How Tagify works

Tagify adds your own tags, star ratings and smart playlists to the Spotify desktop app. Here’s how each part works, and how to start without getting overwhelmed.

Make your own tags

Build tags that match how you think about music. Put them in folders, up to three levels deep, like Mood → Calm or Genre → House → Deep House. Give tags colors, and drag them around whenever you want to reorganize.

An example to start from: Mood (Chill, Energetic, Melancholic), Activity (Workout, Study, Party, Commute), Genre (Electronic → House, Rock → Indie Rock) and Moment (Morning, Night, Rainy day, Road trip).

Tag, rate and set the energy

Tag the song that’s playing, or right-click any song and choose Tag with Tagify. Give it as many tags as fit, a star rating from half a star to five, and an energy level from 1 to 10. Number keys set the rating, and Shift with a number key sets the energy.

For example: a high-energy workout song with 5 stars, energy 9, tagged Energetic, Electronic, Workout and Morning.

Tag a whole playlist or album at once

Right-click a playlist or album and choose Tag playlist with Tagify or Tag album with Tagify. Or select songs in any playlist (Ctrl + A, or Cmd + A on a Mac, selects them all), right-click and choose Bulk Tag. Give the whole selection tags, a rating and an energy level in one go.

Filter your library

Combine any tags with ratings, energy and BPM ranges. Click a tag once to include it and again to exclude it, and choose whether songs need all of your tags or any of them. Play the results right away, or save them as a Spotify playlist.

For example: 4 and 5 star songs tagged Chill and Electronic, without Vocals, between 80 and 110 BPM, with energy from 3 to 6. That’s a focus playlist.

Smart playlists that fill themselves

Save a filter as a smart playlist, and every song you tag from then on that matches is added on its own. Set it up once, like “5 stars, Funky and Dance, no vocals”, and never sort that playlist by hand again. Smart playlists are normal Spotify playlists, so they play on your phone too.

Share your tags, if you want to

Your tags stay private unless you choose to share them. If you like, connect Tagify to Tagify Community to share them on your profile, see how other people tag the same songs, and tag in your browser on any device.

Install Tagify

On Mac and Windows, Tagify Manager installs everything for you in about two minutes. On Linux, you run three commands in Terminal. See the steps for your computer.

Getting started without getting overwhelmed

Start small

Tag 20 or 30 songs you know well with 3 to 5 simple tags, like Chill, Energetic, Focus, Workout and Party. Try a few filters, then add tags as you find you need them. Don’t try to organize 5,000 songs on day one.

Tag as you listen

Play music as usual, and when a song you love comes on, tag it, rate it and set its energy. Your library sorts itself out over time, without a tiring tagging marathon.

Tag whole playlists

Pick a playlist or album you already like and tag all of it at once. It’s the quickest way to give your filters something to find.

Questions?

The FAQ covers installing, Spotify updates and more. You can also ask on Discord, where people share their tag systems and hear about new features first.