Paperless-ngx
Scan, index, and archive all of your paper documents with an improved interface (fork of Paperless).
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Still maintained? Yes: 633 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v3.4.0 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Paperless Cloud and Wayback Machine.
At a glance
Paperless-ngx quick facts
- Health score
- 99/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 47,338
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v3.4.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Paperless-ngx
Full rankings: Paperless Cloud alternatives, Wayback Machine alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Paperless-ngx is a document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive so you can keep, well, less paper."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Paperless-ngx scores 99/100, #2 of 17 in Document Management: 633 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v3.4.0, yesterday) earns 25.0 of 25, 47,338 stars add 18.7 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 1.3 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
633 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v3.4.0 released yesterday
- Stars biggest shortfall 18.7 / 20
47k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 633
- Last 90 days
- 1,771
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #2 of 17 tools in Document Management by health , between Stirling-PDF (#1) and BentoPDF (#3) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Python, Docker |
| Latest release | v3.4.0 · yesterday |
| Stars | 47,338 |
| Open issues | 1 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx ↗ |
Paperless-ngx vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Paperless-ngx (Document Management), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paperless-ngx (this tool) | 99 | 47k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Papra | 95 | 5.6k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Papermerge | 79 | 550 | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| Docspell | 67 | 2.3k | GPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| Mayan EDMS | 35 | 682 | GPL-2.0 | 1 month ago |
| EveryDocs | 33 | 428 | GPL-3.0 | 3 months ago |
Paperless-ngx: common questions
What does Paperless-ngx replace?
Repoly lists Paperless-ngx as an open-source alternative to Paperless Cloud and Wayback Machine. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Paperless-ngx stands against the others.
Is Paperless-ngx still maintained?
Paperless-ngx had 633 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v3.4.0, is from yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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