Utilities Windows
Yana
Organize local notes in nested collections, search their contents and keep rich text alongside code snippets with Yana, a free Windows notebook app.
- Operating system
- Windows; Softonic lists Windows 11
- Architecture
- Not specified in the reviewed publisher release metadata
- Download package
- EXE installer
Publisher also offers a Windows ZIP. Minimum Windows version is undocumented in the reviewed sources; no installation was performed.
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What is Yana?
Yana is a local notebook app for organizing related notes rather than keeping everything in one long document. Its hierarchical structure lets you nest material by project or topic, rearrange it with drag-and-drop, and use tags and full-text search to find it again. Multiple local workspaces separate different collections of work, while tabs let you keep several notes open.
Choose rich-text notes for formatted writing, tables and documentation, or the code-snippet editor when the material is source code. The publisher identifies the code editor as based on the editor frontend used by Visual Studio Code; that does not make Yana a complete development environment. Star notes you return to often, and use the trashcan for discarded items. Release 1.0.16 adds a Markdown export option for workspaces.
The linked download is the publisher's Windows EXE installer for version 1.0.16, whose release was published on April 2, 2023. The publisher confirms Windows availability but does not state a minimum Windows version in the reviewed README or release metadata. Softonic lists Windows 11; this is a catalog specification, not an installation test. The screenshot shows an older Windows 1.0.13 session from the project's issue tracker, with the rich-text editor and an Insert file panel open; it is not a screenshot of a newly tested installation.
What it offers
- Arrange hierarchical notes with drag-and-drop and tags.
- Find material with full-text search and keep several notes open in tabs.
- Write formatted notes with a rich-text editor or maintain code snippets in a VSCode-based editor frontend.
- Separate notes into multiple local workspaces, star frequently used items and discard items to the trashcan.
- Export workspaces to Markdown using the option added in version 1.0.16.
Good to know
- The linked 1.0.16 release was published in April 2023; its availability is not evidence of recent maintenance or compatibility testing.
- Minimum Windows version and installer architecture are not specified in the reviewed publisher README or release metadata.
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Sources
References used for this listing. Retrieval dates do not indicate hands-on testing.
- Yana - Download — Windows catalog ↗Retrieved
- lukasbach/yana — official repository and README ↗Retrieved
- Yana official release metadata — 1.0.16 ↗Retrieved
- Yana MIT License ↗Retrieved
- Yana 1.0.16 publisher build configuration ↗Retrieved
- Yana issue 47 — Windows screenshot source and version context ↗Retrieved
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