True, but if you take a look at this maybe you will understand the scope of the requirement. Source: about 1 year ago

Try www.stagsi.com or https://tagging.connectpaste.com both are free. Source: over 1 year ago

Maybe Tagging for Windows can help you, I haven't tried it, but you might want to check it out. Source: over 1 year ago

- Tagging for Windows: https://tagging.connectpaste.com/ A nice tool to tag all your files, integrated with your file explorer. Source: almost 2 years ago

But if you want tagging, there is some 3rd party software that will let you tag to your hearts content. Here is a few TagSpaces , alltags , tagflow , tagging . If tagging and coloring things and you are serious about it, I would guess Directory Opus would have everything you need. Not like you have no options to tag away. Source: about 2 years ago

A synology wouldn't be able to run a document management server software though, would it? Specifically Paperless (https://marinersoftware.com/product/paperless/) and MySQL. Source: about 3 years ago

I went through this a decade or so ago when I realized when I was moving that a quarter of the boxes I moved were full of paper. I am currently storing everything in Mariner's Paperless. Https://marinersoftware.com/product/paperless/e Everything is in PDF so easily exportable but the scanner integration and the workflow make everything easier. Source: about 3 years ago

I've been a big user of paperless from Mariner software. https://marinersoftware.com/product/paperless/. Source: about 3 years ago