papra-hqKnowledge management
Papra
A self-hosted document archive with full-text search, email and folder ingestion, tagging rules, and controlled sharing.
- Operations
- Team management
- Productivity
- Collaboration
- Web
- CLI
- Browser
- Linux
- Self-hostable
- Runs locally
- Docker supported
- Popularity
- 5.5k Stars
- GitHub stars
- Recent activity
- 10/1/2026
- Updated in the last 30 days
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Strong copyleft
Why it matters
We look beyond stars: what problem it solves, whether it creates real utility, and what makes its approach worth noticing.
Problem
Addresses the need for long-term archiving of personal and small-group documents like receipts and warranties, solving the pain points of clutter and retrieval.
Practical value
Provides comprehensive features including email/folder/CLI ingestion, full-text search, OCR, rule-based tagging, and one-click Docker self-hosting.
Innovation / differentiation
The core concept closely mirrors established tools like Paperless-ngx, but it adopts a modern tech stack with SolidJS and HonoJS as a lightweight alternative.
Leverage potential
Offers complete APIs, SDKs, and webhooks, enabling developers to build extensions or integrate with other systems easily.
Why now
Self-hosted document management tools continue to attract users amid rising privacy awareness and demand for local data sovereignty.
Community activity
In the last 90 days there were 60 new issues and 165 pull requests; the bounded issue/PR samples include 43 issue authors and 18 PR contributors, with at least 4 releases.
Maintainer responsiveness
The 60-issue window sample had a 27% close rate, and the 100-pull-request sample had a 75% merge rate. Maintainer-response observations covered 47% of that issue sample, with a 0% response rate and median first response of not enough data.
Key highlights
- Text extraction from images/scans plus email and folder ingestion
- Organizations, tags, custom properties, and automatic tagging rules
- External document sharing with optional passwords and expiration
Quick start
How it is installed, how hard it is, and where to start.
Where it runs
Docker
Difficulty
Easy — follow the steps
- 01Start a test instance with the documented Docker command and verify port 1221 is reachable.
- 02Before real use, generate a fresh AUTH_SECRET and configure persistent storage from the self-hosting docs.
- 03Create an organization, import documents, then add tags, rules, and email/folder ingestion as needed.
Best for
- Teams that want data on their own servers
- Developers who want to try it on their machine
- People who prefer Docker deploys
More about it
Papra is built for keeping receipts, warranties, contracts, scans, and other long-lived documents in a self-hosted archive. Beyond storing files, it can extract searchable text from images and scanned documents, then combine full-text search, filters, tags, and tagging rules to make retrieval practical later. Organizations can separate document spaces for a household or team, while email ingestion and folder ingestion provide repeatable ways to add new material. The current README documents Docker self-hosting, a CLI, API/SDK/webhooks, and external sharing with optional expiration and password protection. Document requests, mobile and desktop apps, a browser extension, and AI-assisted management are listed as future ideas rather than current features.
Sources
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capability tags
Verifiedproductivity, collaboration
Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/17/2026
Latest release
Verified@papra/lecture@0.5.2
Source: GitHub API · latest_release=@papra/lecture@0.5.2 · 10/3/2026
License
VerifiedAGPL-3.0
Source: GitHub API · license.spdx_id=AGPL-3.0 · 10/3/2026
needs api key
VerifiedNo
Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/17/2026
One-liner
Verified{"en":"A self-hosted document archive with full-text search, email and folder ingestion, tagging rules, and controlled sharing.","zh":"面向长期归档的自托管文档管理平台，支持全文检索、邮件与文件夹导入、标签规则和安全分享。"}
Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/17/2026
Platforms
Verifiedbrowser, linux
Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/17/2026
Category hint
Inferred from materialsai-apps
Source: Project README · hint=ai-apps · 8/17/2026
product forms
Verifiedweb, cli
Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/17/2026
role tags
Verifiedoperations, management
Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/17/2026
supports docker
VerifiedYes
Source: Repository file · dockerfile=true; compose=false · 10/3/2026
supports local
VerifiedYes
Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/17/2026
supports self host
VerifiedYes
Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/17/2026
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