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