Paperless-ngx

Document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive with OCR.

Image	ghcr.io/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx:latest
Web UI	http://your-server:8000
Config path	{BASE_DIR}/paperlessngx/data
Website	docs.paperless-ngx.com
Source code	GitHub

Resource Impact

Performance	Medium — OCR processing with Redis broker and SQLite database
Storage	Medium — Stores original documents and OCR data

Installation

mithrandir install paperlessngx

Architecture

Paperless-ngx runs as a multi-container stack:

Container	Description
paperlessngx_webserver	Main application with web UI (port 8000)
paperlessngx_broker	Redis broker for task queue

Data is stored using SQLite (no separate database container needed). Documents are stored in four directories under {BASE_DIR}/paperlessngx/:

• data/ — Application data and SQLite database
• media/ — Processed documents and thumbnails
• export/ — Document export directory
• consume/ — Drop files here to be automatically imported

Configuration

Variable	Description
PAPERLESS_OCR_LANGUAGE	Language for OCR processing (default: eng). See available languages

When HTTPS is enabled via Caddy, PAPERLESS_URL is automatically set to the correct HTTPS URL.

Setup

• Open the web UI at http://your-server:8000
• Create a superuser account: you'll be prompted on first access
• Drop documents into the consume/ directory or upload them via the web UI