

I’ve been using Tana everyday for the last 2 years and can’t imagine how I’d stay organized without it. Congrats on the launch!

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1yr ago

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@braydon_coyer Thank you for the support and so cool to hear!

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1yr ago

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@braydon_coyer That Tana travel template you released in community was a early inspiration! Great to see you here Braydon!

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1yr ago

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Thank you for sticking with us for so long @braydon_coyer !

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1yr ago

How do you explain Tana to others?

When speaking to people who have never heard about Tana, how do you explain what it is? I am curious! Personally, I have to vet their current tool use thoroughly before I know how to talk about it.

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8mo ago

Local API and Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Tana!

Hey Product Hunt
We just shipped something we ve wanted to build for a long time: a local API and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration for Tana.
The short version:
AI tools like Claude Code can now read, reason over, and write back to your actual Tana workspace including structured notes, outlines, prompts, and relationships instead of working on pasted text or one-off prompts.
Why we built this
Most AI workflows today look like this:

Copy something out of your notes
Paste it into a chat or terminal
Lose context
Start over next time

That s not how real work compounds.
Tana is designed as a permanent, structured thinking system. With the new API + MCP, AI tools can finally work inside that system instead of around it.
What this unlocks
A simple example we re excited about:

Capture a voice memo in Tana
Shape it into an outline using the editor
Let Claude Code turn that structured note into a slide deck

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1yr ago

🤖 GPT-5 models live in Tana

GPT-5 models live in Tana

Hey hunters

GPT-5 is now available in Tana, joining our lineup of 20 AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.

While everyone debates which model is "best," we believe the answer is simple: the one that works for YOUR specific need, in THIS specific moment.

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I’ve spent a decade searching for the note-taking tool that would let me think instead of organize. I’m talking Evernote, Roam, Notion, Obsidian - the full pilgrimage. When nothing fit, I did what any systems-obsessed founder would do: I vibe-coded my own Frankenmonster out of Airtable, n8n workflows, and a React Native app. I was spending more time on “work about the work” - filing, maintaining, debugging - than on the actual ideas I was supposedly capturing. The tool became the project.

Tana broke that cycle. The supertag system means I capture ideas without deciding upfront where they “go” - they just become what they are (a task, a person, a project) and surface where I need them. Live searches pull context to me instead of me hunting for it. I’m not maintaining a system anymore; I’m working inside one that maintains itself. For the first time in years, my note-taking tool is invisible in the best way - it gets out of my way so I can actually think.

If you’re someone who’s tried everything, built your own hacky solutions, and still feels like you’re pushing a boulder uphill just to organize your brain - Tana is worth the learning curve. It’s not simple. But it’s the right kind of complex: powerful primitives that compound, not features that bloat.

Tana Outliner

Put your notes to work with voice and AI

Put your notes to work with voice and AI

Forum Threads

How do you explain Tana to others?

Local API and Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Tana!

🤖 GPT-5 models live in Tana

Forum Threads

How do you explain Tana to others?

Local API and Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Tana!

🤖 GPT-5 models live in Tana

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