# oniony/TMSU

TMSU lets you tags your files and then access them through a nifty virtual filesystem from any other application.

Repository: https://github.com/oniony/TMSU
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tmsu
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: tagging, go, filesystem, command-line
Last push: 2025-11-12T22:44:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 46/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 51, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4289, "days_push": 294, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2246, forks 140 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:30.165443+00:00)

## What it is
TMSU is a command-line tool for tagging files without modifying them, storing tags in its own SQLite database. It also provides a FUSE-based virtual filesystem that exposes a tag-based view of your files to any application.

## Use cases
- tag files from the command line
- find files by tags instead of folders
- browse tagged files through a virtual filesystem
- query files with tag combinations like 'fruit and not still-life'
- organize photos and documents without moving them

## When to choose
- you want tag-based file organization without altering file locations
- you prefer a CLI workflow on Linux or macOS
- you need other applications to see a tag-based view via FUSE

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI file tagger
- you are on Windows without FUSE support
- you want tags embedded in file metadata

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: file-system, search-engine, cli, database
- domain: files, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: tagging, fuse, virtual-filesystem, file-organization, sqlite, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- oniony/TMSU (main) score 46

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:30.165443+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:43:58.853149+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/oniony/TMSU (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:30.165443+00:00, sha 947e15c0faef)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.