Overview
What is Paperless-NGX? (Live-Demo)
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Introduction
Paperless-NGX is an open-source document management system designed to help users automate the process of digitizing, organizing, and archiving documents. By offering user-friendly interfaces, robust indexing/search capabilities, and smooth integration with popular container solutions, Paperless-NGX is a flexible choice for both personal and small-to-medium business use.
Architecture
Paperless-NGX typically runs as a set of containerized services that work together to ingest documents, perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR), and store data efficiently.
- Core Service: Manages the document database, user authentication, and metadata storage.
- OCR Backend: Processes and extracts text from images/PDFs for powerful search capabilities.
- Web Interface: Provides a clean dashboard to upload, review, categorize, and search documents.
Features
- ✨ Automated Document Ingestion: Upload files via drag-and-drop, email import, or direct folder scanning.
- 🔍 OCR & Search: Full-text search across documents thanks to integrated OCR in multiple languages.
- 🔖 Tagging & Labeling: Organize documents using tags, labels, or other metadata fields.
- 📂 PDF & Image Processing: Convert, merge, and enhance files for easy retrieval.
- 📊 Statistics & Analytics: Review usage patterns or track import history for better organization.
- 🚀 Docker Support: Easy deployment via Docker containers with minimal configuration.
- 👥 User Management: Granular permissions and multi-user access for teams and organizations.
- 🔐 Secure & Private: Access control, password policies, and TLS support for data protection.
