I just stumbled across a new notes app called Tangent, still early days but I really like it:
http://tangentnotes.com/Features

The interface is nice and clean IMO, and the navigation features work really well (backlinks, map view, sliding panels, folder content preview). It works on local files, and performance is very good (much faster than LogSeq for example.)

It is pretty easy to point at any folder on your computer (which becomes a 'workspace', including subfolders.) I've pointed it at my Obsidian vault and it has worked fine.

Right now, major lacking features include searching within notes, folding/outlining, and tags. As I said still early days (the alpha was first available only 2 months ago), but if you are already using one of the other Markdown apps that stores plain MD files it's easy to take this for a spin.

There is a roadmap:
http://tangentnotes.com/Roadmap

Thanks for the pointer. Looks very interesting to me.

Hi, i'm new to the forum. Do you know there is any other Markdown Editor with sliding panes (Andy Matuschak style)?

I saw Tangent mentioned today in another thread and that brought me back here as the only thread apparently devoted to Tangent.

Anyone been using it and have comment on how far it has come over the last two years? I am mostly Obsidian but always on the lookout for something "lighter."

Dev posts updates and boosts relevant posts on Mastodon:

https://mastodon.social/@tangentnotes

https://mastodon.social/@taylorhadden

I've been using Tangent consistently for at least a couple of years and stopped using Obsidian. You can use it on same folders as Obsidian vaults: they don't clash. I used both for a while.

"How far it's come" feels like an Obsidian, feature-led concept. Back then Obsidian had far more features than Tangent, and it has been adding them far faster, even without the plugins. I find Tangent better for focus, thinking and writing.

cicerosc wrote:

I saw Tangent mentioned today in another thread and that brought me back
here as the only thread apparently devoted to Tangent.

Anyone been using it and have comment on how far it has come over the
last two years? I am mostly Obsidian but always on the lookout for
something "lighter."

Yes, I’d have to agree

A milestone of sorts with v.0.9 released over the weekend.

https://mastodon.social/@tangentnotes/114642658023646284

https://www.tangentnotes.com/

Since this thread is bumped anyway, I'd just like to thank you for sharing this approach to using notes by keeping them locally but accessible via alternative notes. This, especially combined with your use of Tangent this way is such an interesting idea and I hadn't thought this level of interoperability with modern tools is possible. Also your comment elsewhere that you use the same markdown files with Logseq too was enlightening. It keeps the data and representation layers so separate and you don't have to rely on any software in the long run, you just need powerful search/info retrieval and temporary tools for whatever you want to do with the notes.


Dormouse wrote:

I've been using Tangent consistently for at least a couple of years and
stopped using Obsidian. You can use it on same folders as Obsidian
vaults: they don't clash. I used both for a while.

"How far it's come" feels like an Obsidian, feature-led concept. Back
then Obsidian had far more features than Tangent, and it has been adding
them far faster, even without the plugins. I find Tangent better for
focus, thinking and writing.

cicerosc wrote:
I saw Tangent mentioned today in another thread and that brought me back
>here as the only thread apparently devoted to Tangent.
>
>Anyone been using it and have comment on how far it has come over the
>last two years? I am mostly Obsidian but always on the lookout for
>something "lighter."

I like Tangent, but its desktop footprint is enormous!

Since Obsidian started using the Andy Matuschak tab-stacking approach, I've stopped using Tangent, although I take the occasional look just to keep up with development.

For a super-lightweight desktop note manager, I would recommend Octarine (https://octarine.app The developer also designs some smokin' websites!

Oh, and Octarine can also be used with e.g. Obsidian vaults (and any other markdown-based repository of your choice: Tangent, LogSeq, Typora, etc.). It has a very good search engine.