# Paperless-ngx

A self-hosted document archive that OCRs scans, tags them, and makes everything searchable.

HTML: https://softbests.com/software/paperless-ngx
Markdown: https://softbests.com/software/paperless-ngx.md
Website: https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/

- Category: [Productivity](https://softbests.com/category/productivity)
- Pricing: Open source
- Platforms: Web, Self-hosted
- Underrated

## Best for

Households and small teams drowning in receipts, contracts, and PDFs.

## Why it deserves attention

Paperless-ngx ingests scans and PDFs, runs OCR, extracts correspondents, dates, and tags, and then makes the whole archive full-text searchable from a web UI. It runs in Docker with PostgreSQL and Redis, supports email and scanner intake, and has a REST API and mobile-friendly interface. It is GPL-3.0 with 47,000 GitHub stars and a large contributor base. Setup is more involved than a cloud scanner app, and you are responsible for backups and storage.

## Can replace

- Evernote

## Related and alternatives

- [Obsidian](https://softbests.com/software/obsidian)
- [Memos](https://softbests.com/software/memos)