diff --git a/shared/shared.pro b/shared/shared.pro
index a355c22..a6f1a89 100644
--- a/shared/shared.pro
+++ b/shared/shared.pro
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ SOURCES += sqlitesearch.cpp \
     processor.cpp \
     sandboxedprocessor.cpp \
     sqlitedbservice.cpp \
+    tagmanager.cpp \
     tagstripperprocessor.cpp \
     utils.cpp \
     ../submodules/exile.h/exile.c \
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ HEADERS += sqlitesearch.h \
     savefileresult.h \
     searchresult.h \
     sqlitedbservice.h \
+    tagmanager.h \
     tagstripperprocessor.h \
     token.h \
     common.h \
diff --git a/shared/tagmanager.cpp b/shared/tagmanager.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..437ca85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/tagmanager.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#include "tagmanager.h"
+
+TagManager::TagManager(SqliteDbService &dbService)
+{
+	this->dbService = &dbService;
+}
+
+bool TagManager::addTagsToPath(QString path, const QSet<QString> &tags)
+{
+	QVector<QString> currentTags = this->dbService->getTagsForPath(path);
+	for(const QString &tag : tags)
+	{
+		currentTags.append(tag.toLower());
+	}
+
+	QSet<QString> newTags{currentTags.begin(), currentTags.end()};
+	return this->dbService->setTags(path, newTags);
+}
+
+bool TagManager::removeTagsForPath(QString path, const QSet<QString> &tags)
+{
+	QVector<QString> currentTags = this->dbService->getTagsForPath(path);
+	for(const QString &tag : tags)
+	{
+		currentTags.removeAll(tag);
+	}
+	QSet<QString> newTags{currentTags.begin(), currentTags.end()};
+	return this->dbService->setTags(path, newTags);
+}
+
+bool TagManager::addTagsToPath(QString path, QString tagstring, QChar delim)
+{
+	auto splitted = tagstring.split(delim);
+
+	return addTagsToPath(path, QSet<QString>{splitted.begin(), splitted.end()});
+}
+
+bool TagManager::addPathsToTag(QString tag, const QVector<QString> &paths)
+{
+	return this->dbService->addTag(tag, paths);
+}
diff --git a/shared/tagmanager.h b/shared/tagmanager.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c3d0ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/tagmanager.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#ifndef TAGMANAGER_H
+#define TAGMANAGER_H
+#include "sqlitedbservice.h"
+
+class TagManager
+{
+  private:
+	SqliteDbService *dbService = nullptr;
+	bool ensurePathOkay(QString inpath);
+
+  public:
+	TagManager(SqliteDbService &dbService);
+
+	bool addTagsToPath(QString path, const QSet<QString> &tags);
+	bool addTagsToPath(QString path, QString tagstring, QChar delim);
+
+	bool addPathsToTag(QString tag, const QVector<QString> &paths);
+	bool removeTagsForPath(QString path, const QSet<QString> &tags);
+
+	bool deleteTag(QString tag);
+
+	QVector<QString> getTags(QString path);
+	QVector<QString> getPaths(QString tag);
+};
+
+#endif // TAGMANAGER_H