Free Tabbles Alternatives

The best free alternative to Tabbles is TagSpaces, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Tabbles and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Tabbles are TagStudio, allTags, Ritt and Stagsi.

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Tag files, along with your peers to organize and find them. Works on local or network drives and in the Cloud. Tabbles features collaborative tagging, auto-tagging rules, an Outlook Plugin, a Chrome extension and is well...

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Tabbles alternatives page was last updated Apr 24, 2024
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  1. TagSpaces icon
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    TagSpaces

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    TagSpaces is privacy aware, cross-platform file browser with note-taking capabilities. It helps you organize your files and folders with tags and colors.

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    Cross-platform file tagging

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Presenting folders as Kanban boards
    Automatic thumbnail generation
    +5
    File Browsing with instant preview for many file types

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2.  File Search
    3.  File Organizer
    4.  Tag based
    5.  Tagging
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Kanban Board
    8.  Support for MarkDown
    9.  Built-in viewer
    10.  WYSIWYG Support
    11.  No registration required
    12.  Web Clipper
    13.  Dark Mode
    14.  Portable
    15.  Visual Tagging
    16.  Color coding
    17.  Indexed search
    18.  DMS
    19.  Local Storage
    20.  Local tagging
    21.  File preview
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    • Most users think TagSpaces is a great Tabbles alternative.

    • TagSpaces is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to Tabbles.

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

    • TagSpaces is Freemium and Open SourceTabbles is Freemium and Proprietary
    • TagSpaces is Privacy focusedTabbles is not according to our users
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    TagStudio

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    TagStudio is a photo & file organization application with an underlying system that focuses on giving freedom and flexibility to the user. No proprietary programs or formats, no sea of sidecar files, and no complete upheaval of your filesystem structure.

    12 TagStudio alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    TagStudio Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2.  Tagging
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Photo Gallery
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  4. allTags icon
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    allTags

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    allTags is a free, tag based file management application. It was designed to speed up file handling even in very large file sets.

    18 allTags alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    List view
    Start page
    +3
    Settings

    Top allTags Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2.  Image Preview
    3.  Automatic Tagging
    4.  Data export/import
    5.  Automatic Backup
    6.  File Versioning
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Portable
    9.  Drag and Drop
    10.  Tagging
    11.  Batch processing
    12.  Support for Batch Mode
    13.  Automatic file renaming
    Discontinued

    From the official website: "Due to the lack of development time, further development of allTags is suspended.It will continue to work and we will try our best to fix reported bugs, but no features are currently being worked on."

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  5. Ritt icon
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    Ritt

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    Ritt supercharges your existing file structure and uses a novel tag-tree approach to help you better organize your files and quickly retrieve what you need.

    6 Ritt alternatives
    Tag-centric file manager

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Easy tagging
    Tag intersection
    +7
    Advanced search

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Tagging
    4.  Built-in viewer
    5.  Cloud Sync
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  No registration required
    8.  No Tracking
    9.  Works Offline
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  6. Stagsi icon
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    Stagsi

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    Hackable SQLite-based tagging, any file format, with scripts and C# plugins, powerful search query language, 100k+ files managed with ease.

    82 Stagsi alternatives
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    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Stagsi Features

    1.  SQLite
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  7. TagFlow icon
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    TagFlow

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    TagFlow is a simple, intelligent and efficient files manager based on tags. It allows you to easily organize, find, share and backup all your files by tagging them. Organize and find your files is easily and will improve your file organisation.

    21 TagFlow alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    TagFlow Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2.  Tagging
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  9. Docspell icon
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    Docspell

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    Docspell is a personal document organizer. You'll need a scanner to convert your papers into files. Docspell can then assist in organizing the resulting mess 😉.

    95 Docspell alternatives
    Docspell screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    Docspell Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  DMS
    3.  Natural Language Processing
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  10. Tagging for Windows icon
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    Tagging for Windows

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    Use Tags within the Windows File Explorer. Tag any kind of file or folder. View the tagged items in a virtual folder. Combine tags for looking up files with multiple tags. Use the tags in the Open/Save Dialogs as well.

    10 Tagging for Windows alternatives
    Tagging for Windows screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Tagging for Windows screenshot 1
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    Tagging for Windows Features

    1.  Windows Explorer Extension
    2.  Folder Tagging
    3.  Tagging
    4.  Import CSV Data
    5.  File Tagging
    6.  Hierarchical Structure
    7.  Search by tags
    8.  Data export/import
    9.  Hierarchical tagging
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    The integration with the explorer is very usefull. All files and folders can be tagged just like tabbles and after move or rename the tags are still there.

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    • Tagging for Windows is Free and ProprietaryTabbles is Freemium and Proprietary
  11. Tagstoo icon
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    Tagstoo

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    Software to tag folders and files, with multimedia and epubs preview. Tag with avariety of shapes. Export/import data to a file. Possible to build up very specific searches.

    10 Tagstoo alternatives
    Various tag Shapes to select: Various shapes are available to select, and later are equally easy to edit and change the tags that you created if you need. Tags positions are interchangeable.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • SourceForge
    • Softpedia

    Tagstoo Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  File Tagging
    Specific searches: Combine tags to search to fit your search requirements.
    Various viewmodes: Various viewmodes with columns or cards of different sizes.
    +5
    Video Previews: Videos can be played directly both in explorer and search results cards, same as audios.
    Discontinued

    The last version (2.0.1) is from June 2019.

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    TMSU

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    TMSU is a tool for tagging your files. It provides a simple command-line tool for applying tags and a virtual filesystem so that you can get a tag-based view of your files from within any other program.

    15 TMSU alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    TMSU Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  File Tagging
    3.  Filesystem
    4.  SQLite
    5.  Virtual filesystem
    6.  GPLv3
    7.  Tagging
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    Folder Painter

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    Folder Painter is an easy to use Portable Freeware program, which allows you to change the color of the icon representing a chosen folder to any color you like.

    20 Folder Painter alternatives
    Installing

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Folder Painter Features

    1.  Auto-installer
    Context Menu
    Result
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  14. Folder Metadata (FolderMeta) icon
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    Folder Metadata (FolderMeta)

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    FolderMeta is a software application that allows users to assign properties to folders, visible in a customizable table view in Windows Explorer. Users can assign and edit folder properties directly through the Explorer context menu.

    6 Folder Metadata (FolderMeta) alternatives
    The program integrates into the context menu

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Folder Metadata (FolderMeta) Features

    1.  Folders
    2.  Tagging
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