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Paperless
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Paperless is a simple Django application running in two parts:
a *Consumer* (the thing that does the indexing) and
the *Web server* (the part that lets you search &
download already-indexed documents). If you want to learn more about its
functions keep on reading after the installation section.
Why This Exists
===============
Paper is a nightmare. Environmental issues aside, there's no excuse for it in
the 21st century. It takes up space, collects dust, doesn't support any form
of a search feature, indexing is tedious, it's heavy and prone to damage &
loss.
I wrote this to make "going paperless" easier. I do not have to worry about
finding stuff again. I feed documents right from the post box into the scanner
and then shred them. Perhaps you might find it useful too.
Paperless-ngx
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Paperless-ngx is a document management system that transforms your physical
documents into a searchable online archive so you can keep, well, *less paper*.
Paperless-ngx forked from paperless-ng to continue the great work and
distribute responsibility of supporting and advancing the project among a team
of people.
NG stands for both Angular (the framework used for the
Frontend) and next-gen. Publishing this project under a different name also
avoids confusion between paperless and paperless-ngx.
If you want to learn about what's different in paperless-ng from Paperless, check out these
resources in the documentation:
* :ref:`Some screenshots <screenshots>` of the new UI are available.
* Read :ref:`this section <advanced-automatic_matching>` if you want to
learn about how paperless automates all tagging using machine learning.
* Paperless now comes with a :ref:`proper email consumer <usage-email>`
that's fully tested and production ready.
* Paperless creates searchable PDF/A documents from whatever you you put into
the consumption directory. This means that you can select text in
image-only documents coming from your scanner.
* See :ref:`this note <utilities-encyption>` about GnuPG encryption in
paperless-ngx.
* Paperless is now integrated with a
:ref:`task processing queue <setup-task_processor>` that tells you
at a glance when and why something is not working.
* The :ref:`changelog <paperless_changelog>` contains a detailed list of all changes
in paperless-ngx.
Contents
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.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
setup
usage_overview
advanced_usage
administration
configuration
api
faq
troubleshooting
extending
contributing
scanners
screenshots
changelog