How to: Document Management
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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.

- [Docspell](https://docspell.org) - Auto-tagging document organizer and archive. ([Source Code](https://github.com/eikek/docspell)) `GPL-3.0` `Scala/Java/Docker`
- [Documenso](https://documenso.com) - Digital document signing platform (alternative to DocuSign). ([Source Code](https://github.com/documenso/documenso)) `AGPL-3.0` `Nodejs/Docker`
- [Docuseal](https://www.docuseal.co) - Create, fill, and sign digital documents (alternative to DocuSign). ([Demo](https://demo.docuseal.tech/), [Source Code](https://github.com/docusealco/docuseal)) `AGPL-3.0` `Docker`
- [EveryDocs](https://github.com/jonashellmann/everydocs-core) - Simple Document Management System for private use with basic functionality to organize your documents digitally. `GPL-3.0` `Docker/Ruby`
- [Gotenberg](https://gotenberg.dev) - 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. ([Source Code](https://github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg)) `MIT` `Docker`
- [I, Librarian](https://i-librarian.net) - Organize PDF papers and office documents. It provides a lot of extra features for students and research groups both in industry and academia. ([Demo](https://i-librarian.net/demo/), [Source Code](https://github.com/mkucej/i-librarian-free)) `GPL-3.0` `PHP`
- [Mayan EDMS](https://www.mayan-edms.com) - Electronic document management system for your documents with preview generation, OCR, and automatic categorization among other features. ([Source Code](https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms)) `GPL-2.0` `Docker/K8S`
- [OpenSign](https://www.opensignlabs.com) `⚠` - Document signing software (alternative to DocuSign). ([Source Code](https://github.com/opensignlabs/opensign)) `AGPL-3.0` `Nodejs/Docker`
- [Paperless-ngx](https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/) - Scan, index, and archive all of your paper documents with an improved interface (fork of Paperless). ([Demo](https://demo.paperless-ngx.com/), [Source Code](https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx)) `GPL-3.0` `Python/Docker`
- [Papermerge](https://papermerge.com) - 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. ([Source Code](https://github.com/papermerge/papermerge-core)) `Apache-2.0` `Docker/K8S`
- [Papra](https://papra.app) - Minimalist document storage, management and archiving platform designed to be simple to use and accessible to everyone. ([Demo](https://demo.papra.app/), [Source Code](https://github.com/papra-hq/papra/)) `AGPL-3.0` `Docker`
- [PdfDing](https://www.pdfding.com) - 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. ([Demo](https://demo.pdfding.com), [Source Code](https://github.com/mrmn2/PdfDing)) `AGPL-3.0` `Docker/K8S`
- [SeedDMS](https://www.seeddms.org) - Document Management System with workflows, access rights, fulltext search, and more. ([Demo](https://www.seeddms.org/about/), [Source Code](https://sourceforge.net/p/seeddms/code/ci/master/tree/)) `GPL-2.0` `PHP`
- [Signature PDF](https://github.com/24eme/signaturepdf) - Sign and manipulate PDFs with collaboration, organization, compression and metadata editing. ([Demo](https://pdf.24eme.fr/)) `AGPL-3.0` `PHP/deb/Docker`
- [Stirling-PDF](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF) - Local hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files, such as merging, splitting, file conversions and OCR. `Apache-2.0` `Docker/Java`