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Paperwork vs Papermerge OSS: catalog facts
Paperwork	Papermerge OSS
Free Free software with no paid tier.	Free Free and open source under Apache-2.0; a separate paid Papermerge Cloud service exists.
Windows, Linux	Linux, Self-hosted
Full-text search across scans and PDFs Learns and applies labels automatically	OCR makes scanned PDFs and documents full-text searchable Free to self-host with no cloud dependency
No macOS or mobile version Scanning depends on a supported scanner being available	Currently seeking maintainers, so future development is uncertain Requires self-hosting via Docker/Linux, with no polished installer
Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	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 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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