> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Document Management

> Document management systems for organizing and storing documents

A [document management system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_management_system) (DMS) is a system used to receive, track, manage and store documents and reduce paper.

## Applications

### Docspell

Auto-tagging document organizer and archive.

* **Website:** [https://docspell.org](https://docspell.org)
* **Source Code:** [https://github.com/eikek/docspell](https://github.com/eikek/docspell)
* **License:** GPL-3.0
* **Platform:** Scala, Java, Docker

### Documenso

Digital document signing platform (alternative to DocuSign).

* **Website:** [https://documenso.com](https://documenso.com)
* **Source Code:** [https://github.com/documenso/documenso](https://github.com/documenso/documenso)
* **License:** AGPL-3.0
* **Platform:** Nodejs, Docker

### Docuseal

Create, fill, and sign digital documents (alternative to DocuSign).

* **Website:** [https://www.docuseal.co](https://www.docuseal.co)
* **Demo:** [https://demo.docuseal.tech/](https://demo.docuseal.tech/)
* **Source Code:** [https://github.com/docusealco/docuseal](https://github.com/docusealco/docuseal)
* **License:** AGPL-3.0
* **Platform:** Docker

### EveryDocs

Simple Document Management System for private use with basic functionality to organize your documents digitally.

* **Source Code:** [https://github.com/jonashellmann/everydocs-core](https://github.com/jonashellmann/everydocs-core)
* **License:** GPL-3.0
* **Platform:** Docker, Ruby

### 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.

* **Website:** [https://gotenberg.dev](https://gotenberg.dev)
* **Source Code:** [https://github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg](https://github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg)
* **License:** MIT
* **Platform:** Docker

### 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.

* **Website:** [https://i-librarian.net](https://i-librarian.net)
* **Demo:** [https://i-librarian.net/demo/](https://i-librarian.net/demo/)
* **Source Code:** [https://github.com/mkucej/i-librarian-free](https://github.com/mkucej/i-librarian-free)
* **License:** GPL-3.0
* **Platform:** PHP

### Mayan EDMS

Electronic document management system for your documents with preview generation, OCR, and automatic categorization among other features.

* **Website:** [https://www.mayan-edms.com](https://www.mayan-edms.com)
* **Source Code:** [https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms](https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms)
* **License:** GPL-2.0
* **Platform:** Docker, K8S

### OpenSign

⚠ Document signing software (alternative to DocuSign).

* **Website:** [https://www.opensignlabs.com](https://www.opensignlabs.com)
* **Source Code:** [https://github.com/opensignlabs/opensign](https://github.com/opensignlabs/opensign)
* **License:** AGPL-3.0
* **Platform:** Nodejs, Docker

### Paperless-ngx

Scan, index, and archive all of your paper documents with an improved interface (fork of Paperless).

* **Website:** [https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/](https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/)
* **Demo:** [https://demo.paperless-ngx.com/](https://demo.paperless-ngx.com/)
* **Source Code:** [https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx](https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx)
* **License:** GPL-3.0
* **Platform:** Python, Docker

### 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.

* **Website:** [https://papermerge.com](https://papermerge.com)
* **Source Code:** [https://github.com/papermerge/papermerge-core](https://github.com/papermerge/papermerge-core)
* **License:** Apache-2.0
* **Platform:** Docker, K8S

### Papra

Minimalist document storage, management and archiving platform designed to be simple to use and accessible to everyone.

* **Website:** [https://papra.app](https://papra.app)
* **Demo:** [https://demo.papra.app/](https://demo.papra.app/)
* **Source Code:** [https://github.com/papra-hq/papra/](https://github.com/papra-hq/papra/)
* **License:** AGPL-3.0
* **Platform:** Docker

### 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.

* **Website:** [https://www.pdfding.com](https://www.pdfding.com)
* **Demo:** [https://demo.pdfding.com](https://demo.pdfding.com)
* **Source Code:** [https://github.com/mrmn2/PdfDing](https://github.com/mrmn2/PdfDing)
* **License:** AGPL-3.0
* **Platform:** Docker, K8S

### SeedDMS

Document Management System with workflows, access rights, fulltext search, and more.

* **Website:** [https://www.seeddms.org](https://www.seeddms.org)
* **Demo:** [https://www.seeddms.org/about/](https://www.seeddms.org/about/)
* **Source Code:** [https://sourceforge.net/p/seeddms/code/ci/master/tree/](https://sourceforge.net/p/seeddms/code/ci/master/tree/)
* **License:** GPL-2.0
* **Platform:** PHP

### Signature PDF

Sign and manipulate PDFs with collaboration, organization, compression and metadata editing.

* **Source Code:** [https://github.com/24eme/signaturepdf](https://github.com/24eme/signaturepdf)
* **Demo:** [https://pdf.24eme.fr/](https://pdf.24eme.fr/)
* **License:** AGPL-3.0
* **Platform:** PHP, deb, Docker

### Stirling-PDF

Local hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files, such as merging, splitting, file conversions and OCR.

* **Source Code:** [https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF)
* **License:** Apache-2.0
* **Platform:** Docker, Java