7 self-hosted DocuWare alternatives

Paperless-ngx is an open-source document management system that ingests scans and files, runs OCR, and turns them into a searchable, taggable document archive.

44.6k stars3.1k forksGPL-3.0last commit 27 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Extension for Paperless‑ngx that uses OpenAI-compatible backends and Ollama to auto-classify, tag, index, and enable RAG-powered document chat and semantic search.

5.9k stars327 forksMITlast commit 31 Mar 2026Actively maintained

Open-source DMS that OCRs, indexes, and manages scanned PDFs, TIFFs and images with tagging, versioning, metadata and full-text search support.

2.9k stars311 forksApache-2.0last commit 23 Nov 2025Slowing down

Docspell is a self-hosted document management system that imports scanned files and email attachments, runs OCR, and helps organize documents with tags, metadata, and search.

2.3k stars182 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 19 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Ruby on Rails document management server for uploading, organizing, encrypting and full-text searching PDF documents. Provides a REST API and mobile-friendly web UI.

404 stars24 forksGPL-3.0last commit 3 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Web application to manage, annotate, and share academic PDFs with full-text search, OCR, citation import, and team collaboration.

347 stars32 forksGPL-3.0last commit 2 Dec 2025Slowing down

Mayan EDMS is an open source document management system for ingesting, indexing, organizing, and securing documents with workflows, OCR, and audit trails.

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