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TagSpaces Lite

Free & Open Source Offline File Manager with Tagging and Note-Taking Capabilities

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TagSpaces Lite is a privacy-focused, cross-platform file manager that empowers you to organize, tag, and take notes—all offline and without vendor lock-in.
✅ Runs Locally · 🔐 No Account Needed · 💻 Works on Windows, macOS & Linux · 🌐 Self-hostable Web Version

Smarter File & Folder Tagging

Organize your digital life with a powerful tagging system that works across devices and platforms. TagSpaces doesn’t rely on a central database for storing tags, but instead uses alternative methods:
  • File Renaming Tagging — Tags are appended to filenames, making them OS- and app-independent.
    Example: IMG-2653.jpg ➜ IMG-2653[vacation alps].jpg
  • Sidecar File Tagging — Tags are stored separately in .ts folders—keeping original filenames unchanged and supporting unlimited tags.
  • Folder Tagging — Folder metadata is saved in a tsm.json file within a .ts subfolder.
  • Tags move with your files—even across devices 🎯
Learn More About Tagging
Activating tag persistence for files using sidecar files
Dialog for moving or copying files in TagSpaces

Lightweight File Management

TagSpaces Lite includes basic file operations so you can manage your files intuitively:
  • Create folders and text files
  • Rename files and folders
  • Delete files and folders
  • Move files
  • Open with the default system app
  • Reveal files in system’s file manager

Built-In Note Taking

Use TagSpaces as a local, offline alternative to Evernote, Notion or OneNote.
  • Create and edit plain text, Markdown, HTML, and Bookmark, files
  • Instant file creation with global shortcuts
  • Notes are saved as plain files in your local folders and auto-open in the right editor panel
Explore our Note-Taking Solution
Demonstration of Note-Taking Feature in TagSpaces
Screenshot showing a local AI-chat describing an image dropped on it

Manage unlimited offline chat with local AI-models

With the help of the free and open-source Ollama AI-engine, the app offers a powerful way to chat with local LLM, fully offline:
  • Any folder managed with TagSpaces can have it's own AI-chat history
  • Manage unlimited local AI-chats
  • Export the generated content as Markdown or HTML
  • Switch LLM-models on the fly
  • Drag and drop images and PDF from the current perspective for analysis in the AI-chat
Learn more about offline AI chats

Turn AWS S3 or MinIO into a Web File Manager

To collaboratively work on the same file and folders with your family or colleagues you can connect to cloud object storage. With this setup, you get a fully-featured note-taking and file organizer/browser app for the cloud.
  • Connect to AWS S3, Wasabi, or Cloudflare R2 cloud buckets
  • Connect to self-hosted MinIO or S3Proxy folders (located on a NAS)
  • Preview image or stream media directly from the connected locations
  • Edit text files within the buckets
  • Easy upload files via drag-and-drop
More About Managing S3 Storage
Screenshot showing AWS S3 location configuration

Built-In File Previewers

No need to install third-party apps—TagSpaces lets you preview:
More about the file viewers

Developer-Friendly: Code & JSON Editing

Need to quickly browse or edit code?
  • View and edit source files with syntax highlighting
  • Built-in JSON editor for structured data
  • Great for reviewing projects without opening a full IDE
Source code highlighting in TagSpaces for a JavaScript file
Searching for tags

Powerful Search Built In

Search files and folders by:
  • Name, id, description, or path
  • Combining tags with AND, OR and exclusion
  • Three search modes:
    • Fuzzy — forgiving of typos
    • Strict — case-sensitive, exact matches
    • Semi-strict — case-insensitive, partial matches
  • Three search scopes: Location, Folder, Global
  • File size, last modification date or file type
Learn More About Search

Easy Import & Export

Move files effortlessly between your operating system and TagSpaces:
  • Drag-and-drop support to/from desktop and system file managers
  • Multi-instance support: exchange files between multiple TagSpaces windows
Video showing file import/export using drag-and-drop from/to your desktop
Settings where file extension colors can be customized

Custom File Type Colors

Visually organize your file system:
  • Assign custom colors to file extensions
  • Colors appear in file lists, helping you quickly identify file types

Light & Dark Themes

Switch between light and dark UI themes based on your preference. Change themes in just one click.
    Web version of TagSpaces Lite

    Web Version for Browsers & NAS

    Prefer browser access?.
    • Run TagSpaces Lite as a web app from a static web server or NAS
    • Access files stored on object storage from AWS S3, Wasabi, or MinIO
    • No desktop installation needed—just open your browser

    Portable Mode

    The Windows and Linux versions of TagSpaces can run in portable mode, allowing you to use it from a USB stick or other portable devices. In this mode, all configuration data (such as tags, tag groups, and locations) is stored in the application's folder rather than the operating system's home directory. Learn more about portable mode in the documentation.

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    Free and Open Source

    TagSpaces Lite is open source, and its code is available on GitHub, released under the AGPLv3 license. Anyone can inspect the code, and we welcome pull requests for new features or improvements. Bug tracking is managed on GitHub's issue tracker.
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