Paperless Mobile: (almost) fully fledged mobile paperless client
Paperless Mobile is a self-hosted document management tool. An (almost) fully fledged mobile paperless client.
Why self-host Paperless Mobile
Running Paperless Mobile yourself means you control the data, the uptime policy, and the upgrade schedule. That is a different relationship with software than subscribing to a hosted service.
What it does
Paperless Mobile falls into the Document Management category of self-hosted software. It is designed to be deployed on your own infrastructure, whether that is a home server, a VPS, or a local machine running Docker.
Community traction
The project has 630 stars on GitHub, which is a reasonable proxy for how widely it is used. Active repositories tend to ship bug fixes faster and have better documentation than projects that stall after the initial release.
Deployment
Docker is the most common deployment path. If you are already running containers at home, adding Paperless Mobile to a compose file is a low-friction way to try it.
Maturity
The current release is 3.2.1. The project has moved past early development and tends to ship stable, documented releases.
License
It is licensed under GPL-3.0, making it freely available for personal and commercial use.
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Whether you are just starting with self-hosting or adding to an existing setup, Paperless Mobile is a reasonable pick in the document management space.