# openpaperwork/paperwork

Personal document manager (Linux/Windows) -- Moved to Gnome's Gitlab

Repository: https://github.com/openpaperwork/paperwork
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/paperwork
Homepage: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/OpenPaperwork/paperwork
Language: Python
License Family: other
Topics: document-management, personal-document-system, dms, edms, python, python3, ocr, indexing, gtk, gtk3, sane, pdf, scanner, paperwork
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-03-26T10:12:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 74, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5547, "days_push": 160, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2432, forks 144 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:51.152271+00:00)

## What it is
Paperwork is a personal document manager for Linux and Windows that scans, OCRs, indexes, and organizes paper documents. It provides keyword search across scanned PDFs and images via a GTK desktop application.

## Use cases
- digitize and organize scanned paper documents
- search text inside scanned PDFs with OCR
- manage personal documents on Linux or Windows
- index and tag scanned receipts and letters
- find a document by keyword instead of browsing folders

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted personal document manager with OCR and full-text search
- you scan lots of paper and need keyword retrieval
- you prefer a GTK desktop app over a web-based DMS

## When to avoid
- you need a multi-user enterprise document management system
- you want a web-based or mobile document manager
- you need cloud sync or collaborative editing features

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: ocr, pdf, search-engine, file-system, image-processing
- domain: developer-tools, files, pdf
- platform: windows, python
- tags: document-management, scanner, gtk, indexing, personal-dms, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- openpaperwork/paperwork (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:51.152271+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 2026-08-30T02:31:16.939858+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/openpaperwork/paperwork (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:51.152271+00:00, sha 85d9d55e9256)
  - homepage: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/OpenPaperwork/paperwork (fetched 2026-08-29T10:12:39.075557+00:00, sha 0e7c50927438)
  - site_page: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/OpenPaperwork/paperwork/-/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T10:12:39.084507+00:00, sha 81aaba40955c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.