Docuseal
★ 19.0kA self-hosted alternative to Docusign, Adobe Acrobat
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0Open Core — Some Features PaidDocker · Compose · Source2+ active committers (12mo)
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DocuSeal is an open source document signing and form-filling platform aimed at teams and businesses that need to create, distribute, and process PDF-based workflows. It provides a web interface for...
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Features
- PDF form fields builder
- Multiple field types
- Multiple submitters per document
- Automated emails via SMTP
- File storage on disk
- File storage on AWS S3
- File storage on Google Storage
- File storage on Azure Cloud
- Automatic PDF eSignature
- PDF signature verification
Details
- Last Updated
- Nov 11, 2026
- Created
- Jul 3, 2023
- Install Methods
- dockerdocker-composesource
- Requirements
- SQLite (default in Docker container)PostgreSQL (optional)MySQL (optional)Caddy (for HTTPS via Docker Compose example)DNS pointing to the server (for automatic SSL issuance in Docker Compose example)
- Default Port
- 3000web app
- Authentication
- samllocal
- API
- RESTWEBSOCKET
- Runtime / Stack
- Docker
- Privacy & Independence
- Cloud: Optional
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: no container deployment found
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