Paperless-ngx
Self-hosted document archive with OCR and search, receipts and tax PDFs without Evernote rent.
Quick facts
- Price model
- Self-hosted
- Starting price
- Free (self-hosted)
- Best for
- Receipt and warranty filing · Tax document search · Paperless households
- Replaces
- Evernote document stacks, Adobe Scan cloud, Expensive DMS SaaS
- Platforms
- Self-hostedLinuxWebiOSAndroid
- Last verified
- 2026-06-22
Why it's listed
Turns a scanner plus NAS into a system better than a $15/month document SaaS.
Paperless-ngx ingests scans and email attachments, runs OCR, tags documents, and makes household paperwork searchable. Run in Docker on a NAS; mobile apps consume the API. Keeps warranties, medical bills, and school forms off ad-indexed cloud note apps.
The catch
Initial tagging and OCR tuning take a weekend; not a phone-only workflow.
Good fit for
- Families with a scanner
- Small business owners
Not ideal for
- People wanting zero-setup mobile scan apps only
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