GCstar AlternativesMedia Managers and other similar apps like GCstar

GCstar is described as 'Desktop application to manage of various types of collections (books, comics, films, TV shows, music, games, wines, stamp, coins, etc...)' and is a very popular Media Manager in the video & movies category. There are more than 100 alternatives to GCstar for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best GCstar alternative is TagSpaces, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GCstar are Tellico, Virtual Volumes View, Hydrus and Agent Ransack.

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  1. TagSpaces icon

    TagSpaces

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    Privacy-first, multi-device organizer for files and folders with customizable tags, color labels, note editing in markdown or HTML, Kanban boards, S3 object storage support, web page clipping, vendor lock-in free filename tagging, open source option, and multi-format preview.

    97 TagSpaces alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Cross-platform file tagging
     
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    Comments about TagSpaces as an Alternative to GCstar
    Guest
    Negative
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    It doesn't provide a database of physical media/objects.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Gary Moore
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    TagSpaces is purely for organizing digital files. Not physical media or objects.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • TagSpaces is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to GCstar.

    • TagSpaces is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GCstar.

    • TagSpaces is Freemium and Open SourceGCstar is Free and Open Source
    • TagSpaces is Privacy focusedGCstar is not according to our users
  2. Tellico icon

    Tellico

     51 likes
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    Tellico is a software application for organizing your collections. It provides default templates for books, bibliographies, videos, music, video games, coins, stamps, trading cards, comic books, and wines. You can also create your own custom collection of anything you like!

    34 Tellico alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  4. Virtual Volumes View icon

    Virtual Volumes View

     57 likes
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    VVV is an application that catalogs the content of removable volumes like CD and DVD disks for off-line searching. Folders and files can also be arranged in a single, virtual file system. Each folder of this virtual file system can contain files from many disks so you can...

    23 Virtual Volumes View alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    Physical view, Windows
     
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    Copernic Desktop Search

    Indexes and quickly searches over 170 file types and emails, including attachments and multimedia files, on desktops, external and network drives, as well as cloud environments, offering sub-second results and a 75,000 file index...

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  6. Hydrus icon

    Hydrus

     52 likes
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    A personal booru-style media tagger that can import files and tags from your hard drive and popular websites. Content can be shared with other users via user-run servers.

    18 Hydrus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  7. Agent Ransack icon

    Agent Ransack

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    Agent Ransack is a tool for finding files and information on your hard drive fast and efficiently. When searching the contents of files Agent Ransack also displays the text found. Users can then quickly browse the results without having to separately open each file!

    77 Agent Ransack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Search results, showing the contents view docked below the file list view:
     
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    tinyMediaManager

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    tinyMediaManager is a media management tool written in Java/Swing. It is written to provide metadata for the Kodi Media Center (formerly known as XBMC), MediaPortal and Plex media server.

    16 tinyMediaManager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    TV-Shows
     
  10. Memento Database icon

    Memento Database

     49 likes
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    Customizable database app that works on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. Create databases without coding, sync across devices.

    59 Memento Database alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Java
    • iPhone
    • Mac
    • iPad
    • Linux
    • Android Tablet
    Memento Database Desktop
     

    • Memento Database is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to GCstar.

    • Memento Database is Freemium and ProprietaryGCstar is Free and Open Source
  11. MediaChips icon

    MediaChips

     18 likes
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    This app for navigating your large video collection. Add tags, performers, websites, sort/filter videos, create playlists and play them in the built-in player.

    38 MediaChips alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Where Is It? icon

    Where Is It?

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    WhereIsIt is an application written for Windows operating systems, and designed to help you maintain and organize a catalog of your computer media collection, including CD-ROMs and DVDs, audio CDs, diskettes, removable drives, hard drives, network drives, remote file servers, or...

    39 Where Is It? alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Negative
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    Everything is an alternative to "Windows Search"... it has NOTHING to do with tracking media/movies/collections...

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Where Is It? is the most popular commercial alternative to GCstar.

    • Where Is It? is Paid and ProprietaryGCstar is Free and Open Source
  13. Media Companion icon

    Media Companion

     25 likes
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    Free media manager for organizing movies and TV shows, supports XBMC syncing, scrapes metadata, artwork, trailers, and actor images, auto-renames files, exports HTML details with customizable templates, and handles missing episodes and Blu-ray folders.

    10 Media Companion alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about Media Companion as an Alternative to GCstar
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    Positive
    0

    GC stars does not read existing movies on HDDs.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Media Companion is Free and Open SourceGCstar is also Free and Open Source
  15. BookLore icon

    BookLore

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    Self-hosted platform for managing personal book collections, offering responsive in-browser reading of PDFs and ePubs, automatic and manual metadata, multi-user support, organization by libraries and shelves, progress tracking, user permissions, and secure library management.

    31 BookLore alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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