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Paperless-ngx
Document management system with OCR, search, and automatic classification.
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Ports
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Notes
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Use Cases
About
What Paperless-ngx does
Paperless-ngx is an open-source document management system that turns your physical paperwork into a searchable, auto-tagged digital archive. It supports OCR on scanned documents, automatic classifier matching, full-text search, and integrations with scanners and email ingestion.
Install Flow
How to self-host Paperless-ngx
Paperless-ngx can be deployed with standard Docker Compose using the Yantr app catalog. This page collects the basic information searchers usually need first: what Paperless-ngx does, which Docker image Yantr uses, default ports, deployment notes, and where to find the original compose template.
After deployment, Yantr lets you publish additional ports from the stack page using Docker-style syntax. Use 8080:8080 for a fixed host port or just 8080 to let Docker assign a random port.
Use Cases
What people run it for
- Go paperless by scanning receipts, tax documents, and contracts into a fully searchable digital archive with automatic OCR.
- Auto-classify incoming documents using built-in machine learning classifiers that learn from your tagging patterns.
- Integrate with a document scanner or email to automatically ingest and process new documents as they arrive.
Technical Details
Ports, image, and service metadata
Ports
| Port | Protocol | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 8000 | HTTP | Web UI |
Docker Image
ghcr.io/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx:latest
Service Name
paperless-ngx
Notes
Things to know before you deploy
- Set PAPERLESS_ADMIN_USER and PAPERLESS_ADMIN_PASSWORD to auto-create the initial superuser.
- Place documents in the 'consume' volume to auto-import them.
- Optional Gotenberg and Tika services can be added for advanced document conversion and OCR.
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