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12 self-hosted alternatives to I, Librarian (2026)

Organize PDF papers and office documents. It provides a lot of extra features for students and research groups both in industry and academia.

License: GPL-3.0 · Language: PHP source code

Documenso source

Digital document signing platform (alternative to DocuSign).

AGPL-3.0Nodejs/Docker

Docuseal source

Create, fill, and sign digital documents (alternative to DocuSign).

AGPL-3.0Docker

OpenSign source

Document signing software (alternative to DocuSign).

AGPL-3.0Nodejs/Docker

BentoPDF source

Powerful, privacy-first, client-side PDF toolkit that allows you to manipulate, edit, merge, and process PDF files directly in your browser.

AGPL-3.0Nodejs/Docker

Docspell source

Auto-tagging document organizer and archive.

GPL-3.0Scala/Java/Docker

EveryDocs

Simple Document Management System for private use with basic functionality to organize your documents digitally.

GPL-3.0Docker/Ruby

Gotenberg source

Developer-friendly API to interact with powerful tools like Chromium and LibreOffice for converting numerous document formats (HTML, Markdown, Word, Excel, etc.) into PDF files, and more.

MITDocker

Mayan EDMS source

Electronic document management system for your documents with preview generation, OCR, and automatic categorization among other features.

GPL-2.0Docker/K8S

Paperless-ngx source

Scan, index, and archive all of your paper documents with an improved interface (fork of Paperless).

GPL-3.0Python/Docker

Papermerge source

Document management system focused on scanned documents (electronic archives). Features file browsing in similar way to dropbox/google drive. OCR, full text search, text overlay/selection.

Apache-2.0Docker/K8S

Papra source

Minimalist document storage, management and archiving platform designed to be simple to use and accessible to everyone.

AGPL-3.0Docker

PdfDing source

PDF manager, viewer and editor offering a seamless user experience on multiple devices. It's designed to be minimal, fast, and easy to set up using Docker.

AGPL-3.0Docker/K8S

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