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.




The best open source alternative to Paperless-NG is Paperless-ngx. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Paperless-NG and ten of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Paperless-NG are Paperwork, Docspell, Mayan EDMS and PDFKeeper.
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.








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 😉.






PDFKeeper is free, open source document management software that integrates with a compatible, relational database to provide a centralized storage and management solution for PDF documents.

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




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.



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.




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.



It is under active development compared to paperless-ng.