# paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx

A community-supported supercharged document management system: scan, index and archive all your documents

Repository: https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/paperless-ngx
Homepage: http://docs.paperless-ngx.com/
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: angular, archiving, django, dms, document-management, document-management-system, machine-learning, ocr, optical-character-recognition, pdf, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-27T00:37:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1663, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 5.0, "n_releases_24m": 61}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 44624, forks 3060 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:09.376007+00:00)

## What it is
Paperless-ngx is a self-hosted document management system that converts scanned physical documents into a searchable online archive. It uses OCR and machine learning to index, classify, and tag documents automatically.

## Use cases
- scan and archive paper documents
- make PDFs searchable with OCR
- self-host a document management system
- automatically tag and classify scanned documents
- replace paper filing cabinets with a digital archive
- organize receipts and invoices digitally

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted, privacy-friendly alternative to cloud document storage
- you need OCR and automatic indexing for scanned documents
- you want an actively maintained, community-driven DMS

## When to avoid
- you only need simple cloud file storage without OCR
- you cannot run a server or Docker container
- you need collaborative real-time document editing

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: ocr, search-engine, machine-learning, pdf, self-hosted
- domain: developer-tools, files, pdf, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted, python
- tags: document-management, archive, scanning, django, angular, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:09.376007+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:22:00.344569+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:09.376007+00:00, sha 524e303061a8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.