SimpleDMS
Easy-to-use, metadata-driven, document management system (DMS) for small businesses that sorts documents almost by itself.
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Still maintained? Yes: 129 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.18.0 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Document Management: Paperless Cloud alternatives, Adobe Acrobat alternatives, SharePoint alternatives, DocuSign alternatives.
At a glance
SimpleDMS quick facts
- Health score
- 89/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 170
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.18.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
SimpleDMS scores 89/100, #9 of 17 in Document Management: 129 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.18.0, 29 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 170 stars add 8.9 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 11.1 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
129 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.18.0 released 29 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 8.9 / 20
170 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
- 129
- Last 90 days
- 235
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #9 of 17 tools in Document Management by health , between OpenSign (#8) and PdfDing (#10) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v1.18.0 · 29 days ago |
| Stars | 170 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | simpledms/simpledms ↗ |
SimpleDMS vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with SimpleDMS (Document Management), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paperless-ngx | 99 | 47k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Documenso | 97 | 16k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| SimpleDMS (this tool) | 89 | 170 | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Papermerge | 79 | 550 | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| Mayan EDMS | 35 | 682 | GPL-2.0 | 1 month ago |
| EveryDocs | 33 | 428 | GPL-3.0 | 3 months ago |
SimpleDMS: common questions
Is SimpleDMS still maintained?
SimpleDMS had 129 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v1.18.0, is from 29 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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