Self-hosted alternatives to Paperless-ngx
Want a different self-hosted document archive than Paperless-ngx? These 9 apps store, tag and search your scanned documents on your own server.
About Paperless-ngx: Open-source app to scan, index and archive paper documents.
| App | Health | Stars | License | Docker | RAM (est.) | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papra | Active | 5.7k | AGPL-3.0 | ✓ | 2 GB | $10/mo |
| Docspell | Active | 2.3k | GPL-3.0 | ✓ | 2 GB | $10/mo |
| Mayan EDMS | Active | 682 | GPL-2.0 | ✓ | 2 GB | $10/mo |
| Papermerge | Active | 554 | Apache-2.0 | ✓ | 2 GB | $10/mo |
| EveryDocs | Active | 430 | GPL-3.0 | ✓ | 2 GB | $10/mo |
| SimpleDMS | Active | 170 | AGPL-3.0 | ✓ | 2 GB | $10/mo |
| I, Librarian | Maintained | 357 | GPL-3.0 | – | 2 GB | $10/mo |
| Bottle Rocket | Active | 15 | MIT | ✓ | 2 GB | $10/mo |
| SeedDMS | Unknown | – | GPL-2.0 | – | 2 GB | $10/mo |
The options in detail
1. Papra
Minimalist document storage, management and archiving platform designed to be simple to use and accessible to everyone.
Active Last commit 2026-10-30. 10+ releases in the past year. Latest release @papra/[email protected] (2026-10-22). Needs roughly 2 GB RAM. How to run it →
2. Docspell
Auto-tagging document organizer and archive.
Active Last commit 2026-10-27. 1 release in the past year. Latest release nightly (2026-10-27). Needs roughly 2 GB RAM. How to run it →
3. Mayan EDMS
Electronic document management system for your documents with preview generation, OCR, and automatic categorization among other features.
Active Last commit 2026-09-21. Needs roughly 2 GB RAM. How to run it →
4. Papermerge
Document management system focused on scanned documents (electronic archives). Features file browsing in similar way to dropbox/google drive. OCR, full text search, text overlay/selection.
Active Last commit 2026-11-04. 10+ releases in the past year. Latest release 3.5.3 (2025-08-18). Needs roughly 2 GB RAM. How to run it →
5. EveryDocs
Simple Document Management System for private use with basic functionality to organize your documents digitally.
Active Last commit 2026-11-06. 10+ releases in the past year. Latest release v1.6.0 (2026-11-06). Needs roughly 2 GB RAM. How to run it →
6. SimpleDMS
Easy-to-use, metadata-driven, document management system (DMS) for small businesses that sorts documents almost by itself.
Active Last commit 2026-11-09. Latest release v1.18.1 (2026-11-03). Needs roughly 2 GB RAM. How to run it →
7. I, Librarian
Organize PDF papers and office documents. It provides a lot of extra features for students and research groups both in industry and academia.
Maintained Last commit 2025-12-02. 2 releases in the past year. Latest release 5.11.3 (2025-12-02). Needs roughly 2 GB RAM. How to run it →
8. Bottle Rocket
Document scanning and management application, compatible with Rocketbook and Scribzee formats.
Active Last commit 2026-11-04. 10+ releases in the past year. Latest release v3.0.0.0-alpha.1 (2026-11-04). Needs roughly 2 GB RAM. How to run it →
9. SeedDMS
Document Management System with workflows, access rights, fulltext search, and more.
Unknown Needs roughly 2 GB RAM. How to run it →
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