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Papermerge

Document management system for scanned documents

Document Management ★ 547 stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

Papermerge is an open-source document management system designed for scanned documents and PDFs. It provides OCR, a folder-based hierarchy, tags, and full-text search across all documents.

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Key features

  • OCR for scanned documents
  • Folder hierarchy
  • Document versioning
  • Full-text search

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Familiar folder structure
  • Good PDF handling

Trade-offs

  • Smaller community than Paperless
  • Setup requires several services

Is Papermerge secure?

1 known vulnerability affects Papermerge's latest release (3.5.3) according to OSV.dev; the most severe is rated high.

Affecting 3.5.3

AdvisorySeveritySummary
CVE-2026-105314HighPapermerge 3.5.3 allows remote code execution by a standard user via directory traversal in a /api/documents/upload call.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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