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Feature Roadmap

This checklist details the current and remaining features required at a minimum for TagStudio to be considered “Feature Complete”. This list is not a definitive list for additional feature requests and PRs as they come in, but rather an outline of my personal core feature set intended for TagStudio.

Priorities

Features are broken up into the following priority levels, with nested priorities referencing their relative priority for the overall feature (i.e. A [LOW] priority feature can have a [HIGH] priority element but it otherwise still a [LOW] priority item overall):

  • [HIGH] - Core feature
  • [MEDIUM] - Important but not necessary
  • [LOW] - Just nice to have

Version Milestones

These version milestones are rough estimations for when the previous core features will be added. For a more definitive idea for when features are coming, please reference the current GitHub milestones.

Note

This list was created after the release of version 9.4

v9.5

Core

  • SQL backend [HIGH]

Tags

  • Deleting Tags [HIGH]
  • User-defined tag colors [HIGH]
    • ID based, not string or hex [HIGH]
    • Color name [HIGH]
    • Color value (hex) [HIGH]
    • Existing colors are now a set of base colors [HIGH]
  • Tag Categories [HIGH]
    • Property available for tags that allow the tag and any inheriting from it to be displayed separately in the preview panel under a title [HIGH]
  • Boolean operators [HIGH]
  • Filename search [HIGH]
  • Filetype search [HIGH]
    • Search by extension (e.g. ".jpg", ".png") [HIGH]
      • Optional consolidation of extension synonyms (i.e. ".jpg" can equal ".jpeg") [LOW]
    • Search by media type (e.g. "image", "video", "document") [MEDIUM]
  • Sort by date added [HIGH]

UI

  • Translations (Any applicable) [MEDIUM]

Performance

  • Thumbnail caching [HIGH]

v9.6

Core

  • Cached file property table (media duration, word count, dimensions, etc.) [MEDIUM]

Library

  • Multiple Root Directories per Library [HIGH]
  • .ts_ignore (.gitignore-style glob ignoring) [HIGH]
  • Sharable Color Packs [MEDIUM]
    • Human-readable (TOML) files containing tag data [HIGH]
    • Importable [HIGH]
    • Exportable [HIGH]

Tags

  • Merging Tags [HIGH]
  • Component/HAS subtags [HIGH]
  • Tag Icons [HIGH]
    • Small Icons [HIGH]
    • Large Icons for Profiles [MEDIUM]
    • Built-in Icon Packs (i.e. Boxicons) [HIGH]
    • User Defined Icons [HIGH]
  • Multiple Languages for Tag Strings [MEDIUM]
    • Title is tag name [HIGH]
    • Title has tag color [MEDIUM]
    • Tag marked as category does not display as a tag itself [HIGH]
  • Tag Overrides [MEDIUM]
    • Per-file overrides of subtags [HIGH]

Fields

  • Datetime fields [HIGH]
  • Custom field names [HIGH]

Search

  • Field content search [HIGH]
  • Sort by date created [HIGH]
  • Sort by date modified [HIGH]
  • HAS operator for composition tags [HIGH]
  • Search bar rework
    • Improved tag autocomplete [HIGH]
    • Tags appear as widgets in search bar [HIGH]

UI

  • File duration on video thumbnails [HIGH]
  • 3D Model Previews [MEDIUM]
    • STL Previews [HIGH]
  • Word count/line count on text thumbnails [LOW]
  • Settings Menu [HIGH]
  • Application Settings [HIGH]
    • Stored in system user folder/designated folder [HIGH]
  • Library Settings [HIGH]
    • Stored in .TagStudio folder [HIGH]

  • Tagging Panel [HIGH]

    Togglebale persistent main window panel or popout. Replaces the current tag manager.

    • Top Tags [HIGH]
    • Recent Tags [HIGH]
    • Tag Search [HIGH]
    • Pinned Tags [HIGH]

  • New tabbed tag building UI to support the new tag features [HIGH]

v9.7

Library

  • Entry groups [HIGH]
    • Groups for files/entries where the same entry can be in multiple groups [HIGH]
    • Ability to number entries within group [HIGH]
    • Ability to set sorting method for group [HIGH]
    • Ability to set custom thumbnail for group [HIGH]
    • Group is treated as entry with tags and metadata [HIGH]
    • Nested groups [MEDIUM]

Search

  • Sort by relevance [HIGH]
  • Sort by date taken (photos) [MEDIUM]
  • Sort by file size [HIGH]
  • Sort by file dimension (images/video) [LOW]

Macros

  • Sharable Macros [MEDIUM]
    • Standard notation format (TOML) contacting macro instructions [HIGH]
    • Exportable [HIGH]
    • Importable [HIGH]
  • Triggers [HIGH]
    • On new file [HIGH]
    • On library refresh [HIGH]
    • [...]
  • Actions [HIGH]
    • Add tag(s) [HIGH]
    • Add field(s) [HIGH]
    • Set field content [HIGH]
    • [...]

UI

  • Custom thumbnail overrides [MEDIUM]
  • Toggle File Extension Label [MEDIUM]
  • Toggle Duration Label [MEDIUM]
  • Custom Tag Badges [LOW]
  • Unified Media Player [HIGH]
    • Auto-hiding player controls
    • Play/Pause [HIGH]
    • Loop [HIGH]
    • Toggle Autoplay [MEDIUM]
    • Volume Control [HIGH]
    • Toggle Mute [HIGH]
    • Timeline scrubber [HIGH]
    • Fullscreen [MEDIUM]
  • Library list view [HIGH]
  • Configurable page size [HIGH]

v9.8

Library

  • Automatic Entry Relinking [HIGH]
    • Detect Renames [HIGH]
    • Detect Moves [HIGH]
    • Detect Deletions [HIGH]

Search

  • OCR search [LOW]
  • Fuzzy Search [LOW]

v9.9

Library

  • Exportable Library Data [HIGH]
    • Standard notation format (i.e. JSON) contacting all library data [HIGH]

Tags

  • Tag Packs [MEDIUM]
    • Human-readable (TOML) files containing tag data [HIGH]
    • Multiple Languages for Tag Strings [MEDIUM]
    • Importable [HIGH]
    • Exportable [HIGH]
    • Conflict resolution [HIGH]

v10.0

  • All remaining [HIGH] and optional [MEDIUM] features

Post v10.0

Core

  • Core Library/API
  • Plugin Support