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](https://github.com/jonaswinkler/paperless-ng) to continue the great work and distribute responsibility of supporting and advancing the project among a team of people. [Consider joining us!](#community-support) Discussion of this transition can be found in issues
[#1599](https://github.com/jonaswinkler/paperless-ng/issues/1599) and [#1632](https://github.com/jonaswinkler/paperless-ng/issues/1632).
A demo is available at [demo.paperless-ngx.com](https://demo.paperless-ngx.com) using login `demo` / `demo`. *Note: demo content is reset frequently and confidential information should not be uploaded.*
* Office document support is optional and provided by Apache Tika (see [configuration](https://paperless-ngx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html#tika-settings))
* Paperless-ngx learns from your documents and will be able to automatically assign tags, correspondents and types to documents once you've stored a few documents in paperless.
The easiest way to deploy paperless is docker-compose. The files in the [`/docker/compose` directory](https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/tree/main/docker/compose) are configured to pull the image from Github Packages.
Alternatively, you can install the dependencies and setup apache and a database server yourself. The [documentation](https://paperless-ngx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setup.html#installation) has a step by step guide on how to do it.
Migrating from Paperless-ng is easy, just drop in the new docker image! See the [documentation on migrating](https://paperless-ngx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setup.html#migrating-from-paperless-ng) for more details.
If you feel like contributing to the project, please do! Bug fixes, enhancements, visual fixes etc. are always welcome. If you want to implement something big: Please start a discussion about that! The [documentation](https://paperless-ngx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/extending.html) has some basic information on how to get started.
People interested in continuing the work on paperless-ngx are encouraged to reach out here on github and in the [Matrix Room](https://matrix.to/#/#paperless:adnidor.de). If you would like to contribute to the project on an ongoing basis there are multiple [teams](https://github.com/orgs/paperless-ngx/people) (frontend, ci/cd, etc) that could use your help so please reach out!
Paperless-ngx is available in many languages that are coordinated on Crowdin. If you want to help out by translating paperless-ngx into your language, please head over to https://crwd.in/paperless-ngx, and thank you! More details can be found in [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#translating-paperless-ngx).
Feature requests can be submitted via [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/discussions/categories/feature-requests), you can search for existing ideas, add your own and vote for the ones you care about.
For bugs please [open an issue](https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/issues) or [start a discussion](https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/discussions) if you have questions.
Paperless has been around a while now, and people are starting to build stuff on top of it. If you're one of those people, we can add your project to this list:
* [Paperless App](https://github.com/bauerj/paperless_app): An Android/iOS app for Paperless-ngx. Also works with the original Paperless and Paperless-ngx.
* [Paperless Share](https://github.com/qcasey/paperless_share). Share any files from your Android application with paperless. Very simple, but works with all of the mobile scanning apps out there that allow you to share scanned documents.
* [Paperless Desktop](https://github.com/thomasbrueggemann/paperless-desktop): A desktop UI for your Paperless installation. Runs on Mac, Linux, and Windows.
Document scanners are typically used to scan sensitive documents. Things like your social insurance number, tax records, invoices, etc. Everything is stored in the clear without encryption. This means that Paperless should never be run on an untrusted host. Instead, I recommend that if you do want to use it, run it locally on a server in your own home.
