TagSpaces is a free, open-source, offline file organizer with tagging and notes. See 2026 Lite and Pro pricing, features, and FAQs.
TagSpaces is an open-source file organizer that uses color-coded tags rather than rigid folder structures to help users find and organize files. Because tags are written into file names or sidecar metadata, they travel with the files even outside of TagSpaces, and everything works fully offline with no required cloud account.
The project began in 2012 as a personal project by Ilian Sapundshiev in Munich, Germany, and became a full-time company, TagSpaces GmbH, in 2015. The company remains independent and self-funded rather than venture-backed.
TagSpaces lets users tag files and folders with color-coded labels, take notes in Markdown, HTML, or plain text alongside those files, and preview more than 50 file formats including images, PDFs, audio, video, spreadsheets, code, and archives.
The Pro edition adds geo-tagging with an interactive map view, a Kanban board with Trello import support, file revision history, document auto-save, full-text search inside file contents, and private, fully offline AI chat powered by a local Ollama integration.
TagSpaces also supports S3-compatible cloud storage connections for AWS S3, Wasabi, Cloudflare R2, and MinIO for users who want optional cloud backends, plus a portable mode that runs from a USB drive.
TagSpaces Lite is free and open source under the AGPL v3 license, with no account or subscription required, and is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and as a web application.
TagSpaces Pro is a paid upgrade priced at 47 dollars per year that unlocks geo-tagging, the Kanban board view, file revisions, full-text search, and local AI features. A separate self-hosted web plan is available for organizations that want to run TagSpaces on their own infrastructure.
Yes, TagSpaces Lite is free and open source under the AGPL v3 license, with a paid Pro upgrade available for 47 dollars per year that adds advanced features.
No, TagSpaces is designed to work fully offline, with no required cloud account, though it optionally supports S3-compatible cloud storage connections.
TagSpaces is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, as a web application, and as a file manager on Android.
TagSpaces applies color-coded tags directly to file and folder metadata or file names, so tags remain attached to files even outside the app.
TagSpaces Pro adds geo-tagging with map views, a Kanban board view with Trello import, file revisions, document auto-save, full-text search, and local AI chat via Ollama.
TagSpaces began as a personal project in 2012 by Ilian Sapundshiev in Munich, Germany, who founded TagSpaces GmbH in 2015 to develop it full-time.
Yes, TagSpaces is dual-licensed under the AGPL v3 for open-source use and a commercial license for vendors and resellers.
TagSpaces is primarily a local file organizer rather than a cloud storage replacement, though it can optionally connect to S3-compatible cloud storage backends.