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jonaswinkler/paperless-ng

A supercharged version of paperless: scan, index and archive all your physical documents observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/jonaswinkler/paperless-ng · homepage · Python · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100

Flags: archived

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 2989
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1296
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

5414 stars · 347 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Paperless-ng is a self-hosted document management system that scans, OCRs, indexes, and archives physical documents with full-text search and automatic metadata tagging. It is a fork of the original Paperless project and has been superseded by the community-maintained paperless-ngx continuation.

Use cases

  • scan and archive paper documents digitally
  • self-hosted document management system
  • full-text search across scanned PDFs
  • automatically tag and organize scanned documents
  • replace paper filing cabinets with a digital archive
  • OCR scanned documents and make them searchable

When to choose

  • you want a mature, self-hosted DMS with OCR and full-text search
  • you prefer the original ng interface and feature set
  • you need a drop-in setup matching existing paperless-ng documentation

When to avoid

  • starting a new deployment - use paperless-ngx, the actively maintained continuation
  • you need GnuPG-encrypted document storage
  • you have very limited RAM (needs ~300MB+ for the web server)

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

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1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
jonaswinkler/paperless-ngmain10

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