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Paperless-ngx

★ 30k

Scan, OCR, tag, and search every paper document you own — a real archive instead of a shoebox.

Paperless-ngx does the job of DocuWare, self-hosted. It is GPL-3.0-licensed, a copyleft licence, and setting it up is an afternoon, not a weekend. DocuWare bills $25 for it. 30k stars on GitHub.

Open-source replacement for DocuWare.

Licence
GPL-3.0
Self-hosting
Medium
The paid one costs
$25
GitHub stars
30k
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Is it actually a replacement?

We have not written a verdict on DocuWare yet, so this page says what Paperless-ngx is rather than judging what you would give up. When that product gets a page, this one will link to it.

Paperless-ngx questions

Is Paperless-ngx open source?

Yes — it is released under GPL-3.0.

Can I self-host Paperless-ngx?

Yes — we rate it medium to self-host.

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