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paperless-ngx

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A community-supported supercharged document management system

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GraphCanon updated Sep 18, 2026 · GitHub synced Sep 18, 2026

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45k stars3.1k forksLast push Sep 18, 2026 Python GPL-3.0

Decision brief

paperless-ngx is a community-supported document management system that leverages OCR and machine learning for scanning, indexing, and archiving documents. It is built with Python and is licensed under GPL-3.0.

Good fit when

Use paperless-ngx if you are looking for a system that supports scanning, indexing, and archiving documents with a strong community support and continuous updates.
Consider paperless-ngx if you prefer a solution that can be easily deployed using Docker Compose, which simplifies the setup process.

Avoid when

Avoid paperless-ngx if you require a proprietary solution with commercial support, as it is an open-source project under GPL-3.0.
Do not use paperless-ngx if you need a document management system that does not rely on Docker for deployment, as it heavily integrates Docker for its setup.

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Maintenance: Very active (0d since push); As of Sep 18, 2026
Provenance: Not a fork · Organization account; As of Sep 18, 2026
Security (OSV): No lockfile; As of Sep 18, 2026

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Install

pip install paperless-ngx

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Integrates

paperless-ai

paperless-ai is designed to work with paperless-ngx to provide additional document tagging capabilities using AI services.

integrates

unstructured

unstructured can convert documents into structured data, which could be useful for integrating with paperless-ngx for document indexing and management.

pdf-reader-mcp

pdf-reader-mcp provides PDF intelligence features that could be useful in conjunction with paperless-ngx for advanced document processing.

pdfmux

pdfmux provides PDF extraction capabilities that could be useful for integrating with paperless-ngx for document processing and management.

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Evidence and technical details

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Overview

A document management system that supports scanning, indexing, and archiving documents using technologies like OCR and machine learning.

Capability facts

Deploy: Self-host
Source: dockerfile:Dockerfile · Sep 18, 2026
Docker: Dockerfile present
Source: dockerfile:Dockerfile · Sep 18, 2026
Languages: python
Source: github.language+pyproject.toml · Sep 18, 2026

README

Getting started The easiest way to deploy paperless is . The files in the directory are configured to pull the image from the GitHub container registry. If you'd like to jump right in, you can configure a environment with our install script: More details and step by step guides f...

For agents

This page has a .md twin and JSON over the API.

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