Best Self-Hosted Document Apps
Organise your paperwork privately with open-source self-hosted document management apps. Explore tools for scanning, OCR, PDF editing and full-text search that keep invoices, contracts and records on your own server.
BentoPDF
A client-side PDF toolkit you can self-host to merge, edit, convert and secure PDF files without uploading them anywhere.
Freex86 + ARMJavaScript
Paperless-ngx
A document management system that turns your scanned paper documents into a searchable online archive.
Freex86 + ARMPython
Papra
A minimalist document management and archiving platform for receipts, warranties and other papers you want to find later.
Freex86 + ARMNode.js
Stirling PDF
Edit, merge, sign, redact, convert and OCR PDFs on your own server without sending documents to outside services.
Free / paid plansx86 + ARMJava