TagStudioDev

    TagStudioDev/TagStudio

    A User-Focused Photo & File Management System

    7.3K stars
    470 forks
    7.3K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 2, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    3 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 31 days ago, with 78 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a tag-based photo and file management system that overlays existing folders without moving or duplicating files.
    • Enables flexible, hierarchical tagging with rich metadata and relationships, avoiding proprietary formats and sidecar files.
    • Use for organizing large multimedia libraries with complex tagging needs across multiple platforms without altering file structures.
    • Use for managing and searching diverse file types including images, videos, documents, and project files with advanced boolean queries.
    • Use for maintaining private, extensible file metadata in multi-user or multi-device environments with robust file relinking support.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    GPL 3.0

    Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

    Watch-outs

    • GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

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    From the README

    TagStudio is a photo & file organization application with an underlying tag-based system that focuses on giving freedom and flexibility to the user. No proprietary programs or formats, no sea of sidecar files, and no complete upheaval of your filesystem structure. Read the documentation and more at docs.tagstud.io!

    TagStudio Alpha v9.5.5 running on macOS Sequoia.

    Translation hosting generously provided by Weblate. Check out our project page to help translate TagStudio!

    Excerpt from the TagStudioDev/TagStudio README on GitHub (GPL-3.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    470+4

    Open issues

    257-17

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