TagSpaces vs Vifm
TagSpaces
tagspaces.orgVifm
vifm.infoSide by side
| Figure | TagSpaces | Vifm |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 5 | 1 |
| Spec score · File Manager Software | 8.6 (#10) | 8.4 (#16) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Intended users | The maker describes the project as serving developers, researchers, designers, and privacy-conscious users. | The site describes Vifm for people who use vi and want keyboard control over files using familiar commands. |
| Supported platforms | web,windows,macos,linux,ios,android,chrome_extension | The site describes Vifm as cross platform for GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris, Windows, and Mac OS, and UTF 8 aware. |
| Purpose | TagSpaces organizes files and folders with tags, notes, tasks, maps, and kanban boards in a file-based workspace. | Vifm is a curses based file manager that provides a Vim like environment for managing filesystems. |
| Security | The privacy policy says internet-based data transmission can have security gaps and absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. | The v0.14.4 notes say the release fixed a buffer overflow in the trie implementation identified as CVE 2026 8997. |
| Tabbed interface | Yes | Yes |
Plans
TagSpaces
- TagSpaces LiteFree
- TagSpaces Lite WebFree
- TagSpaces CustomPriced on request
- TagSpaces ProPrice not published
- TagSpaces Pro WebPriced on request
In their own words
TagSpaces
TagSpaces organizes files and folders in a file-based workspace, using tags, notes, tasks, maps, and kanban boards. Tags, descriptions, and colors stay alongside files rather than in a centralized database, so the metadata remains portable. Notes can be saved as Markdown, HTML, or plain-text files, and the product says it previews more than 50 formats, including images, PDFs, audio, video, spreadsheets, and source code. The free Web Clipper saves pages, articles, screenshots, and bookmarks as local files. TagSpaces also offers offline AI features through local models using Ollama, including summaries, tags, and image descriptions. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and the web, with a Chrome extension and portable version also listed. Lite is open source under AGPL-3.0; many viewer and editor extensions and the command-line tool use MIT licenses. TagSpaces Lite costs nothing.