# Web app to tag local files

**URL:** <https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/web-app-to-tag-local-files/212>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [November 3, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/web-app-to-tag-local-files/212 "2023-11-03T14:55:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![ooii](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/tagspaces.discourse.group/ooii/32/82_2.png) [@ooii](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/u/ooii)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/web-app-to-tag-local-files/212/1 "2023-11-03T14:55:43Z")

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Hi,

Just realized that the web version of Tagspaces does not support local files.  
Here is my use-case:

- Shared local storage
- Team working on files stored on this shared local storage
- I need to allow users to search for files stored on this shared local storage based on tags

What I want to achieve:

- Run a server with Tagspaces web
- Mount the shared local storage on this same server
- Add the mount point as local storage in Tagspaces
- Provide access to users to the web app which will allows them to browse files using tags

Do you think I can achieve that?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![ilian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/tagspaces.discourse.group/ilian/32/6_2.png) [@ilian](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/u/ilian)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/web-app-to-tag-local-files/212/2 "2023-11-05T17:33:45Z")

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In order to achieve this you need a service which should expose your local files as S3 object storage. This can be done very easy with the S3Proxy. You can follow this tutorial to achieve this:

> **[Exposing local folders as object storage with S3Proxy | TagSpaces Docs](https://docs.tagspaces.org/tutorials/folders-as-objectstorage-with-s3proxy/)**
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> Introduction

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**Author:** ![ooii](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/tagspaces.discourse.group/ooii/32/82_2.png) [@ooii](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/u/ooii)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 10:51am UTC](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/web-app-to-tag-local-files/212/3 "2023-11-06T10:51:59Z")

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Thanks a lot @ilian  
That’s exactly what I was looking for.