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.
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Still maintained? Yes: 46 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 3.5.3 (Aug 2025).
Also an alternative to Paperless Cloud and SharePoint.
At a glance
Papermerge quick facts
- Health score
- 79/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 550
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 3.5.3, Aug 2025
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
Top alternatives to Papermerge
Full rankings: Paperless Cloud alternatives, SharePoint alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Papermerge OSS (Open Source) is a document management system for scanned documents, with OCR, full-text search, tags, folders, and a desktop-like web UI."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Papermerge scores 79/100, #11 of 17 in Document Management: 46 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (3.5.3, 1.2 years ago) earns 13.0 of 25, 550 stars add 11.0 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 release recency, worth 12.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
46 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency biggest shortfall 13.0 / 25
3.5.3 released 1.2 years ago
- Stars 11.0 / 20
550 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
- 46
- Last 90 days
- 230
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #11 of 17 tools in Document Management by health , between PdfDing (#10) and Docspell (#12) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, K8S |
| Latest release | 3.5.3 · 1.2 years ago |
| Stars | 550 |
| Open issues | 22 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | papermerge/papermerge-core ↗ |
Papermerge vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Papermerge (Document Management), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paperless-ngx | 99 | 47k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Papra | 95 | 5.6k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Papermerge (this tool) | 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 |
Papermerge: common questions
What does Papermerge replace?
Repoly lists Papermerge as an open-source alternative to Paperless Cloud and SharePoint. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Papermerge stands against the others.
Is Papermerge still maintained?
Papermerge had 46 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, 3.5.3, is from 1.2 years ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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