Paperless-ngx

Paperless-ngx is a self-hosted document manager that turns paper and PDFs into a searchable digital archive. It automatically reads text with OCR, tags documents, and makes everything findable. It is a popular way to go paperless at home or in a small office.

Paperless-ngx is a self-hosted document management system that turns piles of paper and scattered PDFs into a searchable, organized digital archive. You feed it scanned documents or PDFs, and it runs OCR (optical character recognition) to extract the text, so even image-based scans become fully searchable. Documents are automatically tagged, assigned correspondents and document types, and sorted into a tidy, filterable library. It is the actively maintained, community-driven successor to the older Paperless and Paperless-ng projects. A consume folder and email import let documents flow in automatically, and full-text search makes finding any letter, invoice, or contract fast. Licensed under GPL-3.0, it is popular with individuals pursuing a paperless home office and with small organizations that need a private, self-controlled archive instead of a cloud service.