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Papra vs SeedDMS: catalog facts
Papra	SeedDMS
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-2.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Automatic tagging rules and full-text search Email ingestion through a forwarding address	Workflows and detailed access rights Long development history
Deliberately minimal compared with full DMS products Younger project still working through its roadmap	Requires a PHP server setup More complex than minimal personal archives
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-2.0
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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