Tagger Alternatives

Tagger is described as 'Small application for OS X that can be used for quickly adding arbitrary textual tags to files. It uses the OpenMeta system for saving tags, so the tags you add with it will be readable (and editable) by all the other applications that support OpenMeta' and is an app in the file management category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Tagger for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Self-Hosted and Microsoft Edge apps. The best Tagger alternative is TagSpaces, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Tagger are Tabbles, Filezo, Where Is It? and Keepmark.

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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.

    98 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
     

    • TagSpaces is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Tagger.

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

    • TagSpaces is Freemium and Open SourceTagger is Free and Open Source
    • TagSpaces is Privacy focusedTagger is not according to our users
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    Tabbles

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    Uses a visual, tag-based system to categorize files and folders without moving or duplicating them, enabling ad hoc combination of tags for intuitive search and retrieval, supporting large document collections and visual category management for greater flexibility.

    35 Tabbles alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Outlook
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  4. Filezo icon

    Filezo

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    Filezo (Formerly known as RecentX) is an innovative launcher that gives you instant access to your files, folders & programs. It automatically remembers your favorite & recent items so that you can launch them even faster.

    298 Filezo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Filezo is the most popular commercial alternative to Tagger.

    • Filezo is Paid and ProprietaryTagger is Free and Open Source
  5. 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
    Where Is It? screenshot 1
     
  6. Keepmark icon

    Keepmark

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    Keepmark is a desktop, privacy first documents organizer. You can organize with it your files, email, bookmarks, tasks, news, and other resources. Its available for Windows, Linux and Mac.

    96 Keepmark alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Use Keepmark to Read news
     
  7. Ritt icon

    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.

    7 Ritt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Tag-centric file manager
     
  9. Stagsi icon

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. allTags icon

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. TMSU icon

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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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 😉.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    Docspell screenshot 1
     
  13. TagFlow icon

    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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  14. Elyse icon

    Elyse

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    Because files can fit in many different categories and contexts, a tagging approach to managing them, like the kind we have for photos, bookmarks, and blog posts, makes sense. Elyse provides tag management for your files, with up to 30 tags in the free version.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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