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Freemium

Free to self-host; the hosted cloud version is a paid service with a 30-day trial.

 Free

The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting and support are…

Web, Self-hosted Linux, Web, Self-hosted
  • Tag-based filing with shared and private workspaces
  • Self-hosted edition includes the features a single company or family needs
  • Workflows, metadata and permissions that real document management needs
  • OCR-backed full-text search across every stored document
  • Walkthrough video is only in German
  • Small project with a single main developer
  • Heavy for personal use; it expects several services running
  • The interface is functional rather than friendly
Self-hosted, Hosted service Self-hosted, Web application
Open source Open source
License: AGPL-3.0 License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

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Checked September 22, 2026

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