TagSpaces VS Syncloud

https://github.com/tagspaces/tagspaces

Either way, will definitely be keeping an eye on your app, it seems ducking cool ;)

TagSpaces – Your versatile file organizer (version 50504): organize, tag and browse your files, photos and documents

Take a file. Add [awesome] to the name. There. You've tagged a file, and you can search for it with your desktop search / fzf / etc. Switch system, copy it anywhere, it works. You can do this by hand. Or, if you like clicks and drag-n-drop, use TagSpaces. Or, use tss.

The UNIX filesystem has traditionally been a graph for ever. I haven't looked at details for a couple of decades, but definitely all UNIX/POSIX/Linux filesystems operate on a graph model.

A distinction I used to make when I was teaching this stuff: on your filesystem tree, on Unix names (labels) are on the links (arrows), while on DOS/Windows names are on nodes (boxes).

If you want to explore a tag-based system, take a look at https://www.tagspaces.org/

The quickest workaround – and the most satisfactory one to boot – is to abandon Windows Media Player. Use a digital asset management app like TagSpaces.

TagSpaces: TagSpaces is a cross-platform tagging and organizing tool that can help you tag and manage your files and folders. It supports various file formats and can be used with local and cloud storage providers.

If the naming convention is different, or you'd prefer to go the tagging route, tagspaces may be your best bet. It can use standard tags in the file, or a sidecar file (file with the same name, but different extension next to the original file) to keep tags with the file.

Agreed. Why not use the filesystem as the database that it is? Modern filesystems support tags or extended attributes that could be used to implement tags. Failing that, just encode tags in the filename. Document management tools could then use the filesystem as the source of truth.

I was a helm user. Unfortunately, the helm went bellyup in December 2022. However, the nextcloud sofrware coupled with the helm/home server solution worked well. I am interested home solution, for sharing files. I am considering HomeDrive or the other solutions proposed on the nexcloud website (https://nextcloud.com/devices/) . I am wondering if there has been any successes or failures with HomeDrive N7 or similar device that suppors nextcloud, for a home server. I researched reddit and found folks recommending syncloud.org, however, as of 4/29/23 at 10:32 AM PST there severs are not available to me for some reason or another.

If you do not trust the cloud, there are managed self-hosting options where you can host your nextcloud physically at home, like using nextcloudpi, HomeDrive or Syncloud, where you only need to trust their software update to keep the system secure and to not plant a back door Some are also open source, so in theory you can even audit and build the software by yourself. In the worst case, when you feel that your data is in danger, you have the option to physically unplug your data off the network. For this kind of self-hosting at your own place, remember to at least properly get a valid TLS/HTTPS certificate.