Paperless-ngx
Actively maintainedScans, OCRs, indexes, and archives your physical documents into a searchable digital archive — for the paperless office.
Metrics verified from the source repo on Aug 7, 2026.
What it is
Scans, OCRs, indexes, and archives your physical documents into a searchable digital archive — for the paperless office.
Replaces
Self-host Paperless-ngx instead of paying for the above.
Highlights
- OCR text recognition (Tesseract
- 100+ languages)
- Full-text search with highlighting
- Machine-learning based auto-tagging (tags/correspondents/document types)
- REST API
- Optional AI/LLM integration for suggestions and document chat
Recent changes
- Aug 5 notable_features Highlights: '' → 'OCR text recognition (Tesseract, 100+ languages), Full-text search with highlighting, Machine-learning based auto-tagging (tags/correspondents/document types), REST API, Optional AI/LLM integration for suggestions and document chat'
