TagSpaces (file management utility)

[webfork]

Release 3.1.1 is out.

To answer my own question from earlier in the thread:

Have you been using the program? What's it useful/ideal for?

I didn't know what to do with this program at home because I tend to give my files very descriptive names. There are plenty of reasons why you wouldn't want to rename a file but due to system, security, or age limitations (such as old 8 character DOS files), but still want to have as much information about a set of files as possible.

For example, I a lot of old PDF files on my work machine that I can't modify to give a descriptive name because I need to maintain the current naming convention and don't want to accidentally download a duplicate.

Note that the program is Electron-based, but I don't think I'd be running it 24/7 so it might not be an issue.

[Midas]

TagSpaces v3.2.0 released (changelog at https://github.com/tagspaces/tagspaces/releases).

BTW, someone re-purposed TagSpaces as a notetaker and manager:

fazlearefin.blogspot.com /2016/11/tagspaces-alternative-to-zim-desktop.html

Native TagSpaces portability is explained in the official user manual:

https://docs.tagspaces.org/installation#portable-mode

Diferences to the payware versions detailed at:

https://www.tagspaces.org/products/

[webfork]

So version 3.7.6 came out last month so I tested this out. A little disappointed by a lot of freemium elements that just sort of take up space, but there are some really interesting bits in this program.

File organization is an important topic for me and I really, REALLY want a program that does a hierarchical structural method ala Cubicexplorer (as below)



...but I can see the tags functionality being just as powerful and effective with a little extra work.

Resources: standard Electron requirements, 200 megs of disk space, 7 processes with roughly 70 megs of RAM

Screenshot:


Changelog
Version 3.7.6 / 2020.11.11
https://github.com/tagspaces/tagspaces/ ... ANGELOG.md

Download
https://github.com/tagspaces/tagspaces/releases/

Mirror
https://www.softpedia.com/get/File-mana ... aces.shtml

[webfork]

Two updates this year already -- seeing some nice changes here. Might have to come back to this tool.

https://www.tagspaces.org/whatsnew/

[webfork]

Retested TagSpaces' ZIP file version now rather than the Uniextract step listed earlier in the thread. It's currently not portable and saves to AppData. I haven't tested the Uniextract process.

Tested version 4.2.1 downloaded from https://www.tagspaces.org/downloads/

Screen shot of the view during startup of the option to either rename files or a "sidecar" function that creates a .ts folder in each associated folder.

Current program screenshot, with pro features visible.

[webfork]

Another possible tagging program: Intag. https://github.com/Jamminroot/intag ... not portable.