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Mayan EDMS vs Paperless-ngx: catalog facts
Mayan EDMS	Paperless-ngx
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting and support are…	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted, Web
Workflows, metadata and permissions that real document management needs OCR-backed full-text search across every stored document	OCR plus full-text search turns a pile of scans into something you can actually find things in Learns your tagging and classifies new documents automatically
Heavy for personal use; it expects several services running The interface is functional rather than friendly	Docker Compose is the realistic deployment path; there is no desktop installer You need a scanner and a workflow to feed it
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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