Tags Alternatives

Tags is described as 'Allows you to manage your files in a way far superior to folders. Work faster, and be more efficient' and is an app in the file management category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Tags for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Self-Hosted and Microsoft Edge apps. The best Tags alternative is TagSpaces, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Tags are Tabbles, Keepmark, RecentX and Where Is It?.

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Tags alternatives page was last updated Nov 29, 2020
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  1. TagSpaces icon

    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.

    97 TagSpaces alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Cross-platform file tagging

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2.  File Search
    3.  File Organizer
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Kanban Board
    6.  Support for MarkDown
    7.  Built-in viewer
    8.  WYSIWYG Support
    9.  No registration required
    10.  Web Clipper
    11.  Dark Mode
    12.  Portable

    TagSpaces VS Tags

     

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

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

    • TagSpaces is Freemium and Open SourceTags is Paid and Proprietary
    • TagSpaces is Privacy focusedTags is not according to our users
  2. Tabbles icon

    Tabbles

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    Organize your files using tags.

    34 Tabbles alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Outlook
    Main window

    Top Tabbles Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    3.  Cloud Sync
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Real time collaboration
    6.  Portable
    7.  Chromecast Support
    8.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    9.  Visual Tagging
    10.  Automatic Tagging
    11.  Tag based
    12.  Virtual folders

    Tabbles VS Tags

     
  4. 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

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Use Keepmark to Read news

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Portable
    4.  GPG Encryption
    5.  Cloud Sync
    6.  Outliner
    7.  Indexed search
    8.  Resource management
    9.  Tagging
    10.  WebDAV Support
    11.  AES Encryption
    12.  Document templates

    Keepmark VS Tags

     

    • Keepmark is the most popular commercial alternative to Tags.

    • Keepmark is Paid and ProprietaryTags is also Paid and Proprietary
    • Keepmark is Privacy focusedTags is not according to our users
  5. RecentX icon

    RecentX

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    RecentX is an innovative launcher that gives you instant access to your files, folders, programs, websites & clipboard history. It automatically remembers your favorite & recent items so that you can launch them even faster.

    295 RecentX alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    RecentX screenshot 1

    Top RecentX Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    3.  Portable
    4.  Tagging
    5.  Indexed search
    6.  Folder-Search
    7.  Tabbed interface
    8.  Clipboard monitoring
    9.  Image Preview
    10.  Tag based
    11.  Folder Tagging
    12.  Bookmark History

    RecentX VS Tags

     
  6. 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

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Where Is It? screenshot 1
    Discontinued

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

    Where Is It? Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  File Tagging
    3.  Catalog
    4.  Indexed search
    5.  Tagging
    6.  Tag based
    7.  Multiple languages

    Where Is It? VS Tags

     
  7. 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.

    18 allTags alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Image gallery
    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."

    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

    allTags VS Tags

     
  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.

    82 Stagsi alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Stagsi screenshot 1

    Stagsi Features

    1.  SQLite

    Stagsi VS Tags

     
  10. Docspell icon

    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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    Docspell screenshot 1

    Docspell Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  DMS
    3.  Natural Language Processing

    Docspell VS Tags

     
  11. 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

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    TagFlow screenshot 1

    TagFlow Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2.  Tagging

    TagFlow VS Tags

     
  12. 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.

    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

    TMSU VS Tags

     
  13. 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.

    23 Elyse alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Elyse screenshot 1

    Elyse Features

    1.  Tagging

    Elyse VS Tags

     
  14. Tagger icon

    Tagger

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    Tagger is a 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.

    24 Tagger alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Tagger user interface
    Discontinued

    Last update was on October 02, 2011. Source code is available.

    Tagger Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2.  Tagging

    Tagger VS Tags

     
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