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Paperless-ngx vs Mayan EDMS: catalog facts
Paperless-ngx	Mayan EDMS
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting and support are…
Linux, Self-hosted, Web	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	Workflows, metadata and permissions that real document management needs OCR-backed full-text search across every stored document
Docker Compose is the realistic deployment path; there is no desktop installer You need a scanner and a workflow to feed it	Heavy for personal use; it expects several services running The interface is functional rather than friendly
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: Apache-2.0
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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