# Anyone tried org-supertag?
**URL:** https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/anyone-tried-org-supertag/1831
**Category:** Emacs
**Created:** [November 19, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/anyone-tried-org-supertag/1831 "2025-11-19T19:48:39Z")
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### Author:  [@bbigras](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/bbigras)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/anyone-tried-org-supertag/1831/1 "2025-11-19T19:48:39Z")
I wonder if it’s a good alternative to denote or org-roam.
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### Author:  [@wolfjb](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/wolfjb)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/anyone-tried-org-supertag/1831/2 "2025-11-28T17:36:34Z")
Hard to tell. I gave it a try, and it wasn’t a good experience for me.
- had to fix `supertag-ui-commands.el` it was missing a closing `)` and had a number of flymake errors and warnings to cleanup.
- Documentation seems to be incomplete. I didn’t spend much time grokking the source, but the documentation doesn’t give workflow commands; only the concepts of what a workflow could be. There are some interesting ideas here, but I couldn’t figure out how to use them.
I tried multiple ways to get properties attached to a supertag, but somehow that didn’t quite work for me. I tried editing a node using the `supertag-view-node` command, but the description of operations (Field: [RET] Edit Value…) didn’t seem to work. References did work, but I’m not sure how to use them. I was putting everything in one file, but perhaps I should have put them in separate files.
It should be noted I do not use org-roam, nor denote, so I’m pretty sure I’m missing something fundamental as I’m not familiar with how these kinds of tools _should_ work. I also wonder why the author chose to add another syntax for a tag rather than enhancing the built-in Org tags.
Others may have a better experience, but denote seems simpler to use even if it doesn’t quite have some of the features of supertag (kanban board, etc).