ciur/papermerge
Open Source Document Management System for Digital Archives (Scanned Documents) observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
59/100
- Activity 53
- Release rhythm 43
- Longevity 100
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: 25
- age_days: 2431
- days_rel: 380
- days_push: 283
- n_releases_24m: 6
Adoption not part of the score
2934 stars · 311 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Papermerge is an open source document management system (DMS) designed for scanned documents and digital archives. It performs OCR on PDF, TIFF, JPEG, and PNG files, indexes the extracted text, and provides a web-based, desktop-like file browser with folders, tags, versioning, and full text search.
Use cases
- manage a digital archive of scanned documents
- OCR scanned PDFs and make them searchable
- organize scanned bills and receipts with tags and folders
- full text search across scanned documents
- long term storage of digitized paperwork
- self-host a paperless document management system
When to choose
- you need a self-hosted DMS focused on scanned documents
- you want OCR plus full text search out of the box
- you prefer a web UI with folders, tags, and document versioning
- you need an OpenAPI REST API to integrate with other tools
When to avoid
- you mainly manage born-digital office files rather than scans
- you need a desktop offline application instead of a web server deployment
- you want a fully automated pipeline like paperless-ngx with heavy consumption automation
- you cannot run a web server or Docker environment
Facets
application · maturity active
ocr search-engine pdf self-hosted pdf files self-hosted developer-tools self-hosted python document-management digital-archives scanned-documents django full-text-search dms web-server docker
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/ciur/papermerge · fetched 2026-08-28 · 14761750888a
- homepage: https://papermerge.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · 488e332cbede
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ciur/papermerge | main | 59 |
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