Paperless-home AlternativesDocument Scanners and other similar apps like Paperless-home

Paperless-home is described as 'Hosting provider for paperless-ngx, your digital document archive that automatically organizes all your documents based on their content' and is a document manager in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Paperless-home for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, SaaS, Linux and Flatpak apps. The best Paperless-home alternative is Paperless-ngx, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Paperless-home are Docspell, Pikapods, fileee and Teedy.

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Paperless-home alternatives page was last updated Mar 26, 2025
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  1. Paperless-ngx icon

    Paperless-ngx

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    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.

    17 Paperless-ngx alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Dashboard

    Top Paperless-ngx Features

    1.  OCR
    2. Docker icon  Support for Docker
    3.  Full-Text Search
    4.  DMS
    5.  Built-in viewer
    6.  File Tagging
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  PDF compression
    10.  No Tracking
    11.  Comments and metadata saving
    12.  PDF OCR

    Paperless-ngx VS Paperless-home

     

    • Paperless-ngx is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Paperless-home.

    • Paperless-ngx is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Paperless-home.

    • Paperless-ngx is Free and Open SourcePaperless-home is Freemium and Open Source
  2. Docspell icon

    Docspell

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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 😉.

    95 Docspell alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    Docspell screenshot 1

    Docspell Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  DMS
    3.  Natural Language Processing

    Docspell VS Paperless-home

     
  4. Pikapods icon

    Pikapods

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    PikaPods helps you run the best open source apps with just a few clicks. Compared to commercial online services, open source apps are developed by a community of users for users. This gives you more control and privacy over your data.

    6 Pikapods alternatives

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    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Online
    Screenshot of main web page

    Pikapods VS Paperless-home

     

    • Pikapods is the most popular commercial alternative to Paperless-home.

    • Pikapods is Paid and ProprietaryPaperless-home is Freemium and Open Source
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    fileee

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    With fileee you can scan, organize and access your documents anywhere, anytime. fileee analyzes your documents, automatically recognizes important content and sorts your documents accordingly. Thanks to fileee, you always have your documents at hand and can find what you need in...

    61 fileee alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    fileee Features

    1.  Mobile Scanner
    2.  Reminders
    3.  Full-Text Search
    4.  File Tagging
    5.  Export to PDF
    6.  Document Sharing
    7. Dropbox icon  Dropbox integration
    8. Google Drive icon  Google Drive integration

    fileee VS Paperless-home

     

    • fileee is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Paperless-home.

    • fileee is Freemium and ProprietaryPaperless-home is Freemium and Open Source
  6. Teedy icon

    Teedy

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

    14 Teedy alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Teedy screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  DMS
    3.  File Tagging
    4.  PDF annotation
    5.  Hierarchical Structure
    6.  Built-in viewer
    7.  Combine PDF
    8.  Real time collaboration
    9.  Full-Text Search
    10.  File Versioning
    11.  Works Offline
    12.  Portable

    Teedy VS Paperless-home

     

    • Teedy is the most popular SaaS alternative to Paperless-home.

    • Teedy is Free and Open SourcePaperless-home is Freemium and Open Source
    • Teedy is LightweightPaperless-home is not according to our users
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    Mayan EDMS

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    Document management without the headaches.

    27 Mayan EDMS alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Mayan EDMS screenshot 1

    Mayan EDMS Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  DMS

    Mayan EDMS VS Paperless-home

     

    • Mayan EDMS is the most popular Linux alternative to Paperless-home.

    • Mayan EDMS is Free and Open SourcePaperless-home is Freemium and Open Source
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    Papermerge DMS

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    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.

    15 Papermerge DMS alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Papermerge DMS screenshot 1

    Papermerge DMS Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  PDF OCR
    3.  DMS

    Papermerge DMS VS Paperless-home

     
  10. Paperless icon

    Paperless

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

    14 Paperless alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Paperless screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The last release was in January 2019, and the GitHub repository has been archived by the owner. It is now read-only and no further development will be done.

    Paperless Features

    1.  DMS

    Paperless VS Paperless-home

     

    • Paperless is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Paperless-home.

    • Paperless is Free and Open SourcePaperless-home is Freemium and Open Source
  11. Ambar icon

    Ambar

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    Ambar is a smart documents archive with automated crawling, OCR, deduplication and ultra-fast full-text search. Imagine having billion of files in different formats like xls, doc, txt, pdf, ppt, etc..., in any encoding.

    12 Ambar alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • VirtualBox
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    Instant Search
    Discontinued

    The last release was in 2018, and the GitHub repository of the project is archived, so no further development will be done.

    Ambar Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Full-Text Search
    3.  Scheduled Data Crawling
    4. Dropbox icon  Sync with Dropbox
    5.  PDF OCR
    6.  REST API
    7.  Sync with Google Drive
    8.  Screenshot OCR

    Ambar VS Paperless-home

     
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    ArchiveKeep

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    Keep your files archived on multiple places, in a reliable and simple way.

    3 ArchiveKeep alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    ArchiveKeep screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Works Offline

    ArchiveKeep VS Paperless-home

     
  13. Folderling icon

    Folderling

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    Discover Folderling: a smart, user-friendly solution for personal document management. At its heart, Folderling offers peace of mind by eliminating the need to physically keep and manually organize documents.

    13 Folderling alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  File Tagging
    3.  Full-Text Search
    4.  No Coding Required
    5.  Built-in viewer
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Mobile Scanner
    8.  OCR
    9.  Cloud Sync
    10.  Organization

    Folderling VS Paperless-home

     
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