TMSU Alternatives

TMSU is described as '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' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to TMSU for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Self-Hosted and Microsoft Edge apps. The best TMSU alternative is TagStudio, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like TMSU are TagSpaces, Tabbles, Keepmark and Stagsi.

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  1. TagStudio icon
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    TagStudio is a photo & file organization application with an underlying tag-based 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.

    15 TagStudio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • TagStudio is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to TMSU.

    • TagStudio is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to TMSU.

    • TagStudio is Free and Open SourceTMSU is also Free and Open Source
    • TagStudio is Privacy focused and LightweightTMSU is not according to our users
  2. TagSpaces icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
    • TagSpaces is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to TMSU.

    • TagSpaces is Freemium and Open SourceTMSU is Free and Open Source
    • TagSpaces is Privacy focusedTMSU is not according to our users
  3. Tabbles icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Outlook
     
  4. Keepmark icon
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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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    File tagging is secondary functionality, tags only available inside software.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Keepmark is the most popular commercial alternative to TMSU.

    • Keepmark is Paid and ProprietaryTMSU is Free and Open Source
    • Keepmark is Privacy focusedTMSU is not according to our users
  5. Stagsi icon
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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
     
  6. allTags icon
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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
     
  7. Docspell icon
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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
     
  8. TagFlow icon
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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
     
  9. Tags icon
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    Tags allows you to manage your files in a way far superior to folders. Work faster, and be more efficient.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. Tagger icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    tagfs is Fuse file system to organize your files using tags.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  12. tag2find icon
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    Tag everything on your desktop like files, images, movies or music by simply using tags. 3 languages: english, german, espanol.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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