Papra - The document archiving platform
Papra is an open-source platform to organize, secure, and archive all your documents, effortlessly. Start digitizing your life today!
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Papra is a minimalistic open-source document archiving platform designed for individuals and teams to effortlessly organize, search, and securely manage their files.
๐ Overview
Papra tackles the chaos of scattered documents across emails, drives, and devices by offering a centralized, self-hosted platform for long-term storage and easy retrieval. With powerful search, tagging, and ingestion tools, it turns document management into a seamless experience without unnecessary complexity.
It's built for privacy-focused users like individuals digitizing personal receipts and notes, teams collaborating on shared files, and self-hosters who value data control. The platform emphasizes simplicity, making it accessible even for non-technical users while providing developer-friendly integrations.
Papra was created to prioritize ethical principles, user independence, privacy, and community involvement over profit-driven models. It provides a sustainable, open-source alternative to proprietary services, allowing full auditability and customization.
โจ Key Features
- Centralized document storage with support for PDFs, images, spreadsheets, and more, eliminating scattered files
- Organizations for multi-user collaboration and role-based access
- Powerful full-text search with advanced syntax for quick retrieval
- Smart tagging with automatic rules for effortless categorization
- Email and folder ingestion to automatically process incoming files
- Content extraction (OCR) from images and scanned documents
- Developer tools: REST API, SDK, CLI, webhooks for custom workflows
- Optional: Dark mode, i18n, responsive design; Upcoming: document sharing, requests, mobile apps, browser extension, AI features
๐ Tech Stack
- Frontend: SolidJS, Shadcn Solid, UnoCSS, Tabler Icons
- Backend: HonoJS, Drizzle (ORM), Better Auth, CadenceMQ
- Database: Turso (libSQL)
- Auth: Better Auth
- Documentation: Astro, Starlight
- Hosting: Docker (lightweight <200MB image), Cloudflare Pages, Fly.io
๐ฅ Who Is This For?
This project is useful for:
- Individuals who want to archive personal documents privately and searchably
- Teams looking for secure, collaborative document management
- Self-hosters and open-source enthusiasts building sovereign digital archives
๐ธ Screenshots / Demo
- Live demo: https://demo.papra.app
- GitHub: https://github.com/papra-hq/papra
๐ฅ Project Status
- ๐ข Actively building
Last updated: 2026-02-18
โ FAQ
Is this project free?
Yes / Open Source (Completely free to self-host with no costs; optional sponsorships support development.)
Is the source code available?
Yes โ https://github.com/papra-hq/papra
Can I contribute?
Yes โ Follow CONTRIBUTING.md guidelines, tackle "good first issue" labels, provide feedback on Discord, or audit the code.
๐ฌ Contact & Links
- Website: https://papra.app
- GitHub: https://github.com/papra-hq/papra
- Discord: https://discord.gg/8UPjzsrBNF
- GitHub Sponsors: https://github.com/sponsors/papra-hq
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