Docspell

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Docspell is a document management system aimed at home users, families, households, and smaller groups or companies. It helps turn scanned papers, emails, and other sources into a searchable archive...

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Features

document organization
file ingestion from scanners and email
tags and metadata
correspondents
search
machine-learning suggestions
OCR
full-text search
email integration
REST/HTTP API

Details

Last Updated: Nov 11, 2026
Created: Jul 16, 2019
Install Methods: docker-composebinarypackage-managerhelmsource
Requirements: scannerStanford CoreNLP librarytesseractunoconvocrmypdfScala runtime
Default Port: 7880web UI
Authentication: local
API: REST
Runtime / Stack: ScalaJavaDocker
Privacy & Independence: No Cloud Required
User Model: Multi-UserMulti-Tenant
Theming: Dark mode
Deployment: Deployment: no container deployment found

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