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Papra vs EveryDocs: catalog facts
Papra	EveryDocs
Free Free and open source to self-host, and the hosted service can be started for free.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Automatic tagging rules and full-text search Email ingestion through a forwarding address	Encrypted storage of PDF files on disk Full-text search of unencrypted PDFs
Deliberately minimal compared with full DMS products Younger project still working through its roadmap	Anyone who knows the URL can create an account Handles PDF documents only
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
Account needed	Account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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