# TagSpaces Lite – Free, Offline File Manager with Tagging & Note-Taking

> Discover TagSpaces Lite: a free, open-source, cross-platform file manager with robust tagging and note-taking capabilities. Organize your files offline with ease.

<SoftwareApplicationSD
  name="TagSpaces Lite"
  url="https://www.tagspaces.org/products/lite/"
  description="Discover TagSpaces Lite: a free, open-source, cross-platform file manager with robust tagging and note-taking capabilities. Organize your files offline with ease."
  operatingSystem="Windows, macOS, Linux, Android"
  offers={{ "@type": "Offer", price: "0", priceCurrency: "USD" }}
  license="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html"
  downloadUrl="https://www.tagspaces.org/downloads/"
  featureList={[
    "File and folder tagging",
    "Lightweight file management",
    "Built-in note taking with Markdown and HTML",
    "Local AI integration via Ollama",
    "S3-compatible cloud storage support",
    "Built-in file previewers for images, PDFs, audio and video",
    "Code and JSON editor",
    "Full-text search",
    "Custom file type colors",
    "Light and dark themes",
    "Web version for browsers and NAS",
    "Portable mode",
    "Free and open source",
  ]}
/>

export const liteFeatures = {
  tagging: {
    title: "Smarter File & Folder Tagging",
    description: (
      <>
        Organize your digital life with a powerful tagging system that works across devices and platforms. Tags
        are stored without a central database — they travel with your files:
      </>
    ),
    items: [
      <>
        File Renaming — tags appended to filenames, OS- and app-independent. Example:{" "}
        <code>{"IMG-2653.jpg"}</code> → <code>{"IMG-2653[vacation alps].jpg"}</code>
      </>,
      <>
        Sidecar Files — tags stored in <code>{".ts"}</code> folders, keeping original filenames unchanged
      </>,
      <>
        Folder Tagging — folder metadata saved in <code>{"tsm.json"}</code> within a <code>{".ts"}</code>{" "}
        subfolder
      </>,
    ],
    actionButtonTitle: "Learn more about tagging",
    actionButtonLink: "https://docs.tagspaces.org/tagging/",
    imageAlt: "Activating tag persistence for files using sidecar files",
    imageUrl: "/content/features/change-tagging-method.avif",
  },
  filePreview: {
    title: "Built-In File Previewers",
    description: <>{"No need to install third-party apps — TagSpaces lets you preview 50+ file formats directly:"}</>,
    items: [
      <><Link to="https://docs.tagspaces.org/extensions/image-viewer/">{"Images"}</Link>{": JPG, PNG, GIF, SVG, BMP, WEBP, ICO, PSD, TIFF"}</>,
      <><Link to="https://docs.tagspaces.org/extensions/pdf-viewer/">{"PDFs"}</Link>{": Native PDF viewer"}</>,
      <><Link to="https://docs.tagspaces.org/extensions/media-player/">{"Audio & Video"}</Link>{": Inline media playback"}</>,
      <><Link to="https://docs.tagspaces.org/extensions/spreadsheet-viewer/">{"Spreadsheets"}</Link>{": CSV, Excel, and ODF files"}</>,
      <><Link to="https://docs.tagspaces.org/extensions/archive-viewer/">{"ZIP Archives"}</Link>{": Archive explorer"}</>,
      <><Link to="https://docs.tagspaces.org/extensions/text-editor/">{"Text & Source Code"}</Link>{": With syntax highlighting"}</>,
    ],
    actionButtonTitle: "More about the file viewers",
    actionButtonLink: "https://docs.tagspaces.org/viewing-files",
    videoUrl: "/content/videos/preview-files.mp4",
  },
  noteTaking: {
    title: "Built-In Note Taking",
    description: (
      <>
        Use TagSpaces as a local, offline alternative to Evernote, Notion, or OneNote.
      </>
    ),
    items: [
      <>
        Create and edit <Link to="https://docs.tagspaces.org/extensions/md-editor/">Markdown</Link>,{" "}
        <Link to="https://docs.tagspaces.org/extensions/html-editor/">HTML</Link>,{" "}
        <Link to="https://docs.tagspaces.org/extensions/text-editor/">plain text</Link>, and{" "}
        <Link to="https://docs.tagspaces.org/extensions/url-viewer/">bookmark</Link> files
      </>,
      <>{"Instant file creation with global shortcuts"}</>,
      <>{"Notes are plain files in your local folders — auto-open in the right editor"}</>,
    ],
    actionButtonTitle: "Explore our note-taking solution",
    actionButtonLink: "/usecases/notetaking/",
    imageAlt: "Creating a new Markdown file in TagSpaces",
    imageUrl: "/content/features/create-new-markdown-file.avif",
  },
  localAI: {
    title: "Unlimited Offline AI Chats",
    description: (
      <>
        With the free and open-source Ollama AI engine, every folder can have its own private AI chat — fully
        offline:
      </>
    ),
    items: [
      <>{"Any folder can have its own AI chat history"}</>,
      <>{"Export generated content as Markdown or HTML"}</>,
      <>{"Drag and drop images and PDFs for analysis in the chat"}</>,
    ],
    actionButtonTitle: "Learn more about offline AI chats",
    actionButtonLink: "https://docs.tagspaces.org/ai/#ai-chat-in-folders",
    imageAlt: "Local AI chat describing an image",
    imageUrl: "/content/features/ai-folder-chat.avif",
  },
  search: {
    title: "Powerful Search Built In",
    description: (
      <>
        Find files instantly by name, tags, description, file type, size, or modification date. Three search modes —
        fuzzy, strict, and semi-strict — across three scopes: location, folder, or global.
      </>
    ),
    actionButtonTitle: "Learn more about search",
    actionButtonLink: "https://docs.tagspaces.org/search/",
    videoUrl: "/content/videos/searching-for-tags.mp4",
    posterUrl: "/content/videos/searching-for-tags.jpg",
    visualCaption: "Searching for tags in TagSpaces",
  },
};

{/* ──── Section 1: Hero ──── */}

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  {"Organize your files. No cloud required."}
  
    TagSpaces Lite is a free, open-source file manager with tagging, note-taking, and AI chat — runs 100% offline on
    Windows, macOS, and Linux.
  
  <Link className="button button--primary button--lg" to="/downloads/">
    {"Download for free"}
  </Link>
  
    Free forever &middot; No account needed &middot; Open source (AGPL-3.0)
  

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  <CenteredVideo
    src="/content/v6/tagspaces-lite-demo.mp4"
    posterUrl="/content/v6/tagspaces-lite-demo.avif"
    maxWidth={900}
    controls={true}
    autoPlay={true}
    showCaption={false}
  />

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{/* ──── Section 3: What you get ──── */}

  {"What you get — for free"}
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  <CardGrid
    items={[
      {
        title: "Tag everything",
        text: "Add color-coded tags to any file or folder. Tags travel with your files — no database, no lock-in.",
      },
      {
        title: "Take notes",
        text: "Create Markdown, HTML, or plain text notes. Every note is a standard file you can open in any editor.",
      },
      {
        title: "Preview 50+ formats",
        text: "Images, PDFs, audio, video, spreadsheets, source code, archives — all with built-in viewers.",
      },
      {
        title: "Chat with local AI",
        text: "Every folder can have its own private AI chat via Ollama. Fully offline, fully private.",
      },
      {
        title: "Connect to S3 storage",
        text: "Browse and manage files on AWS S3, Wasabi, Cloudflare R2, or self-hosted MinIO — from the same app.",
      },
      {
        title: "Search everything",
        text: "Find files by name, tags, content, type, size, or date. Fuzzy, strict, or semi-strict matching.",
      },
    ]}
  />

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{/* ──── Section 4: Key features in detail ──── */}

  {"Key features in detail"}
  <RenderFeatures features={liteFeatures} />

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{/* ──── Section 5: More capabilities ──── */}

  {"More built-in capabilities"}
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  <CardGrid
    colSize={4}
    items={[
      {
        title: "File management",
        text: "Create, rename, move, and delete files and folders. Open with default system apps or reveal in your file manager.",
        link: "https://docs.tagspaces.org/browsing-files/",
      },
      {
        title: "Code & JSON editing",
        text: "View and edit source files with syntax highlighting. Built-in JSON editor for structured data.",
        link: "https://docs.tagspaces.org/extensions/json-editor/",
      },
      {
        title: "Drag & drop import",
        text: "Drag files from your desktop into TagSpaces, or between multiple TagSpaces windows.",
      },
      {
        title: "Custom file type colors",
        text: "Assign colors to file extensions for quick visual identification in file lists.",
      },
      { title: "Light & dark themes", text: "Switch between light and dark UI themes with one click." },
      {
        title: "Portable mode",
        text: "Run from a USB stick on Windows and Linux. All config stays in the app folder.",
        link: "https://docs.tagspaces.org/installation/#running-in-portable-mode",
      },
    ]}
  />

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{/* ──── Section 6: Web version + open source ──── */}

  {"Also available as a web app"}
  
    Run TagSpaces Lite as a self-hosted web application from any static web server or NAS. Access files stored on
    S3-compatible object storage from any browser — no desktop installation needed.
  
  <Link to="/downloads/" style={{ fontSize: "0.9rem" }}>
    {"Download the web package →"}
  </Link>

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  {"Free and open source"}
  
    TagSpaces Lite is licensed under <Link to="/legal/agplv3/">AGPL-3.0</Link>. The source code is on{" "}
    <Link to="https://github.com/tagspaces/tagspaces">GitHub</Link> — inspect it, contribute, or report issues on the{" "}
    <Link to="https://github.com/tagspaces/tagspaces/issues">issue tracker</Link>.
  

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{/* ──── Section 7: Bottom CTA ──── */}

  {"Ready to take control of your files?"}
  <Spacer height={10} />
  <Link className="button button--primary button--lg" to="/downloads/">
    {"Download TagSpaces Lite for free"}
  </Link>
  
    {"Available for Windows, macOS, and Linux · "}
    <Link to="/products/pro/">{"Explore TagSpaces Pro for advanced features"}</Link>
  

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