Organize your files and folders with tags | TagSpaces | WarmIndex

TagSpaces is an open-source, offline-first file and document manager that enables users to organize files, folders, notes, and media using portable tags, designed for privacy-conscious professionals like researchers, photographers, and project managers.

🚀 Overview

TagSpaces is a powerful, local-first application that allows users to organize their entire digital life—files, notes, tasks, bookmarks, maps, and kanban boards—using tags directly embedded in files, without any database or cloud dependency.

It solves the problem of fragmented file management across devices and apps, privacy concerns with cloud services, and vendor lock-in by keeping everything offline, searchable, and portable.

Built for freelancers, researchers, photographers, lawyers, developers, and small teams who need a private, flexible workspace that works entirely on their devices.

The project was created to provide a modern, open-source alternative to tools like Evernote, Lightroom, or Trello, empowering users with full control over their data.

✨ Key Features

Portable Tagging & Search: Add colored tags to files/folders that travel with them; fuzzy full-text search across content and tags for quick discovery.
Multiple Perspectives: Visualize data in folder trees, tag graphs, interactive maps (with geo-tagging), kanban boards, mind maps, and galleries.
Offline AI Integration: Use local LLMs via Ollama to auto-generate tags, descriptions, summaries, translations, and thumbnails—batch processing supported.
Web Clipper & Creation Tools: Capture web pages/screenshots as local files; create notes in Markdown/HTML, to-do lists, voice memos, and revisions.
Rich Previews & Annotation: Preview images, videos, PDFs, 3D models, eBooks; annotate with AI; support for S3 storage and plugins. Optional: Pro features like advanced kanban/maps, unlimited AI chats, team sharing.

🛠 Tech Stack

Frontend: React.js, MUI (Material-UI), TypeScript, Webpack
Backend: Electron (desktop), Node.js services for search/thumbnailing
Database: None—local filesystem with sidecar JSON files for metadata
Auth: N/A (offline-first, no user accounts)
Hosting: Desktop apps (Windows/macOS/Linux), Web version, Docker, self-hosted

👥 Who Is This For?

This project is useful for:

Freelancers and researchers who want to organize notes and files privately offline
Photographers/designers managing media with geo-tags and AI descriptions
Teams looking for cloud-free collaboration via shared folders