# Best self-hosted Document Management apps

> Document management, PDF tools and e-signature software. Scan, organize, search and sign documents without a cloud subscription. The most popular self-hosted document management apps on GitHub are Stirling-PDF, Paperless-ngx and Docuseal. appsgit lists 15 self-hosted apps in this category, ranked by GitHub stars. All 15 apps here are open source.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Apps listed | 15 |
| Most starred | Stirling-PDF (93,634 stars) |
| With a Docker image | 14 |
| Canonical URL | https://appsgit.com/categories/document-management |

## All 15 Document Management apps

- [Stirling-PDF](https://appsgit.com/apps/stirling-pdf): Local hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files, such as merging, splitting, file conversions and OCR. (93,634 stars, Apache-2.0, TypeScript, Docker)
- [Paperless-ngx](https://appsgit.com/apps/paperless-ngx): Scan, index, and archive all of your paper documents with an improved interface (fork of Paperless). (46,308 stars, GPL-3.0, Python, Docker)
- [Docuseal](https://appsgit.com/apps/docuseal): Create, fill, and sign digital documents (alternative to DocuSign). (18,658 stars, AGPL-3.0, Ruby, Docker)
- [BentoPDF](https://appsgit.com/apps/bentopdf): Powerful, privacy-first, client-side PDF toolkit that allows you to manipulate, edit, merge, and process PDF files directly in your browser. (15,844 stars, AGPL-3.0, JavaScript, Docker)
- [Documenso](https://appsgit.com/apps/documenso): Digital document signing platform (alternative to DocuSign). (15,336 stars, AGPL-3.0, TypeScript, Docker)
- [Gotenberg](https://appsgit.com/apps/gotenberg): Developer-friendly API to interact with powerful tools like Chromium and LibreOffice for converting numerous document formats (HTML, Markdown, Word, Excel, etc.) into PDF files, and more. (13,228 stars, MIT, Go, Docker)
- [OpenSign](https://appsgit.com/apps/opensign): Document signing software (alternative to DocuSign). (7,058 stars, AGPL-3.0, JavaScript, Docker)
- [Papra](https://appsgit.com/apps/papra): Minimalist document storage, management and archiving platform designed to be simple to use and accessible to everyone. (5,539 stars, AGPL-3.0, TypeScript, Docker)
- [SnapOtter](https://appsgit.com/apps/snapotter): Suite of 200+ web tools for converting and editing images, videos, audio and PDFs, including a layer-based image editor, OCR, transcription, background removal and batch processing pipelines… (2,782 stars, AGPL-3.0, TypeScript, Docker)
- [Docspell](https://appsgit.com/apps/docspell): Auto-tagging document organizer and archive. (2,333 stars, AGPL-3.0, Elm, Docker)
- [Signature PDF](https://appsgit.com/apps/signature-pdf): Sign and manipulate PDFs with collaboration, organization, compression and metadata editing. (827 stars, AGPL-3.0, JavaScript, Docker)
- [Papermerge](https://appsgit.com/apps/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. (542 stars, Apache-2.0, Python, Docker)
- [EveryDocs](https://appsgit.com/apps/everydocs): Simple Document Management System for private use with basic functionality to organize your documents digitally. (419 stars, GPL-3.0, Ruby, Docker)
- [I, Librarian](https://appsgit.com/apps/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. (353 stars, GPL-3.0, PHP)
- [SimpleDMS](https://appsgit.com/apps/simpledms): Easy-to-use, metadata-driven, document management system (DMS) for small businesses that sorts documents almost by itself. (168 stars, AGPL-3.0, Go, Docker)

## Replaces

- [Open-source alternatives to DocuSign](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/docusign)

## Comparisons

- [Paperless-ngx vs Docspell](https://appsgit.com/compare/paperless-ngx-vs-docspell)

## Related categories

- [Archiving](https://appsgit.com/categories/archiving): Tools that save and preserve web pages, emails and digital collections. Use them to keep a permanent, searchable copy of content you care about.
- [Automation & Workflows](https://appsgit.com/categories/automation): Workflow automation and scheduling platforms that connect apps and run jobs. A self-hosted way to replace Zapier, IFTTT and cron glue scripts.
- [Utilities](https://appsgit.com/categories/utilities): Handy standalone tools that do not fit elsewhere, such as converters, translators and design apps. Small utilities worth self-hosting.
- [Finance & Budgeting](https://appsgit.com/categories/finance-budgeting): Personal finance, budgeting, expense tracking and payment tools. Manage your money without handing your data to a fintech app.
- [CMS](https://appsgit.com/categories/cms): Content management systems and headless CMS platforms for websites and apps. Publish and manage content on a stack you control.
- [Team Chat](https://appsgit.com/categories/team-chat): Self-hosted messaging, team chat and push notification platforms. A private alternative to Slack, Discord and hosted messengers.

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