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, Web-based and Android apps. The best GCstar alternative is TagSpaces, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GCstar are Tellico, Hydrus, tinyMediaManager and Agent Ransack.

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  1. TagSpaces icon

    TagSpaces

     248 likes

    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.

    104 TagSpaces alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Cross-platform file tagging
     
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    TagSpaces vs GCstar Comments
    Gary Moore
    Negative
    1

    TagSpaces is purely for organizing digital files. Not physical media or objects.

    Guest
    Negative
    1

    It doesn't provide a database of physical media/objects.

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

    Tellico

     53 likes

    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!

    36 Tellico alternatives

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    • Linux
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  4. Hydrus icon

    Hydrus

     57 likes

    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.

    19 Hydrus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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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. tinyMediaManager icon

    tinyMediaManager

     60 likes

    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.

    18 tinyMediaManager alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    TV-Shows
     
  8. Agent Ransack icon

    Agent Ransack

     113 likes

    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!

    90 Agent Ransack alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    Search results, showing the contents view docked below the file list view:
     
  9. Memento Database icon

    Memento Database

     53 likes

    Memento Database is a highly flexible, cross-platform tool designed to help you track, organize, and analyze any type of data. Whether you are looking for a mobile-first alternative to Microsoft Access, a truly offline replacement for Airtable, or a more structured relational...

    73 Memento Database alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Java
    Memento Database Desktop
     
  10. Virtual Volumes View icon

    Virtual Volumes View

     56 likes

    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...

    22 Virtual Volumes View alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    Physical view, Windows
     
  11. MediaChips icon

    MediaChips

     19 likes

    MediaChips is a desktop app for organizing local media libraries. It helps you tag, filter, preview, and browse videos, images, audio, and text files that already live on your disks or NAS — with no accounts, no cloud, and no data collection.

    47 MediaChips alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
    Videos grid
     
  12. Where Is It? icon

    Where Is It?

     46 likes

    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...

    38 Where Is It? alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Where Is It? screenshot 1
     
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    Discontinued

    Last version: 2014Lot of functionality not working anymore (IMDB)

    Where Is It? vs GCstar Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    0

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

    • Where Is It? is Paid and ProprietaryGCstar is Free and Open Source
    • Where Is It? is a CD Cataloger GCstar is a Media Manager
  14. Media Companion icon

    Media Companion

     25 likes

    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

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    Media Companion screenshot 1
     
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    Media Companion vs GCstar Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    GC stars does not read existing movies on HDDs.

    • Media Companion is Free and Open SourceGCstar is also Free and Open Source
  15. abeMeda icon

    abeMeda

     9 likes

    abeMeda is a disk and data library for all your media assets, and almost everything that spins -harddisks, CD's, DVD's, ZIP's... abeMeda creates catalogs of your media and their metadata, and offers them offline for browsing and powerful search operations.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    abeMeda screenshot 1
     
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