Self-hosted Document Management software
A document management system (DMS) is a system used to receive, track, manage and store documents and reduce paper.
19 projects, sorted by GitHub stars (as recorded in the dataset). Star counts and dates come from the dataset snapshot, not live.
| Name | Description | License | Stars | Updated | Platforms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stirling-PDF | Local hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files, such as merging, splitting, file conversions and OCR. | Apache-2.0 | 94,631 | 2026-10-20 | Docker, Java | Source |
| Paperless-ngx | Scan, index, and archive all of your paper documents with an improved interface (fork of Paperless). | GPL-3.0 | 46,942 | 2026-10-20 | Python, Docker | Source |
| Docuseal | Create, fill, and sign digital documents (alternative to DocuSign). | AGPL-3.0 | 18,757 | 2026-10-19 | Docker | Source |
| BentoPDF | Powerful, privacy-first, client-side PDF toolkit that allows you to manipulate, edit, merge, and process PDF files directly in your browser. | AGPL-3.0 | 16,105 | 2026-10-20 | Nodejs, Docker | Source |
| Documenso | Digital document signing platform (alternative to DocuSign). | AGPL-3.0 | 15,492 | 2026-10-19 | Nodejs, Docker | Source |
| Gotenberg | Developer-friendly API to interact with powerful tools like Chromium and LibreOffice for converting numerous document formats (HTML, Markdown, Word, Excel, etc.) into PDF files, and more. | MIT | 13,366 | 2026-10-15 | Docker | Source |
| OpenSign | Document signing software (alternative to DocuSign). | AGPL-3.0 | 7,132 | 2026-08-21 | Nodejs, Docker | Source |
| Papra | Minimalist document storage, management and archiving platform designed to be simple to use and accessible to everyone. | AGPL-3.0 | 5,578 | 2026-10-19 | Docker | Source |
| SnapOtter | Suite of 200+ web tools for converting and editing images, videos, audio and PDFs, including a layer-based image editor, OCR, transcription, background removal and batch processing pipelines (alternative to SmallPDF, iLovePDF, CloudConvert). | AGPL-3.0 | 2,829 | 2026-10-21 | Docker | Source |
| Docspell | Auto-tagging document organizer and archive. | GPL-3.0 | 2,339 | 2026-10-19 | Scala, Java, Docker | Source |
| Signature PDF | Sign and manipulate PDFs with collaboration, organization, compression and metadata editing. | AGPL-3.0 | 831 | 2026-09-08 | PHP, deb, Docker | Source |
| Mayan EDMS | Electronic document management system for your documents with preview generation, OCR, and automatic categorization among other features. | GPL-2.0 | 682 | 2026-09-21 | Docker, K8S | Source |
| Papermerge | Document management system focused on scanned documents (electronic archives). Features file browsing in similar way to dropbox/google drive. OCR, full text search, text overlay/selection. | Apache-2.0 | 549 | 2026-10-11 | Docker, K8S | Source |
| EveryDocs | Simple Document Management System for private use with basic functionality to organize your documents digitally. | GPL-3.0 | 423 | 2026-08-03 | Docker, Ruby | Source |
| I, Librarian | Organize PDF papers and office documents. It provides a lot of extra features for students and research groups both in industry and academia. | GPL-3.0 | 355 | 2025-12-02 | PHP | Source |
| SimpleDMS | Easy-to-use, metadata-driven, document management system (DMS) for small businesses that sorts documents almost by itself. | AGPL-3.0 | 170 | 2026-10-20 | Docker | Source |
| Bottle Rocket | Document scanning and management application, compatible with Rocketbook and Scribzee formats. | MIT | 14 | 2026-10-07 | C#, Docker | Source |
| PdfDing | PDF manager, viewer and editor offering a seamless user experience on multiple devices. It's designed to be minimal, fast, and easy to set up using Docker. | AGPL-3.0 | — | — | Docker, K8S | Source |
| SeedDMS | Document Management System with workflows, access rights, fulltext search, and more. | GPL-2.0 | — | — | PHP | Source |