That totally depends on what you want your filing system to do.
However, if you consider Excel first try Calc from LibreOffice. That's free and might suffice.
I used to use "Paper Tiger" for my filing system, but I find it too expensive these days. Can Excel be used as a filing system or is there a less expensive and/or free system that can be recommended?
Thank you,
KLJ

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