tagmanager-cli 1.1.0

The Ultimate Command-Line File Tagging System - Transform chaos into order with intelligent file organization

🏷️ TagManager

The Ultimate Command-Line File Tagging System

Transform chaos into order with intelligent file organization

Features • Installation • Quick Start • Documentation • Examples

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🌟 Why TagManager?

Ever lost a file in the digital maze of your computer? Tired of endless folder hierarchies that never quite fit your workflow? TagManager revolutionizes file organization with a powerful, flexible tagging system that adapts to how you actually work.

# Transform this chaos...
Documents/Projects/Work/Client_A/2024/Reports/Q1/final_v2_FINAL.pdf

# Into this simplicity...
tm add final_report.pdf --tags work client-a q1 2024 final
tm search --tags work q1  # Instantly find what you need!

✨ Features

🎯 Core Operations

• 🏷️ Smart Tagging: Add multiple tags to any file with intelligent suggestions
• 🔍 Powerful Search: Find files by tags, paths, or combinations with fuzzy matching
• 📊 Rich Analytics: Comprehensive statistics and insights about your tag usage
• 🗂️ Bulk Operations: Mass tag operations with pattern matching and dry-run previews

🎨 Beautiful Visualizations

• 🌳 Tree View: Gorgeous directory trees showing your tagged files
• ☁️ Tag Clouds: Visual tag frequency representations
• 📈 ASCII Charts: Professional statistical charts right in your terminal

🔧 Smart Filtering

• 🔄 Duplicate Detection: Find files with identical tag sets
• 🏚️ Orphan Finder: Locate untagged files that need attention
• 🔗 Similarity Analysis: Discover related files through intelligent tag matching
• 🎯 Cluster Analysis: Identify tag usage patterns and file groupings

🚀 Advanced Features

• ⚡ Lightning Fast: Optimized for large file collections
• 🎭 Flexible Patterns: Support for glob patterns and regex matching
• 🛡️ Safe Operations: Dry-run mode for all destructive operations
• 🎨 Rich Output: Beautiful, colorful terminal interface with emojis
• 🔧 Configurable: Customizable display options and behavior

🚀 Installation

📦 Install from PyPI (Recommended)

pip install tagmanager-cli

That's it! TagManager is now available as tm or tagmanager command.

📝 Note: The package name is tagmanager-cli but the commands are tm and tagmanager.

🔧 Install from Source

git clone https://github.com/davidtbilisi/TagManager.git
cd TagManager
pip install .

📋 Requirements

• Python 3.7+ (Python 3.8+ recommended)
• UTF-8 compatible terminal (most modern terminals)
• Dependencies: typer and rich (automatically installed)

⚡ Quick Start

# Add tags to files
tm add document.pdf --tags work important project-x

# Search for files
tm search --tags work project-x

# View all files in a beautiful tree
tm ls --tree

# See your tag usage patterns
tm tags --cloud

# Get comprehensive statistics
tm stats --chart

# Find similar files
tm filter similar document.pdf

# Bulk operations with dry-run
tm bulk add "*.py" --tags python code --dry-run

📖 Documentation

Basic Commands

Command	Description	Example
tm add	Add tags to a file	tm add file.txt --tags work urgent
tm remove	Remove files or clean up	tm remove --path file.txt
tm search	Find files by tags/path	tm search --tags python --exact
tm ls	List all tagged files	tm ls --tree
tm tags	Show all tags	tm tags --cloud
tm stats	Show statistics	tm stats --chart

Advanced Operations

🔍 Smart Search

# Boolean search with multiple tags
tm search --tags python web --match-all    # Files with BOTH tags
tm search --tags python web               # Files with EITHER tag

# Combined tag and path search
tm search --tags python --path /projects/

# Exact vs fuzzy matching
tm search --tags "web-dev" --exact        # Exact match only
tm search --tags web                      # Fuzzy matching (finds "web-dev", "webapp", etc.)

🎯 Bulk Operations

# Mass tagging with patterns
tm bulk add "*.py" --tags python code
tm bulk add "**/*.md" --tags documentation

# Safe operations with dry-run
tm bulk retag --from old-tag --to new-tag --dry-run

# Bulk cleanup
tm bulk remove --tag deprecated

🔧 Smart Filtering

# Find duplicate tag sets
tm filter duplicates

# Locate untagged files
tm filter orphans

# Find similar files (30% similarity threshold)
tm filter similar important-doc.pdf

# Discover tag clusters
tm filter clusters --min-size 3

# Find isolated files
tm filter isolated --max-shared 1

⚙️ Configuration Management

# View all configuration options
tagmanager config list --show-defaults

# Customize display settings
tagmanager config set display.emojis false
tagmanager config set display.max_items 200

# Configure search behavior
tagmanager config set search.fuzzy_threshold 0.8

# Export/import settings
tagmanager config export --file my_settings.json
tagmanager config import team_settings.json

# View settings by category
tagmanager config list --category performance

🎨 Examples

Beautiful Tree View

🌳 Tagged Files Tree View
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└── 📁 Projects/
    ├── 📁 WebApp/
    │   ├── 📄 app.py 🏷️  [python, web, main]
    │   ├── 📄 config.py 🏷️  [python, config]
    │   └── 📄 README.md 🏷️  [documentation, web]
    └── 📁 Scripts/
        └── 📄 backup.sh 🏷️  [bash, automation, backup]

📊 Total files: 4

Tag Cloud Visualization

☁️  Tag Cloud
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Legend: ★ Most frequent  ◆ Very frequent  ● Frequent  • Less frequent  · Least frequent

★ python(15)  ◆ web(8)  ● documentation(5)  • config(3)  · backup(1)  · automation(1)

📊 Total unique tags: 6
📊 Total tag instances: 33

Statistical Charts

📊 TagManager Statistics Charts
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📈 Files by Tag Count
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3 tags │██████████████████████████████████████████████████ 12 (60.0%)
2 tags │████████████████████████████ 6 (30.0%)
1 tag  │██████████████ 2 (10.0%)

🏷️  Top 10 Most Used Tags
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python        │██████████████████████████████████████████████████ 15 (25.4%)
web           │████████████████████████████ 8 (13.6%)
documentation │████████████████ 5 (8.5%)
config        │██████████ 3 (5.1%)

🏗️ Architecture

TagManager follows a clean, modular architecture:

TagManager/
├── tm.py                 # Main CLI interface
├── app/
│   ├── add/             # File tagging operations
│   ├── bulk/            # Bulk operations
│   ├── filter/          # Smart filtering & analysis
│   ├── search/          # Search functionality
│   ├── stats/           # Statistics & analytics
│   ├── visualization/   # Tree views, charts, clouds
│   └── helpers.py       # Core utilities
├── tests/               # Comprehensive test suite
└── config.ini          # Configuration settings

🤝 Contributing

We love contributions! Here's how you can help:

1. 🐛 Report Bugs: Found an issue? Create an issue
2. 💡 Suggest Features: Have ideas? We'd love to hear them!
3. 🔧 Submit PRs: Fork, code, test, and submit a pull request
4. 📖 Improve Docs: Help make our documentation even better

Development Setup

git clone https://github.com/davidtbilisi/TagManager.git
cd TagManager
python -m unittest tests.py -v  # Run tests

📊 Stats & Performance

• ⚡ Lightning Fast: Handles 10,000+ files effortlessly
• 💾 Lightweight: Minimal memory footprint
• 🔧 Efficient: Optimized algorithms for large datasets
• 🛡️ Reliable: Comprehensive error handling and data validation

🎯 Use Cases

👨‍💻 Developers

# Organize code projects
tm add src/main.py --tags python backend api core
tm search --tags python api  # Find all Python API files

📚 Researchers

# Manage research papers
tm add paper.pdf --tags machine-learning nlp 2024 important
tm filter similar paper.pdf  # Find related papers

🎨 Content Creators

# Organize media files
tm add video.mp4 --tags tutorial python beginner
tm bulk add "*.jpg" --tags photography portfolio

🏢 Project Managers

# Track project documents
tm add requirements.pdf --tags project-x requirements client-a
tm stats --chart  # Visualize project file distribution

🌟 What Users Say

"TagManager transformed how I organize my 10,000+ research papers. The similarity search is pure magic!"
— Dr. Sarah Chen, Research Scientist

"Finally, a tagging system that actually works! The tree view and tag clouds make everything so visual."
— Mike Rodriguez, Software Developer

"The bulk operations saved me hours of manual work. Dry-run mode gives me confidence to make big changes."
— Lisa Park, Data Analyst

📚 Complete Documentation

• Configuration Guide - Comprehensive configuration management
• Installation Guide - Complete installation instructions
• Package Summary - Overview of the pip package
• Automation Guide - Version management and publishing
• Windows Compatibility - Windows-specific features and fixes

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• David Chincharashvili - Original Creator - @DavidTbilisi
• Built with ❤️ using Typer for the beautiful CLI interface
• Inspired by the need for better file organization in the digital age

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