Paperless-ngx
Paperless-ngx is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Document Management category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in Python. It ships a Docker image. It has 47,100 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 47,100
- Forks
- 3,279
- Open issues
- 0
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,789
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v3.3.4Oct 22, 2026
- Created
- Feb 12, 2022
- License
- GPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 1,789 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,789 |
| Latest release | v3.3.4 (Oct 22, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 167 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Open pull requests | 5 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Feb 12, 2022 |
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About Paperless-ngx
Scan, index, and archive all of your paper documents with an improved interface (fork of Paperless).
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx.
Topics
- angular
- archiving
- django
- dms
- document-management
- document-management-system
- machine-learning
- ocr
- optical-character-recognition
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Is Paperless-ngx free and open source?
Yes. Paperless-ngx is open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Paperless-ngx with Docker?
Yes. Paperless-ngx provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. Our step-by-step deploy guide covers the Compose file, HTTPS and backups.
What are the best alternatives to Paperless-ngx?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Paperless-ngx include Stirling-PDF, Docuseal and BentoPDF.
Is Paperless-ngx actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Paperless-ngx was on Oct 26, 2026 with 1,789 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v3.3.4, published Oct 22, 2026. It had 0 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.