Paperless-ngx

Paperless-ngx is document management software that converts physical paperwork into an online archive you can search, so you end up keeping less paper. It succeeds the original Paperless and Paperless-ng projects, and a team of contributors shares the work of advancing and supporting it. The backend is Python with Django, the interface uses Angular, and it is released under the GPL-3.0 license.

Its topics point to OCR, machine learning and AI support alongside archiving and PDF handling, so scanned documents can be indexed and found by their text. The documentation has a full feature list and screenshots, and the project provides a public demo whose content is reset frequently and should not contain confidential information.

The easiest deployment is Docker Compose, using files in the repository that pull images from the GitHub container registry, and an install script can set up a compose environment. Step-by-step guides cover other installation methods, and migrating from Paperless-ng means switching to the new image. It suits households, freelancers and small offices who want a private, searchable archive of their paperwork.