papra
Papra is a minimalistic document management and archiving platform that lets you upload, store, and search your documents easily.
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Minimalistic self-hosted document manager with OCR, full-text search, and email ingestion.
Core Features
- Upload and organize documents with tags
- Full-text search and advanced filters
- Automatic text extraction from images/scans (OCR)
- Email ingestion: forward emails to auto-import documents
- Folder monitoring: auto-import files from a directory
What It Can't Do
- •Project is under active development; some features like document sharing and mobile apps are not yet available.,Default database is SQLite; for production consider using Turso or another remote database.,OCR relies on Tesseract; Chinese character recognition may be less accurate than dedicated OCR services.
Use Cases
- Personal document archiving (receipts, warranties, contracts)
- Small team document sharing via organizations
- Family document management (scans, photos, letters)
- Automatic import of bills/invoices from email or folders
Papra is a lightweight, open-source document management platform designed for long-term storage and easy retrieval. It focuses on simplicity and accessibility. Key features include document upload and organization via tags, full-text search, automatic content extraction from images/scans, email ingestion, folder monitoring, CLI and REST API. The Docker image is under 200MB and supports multiple architectures. It currently lacks advanced features like document sharing and mobile apps (planned). Compared to Paperless-ngx, Papra is simpler to set up and use, with a cleaner UI and smaller footprint, making it ideal for personal or small team use without complex configuration.
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Run with Docker: docker run -d --name papra -p 1221:1221 -e AUTH_SECRET=your-secret ghcr.io/papra-hq/papra:latest
Generate a secure secret: openssl rand -hex 48
Open http://localhost:1221 in browser, create account, and start
- Run with Docker: docker run -d --name papra -p 1221:1221 -e AUTH_SECRET=your-secret ghcr.io/papra-hq/papra:latest
- Generate a secure secret: openssl rand -hex 48
- Open http://localhost:1221 in browser, create account, and start
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Stop and remove container: docker stop papra && docker rm papra. Also remove persisted data volumes if any.
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