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Paperless-ngx vs LogicalDOC Community: catalog facts
Paperless-ngx	LogicalDOC Community
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Freemium The Community Edition is free and open source. Business editions are paid.
Linux, Self-hosted, Web	Windows, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
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	REST and SOAP APIs for integration with other business systems Access control and versioning in the free community edition
Docker Compose is the realistic deployment path; there is no desktop installer You need a scanner and a workflow to feed it	Many features, including OCR and workflow, are in the paid editions Java stack with a substantial resource footprint
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: LGPL-3.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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