Paperless-ngx

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Scans, OCRs, indexes, and archives your physical documents into a searchable digital archive — for the paperless office.

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Version
v3.0.5
Last commit
1 day, 17 hours ago
License
GPL-3.0
Language
Python

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

EvernoteDEVONthinkMayan EDMS

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'

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