GNOME Documents Alternatives

GNOME Documents is described as 'Documents is a document manager application designed to work with GNOME 3. It's included in the default set of core applications since GNOME 3.2' and is a document manager in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to GNOME Documents for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Linux, Windows, SaaS and Web-based apps. The best GNOME Documents alternative is Papra, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GNOME Documents are Paperless-ngx, Paperwork, DocsBoard and Mayan EDMS.

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  1. Papra icon
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    Minimalist open-source solution for digital document organization, featuring group management, full-text search, tagging, content extraction from images, custom tagging rules, email and folder import, CLI, API, responsive design, and self-hosting.

    20 Papra alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  2. Paperless-ngx icon
     25 likes

    Paperless-ngx is a document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive so you can keep, well, less paper. Paperless-ngx forked from paperless-ng.

    21 Paperless-ngx alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
  3. DocsBoard icon
     6 likes

    Solve your documentation problems with a single platform that integrates all document formats, enhances collaboration, and maintains real-time updates.

    31 DocsBoard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. Mayan EDMS icon
     13 likes

    Document management without the headaches.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Docspell icon
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    Docspell is a personal document organizer. You'll need a scanner to convert your papers into files. Docspell can then assist in organizing the resulting mess 😉.

    98 Docspell alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Teedy icon
     1 like

    Teedy is a lightweight document management system packed with all the features you can expect from big expensive solutions but still easy to use.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  7. Birchflow icon
     1 like

    BirchFlow is a document management application designed to help you organize and track your contracts, counterparties, and related documents.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  8. Open source document management system designed for archiving and retrieving your digital documents. Instead of having piles of paper documents all over your desk, office or drawers - you can quickly scan and upload them to Papermerge DMS.

    19 Papermerge DMS alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. OpenKM icon
     14 likes

    OpenKM is a management solution that allows businesses to control the production, storage, management and distribution of electronic documents, yielding greater effectiveness and the ability to reuse information and to control flow of the documents.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
     
  10. Paperless icon
     4 likes

    Scan, index, and archive all of your paper documents.

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. MySorty icon
     1 like

    MySorty is a Windows app for Windows 10/11 and Windows Server 2019, 2022 and 2025 that automatically organizes documents. It imports scans, folders and emails, sorts files with tags, makes PDFs searchable with OCR, merges PDFs, archives originals and includes a built-in viewer.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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