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SiYuan vs Tana
A side-by-side editorial comparison of SiYuan and Tana — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
SiYuan vs Tana: at a glance
What is SiYuan?
SiYuan 3.8.11 alphas add freeform mind maps and plugin snapshots right after 3.8.10.
SiYuan pushed 3.8.10 through betas and release candidates between November 7 and 9, carrying workspace AI memory, database sub-items and a built-in Markdown editor. The 3.8.11 alphas followed within days: freeform mind map relationships with per-node connector styles, browsing and restoring plugin snapshots, excluding assets from cleanup, a built-in date picker and rich text in database primary keys. Alpha 4 adds search and replace in the standalone Markdown editor.
What is Tana?
Tana now records meetings around one laptop and adds Lovable and Ari as agents.
Tana has turned into a meeting workspace: a meeting-timeline Home, live suggestions that draft tasks for approval, research briefs and an iPhone app. October 26 let users bring their own Claude or ChatGPT into calls. The November 12 release captures in-person and hybrid meetings, splits several voices on one microphone into separate speakers, lets users name transcript speakers, and adds Lovable and cfo.ai's Ari as external agents that answer privately inside meetings.
SiYuan vs Tana: editorial side-by-side
SiYuan
5.0COLLAB
SiYuan 3.8.11 alphas add freeform mind maps and plugin snapshots right after 3.8.10.
◆ Current state
SiYuan pushed 3.8.10 through betas and release candidates between November 7 and 9, carrying workspace AI memory, database sub-items and a built-in Markdown editor. The 3.8.11 alphas followed within days: freeform mind map relationships with per-node connector styles, browsing and restoring plugin snapshots, excluding assets from cleanup, a built-in date picker and rich text in database primary keys. Alpha 4 adds search and replace in the standalone Markdown editor.
◆ Where it's heading
SiYuan works in fast public cycles, with the next version's alphas starting as soon as the last one stabilises. 3.8.11 is about polish and editing depth: mind maps, databases and the new Markdown editor all get more control.
◆ Prediction
Expect more 3.8.11 alphas, then betas and release candidates with the same list, following the 3.8.10 pattern.
Tana
5.0COLLAB
Tana now records meetings around one laptop and adds Lovable and Ari as agents.
◆ Current state
Tana has turned into a meeting workspace: a meeting-timeline Home, live suggestions that draft tasks for approval, research briefs and an iPhone app. October 26 let users bring their own Claude or ChatGPT into calls. The November 12 release captures in-person and hybrid meetings, splits several voices on one microphone into separate speakers, lets users name transcript speakers, and adds Lovable and cfo.ai's Ari as external agents that answer privately inside meetings.
◆ Where it's heading
Tana is covering every kind of meeting, including the ones where people share a room, and opening its meeting surface to more outside agents. Enterprise admins can now choose which external agents members may use, the governance step that usually precedes a wider agent catalog.
◆ Prediction
Expect more external agents added to the Settings list and agent actions tracked in Work's Waiting on you, as the November release began with status rows for accepted actions.
Alternatives to SiYuan and Tana
Other Collab products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either SiYuan or Tana.
Nextcloud
Nextcloud's November patches lean on preview speed and sharing fixes across three branches.
Mattermost
Mattermost v12.1 puts bots and burn-after-reading messages under the same access rules.
Asana
Asana lets Division admins run their own custom roles, on top Enterprise plans only.
Double
Double turns a recorded Chrome session into an agent that repeats the task.
Hive
Hive turns reporting into a planning tool: shared inputs, grouped values, per-person drill-downs.
Recent activity from SiYuan and Tana
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 18h agoSiYuanSiYuan 3.8.11 alpha 4 adds search and replace to Markdown editor
- 1d agoSiYuanSiYuan 3.8.11 alpha: freeform mind maps, plugin snapshots
- 2d agoTanaIn-person and hybrid meetings, and Lovable and Ari in your meetings
- 4d agoSiYuanSiYuan 3.8.10 RC5: related database views, better LAN sync
- 4d agoSiYuanSiYuan 3.8.10 RC3: AI memory, database sub-items near stable
- 5d agoSiYuanSiYuan 3.8.10 release candidate 2
- 5d agoSiYuanSiYuan 3.8.10 release candidate 1
- 19d agoTanaBring your own Claude or ChatGPT into your meetings
- 23d agoTanaBriefs that research, tasks with due dates
- 1mo agoTanaTana on iPhone and iPad
- 1mo agoTanaLive suggestions in meetings, and a new Home
- 2mo agoTanaHey Tana just does it, a Calendar, and a new Home ⚡
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between SiYuan and Tana?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. SiYuan and Tana are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is SiYuan better than Tana?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. SiYuan and Tana are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to SiYuan?
Top SiYuan alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "SiYuan alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/siyuan for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Tana?
Top Tana alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Tana alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/tana for the full list with editorial commentary on each.