OCRmyPDF
Document ManagementAdd a searchable OCR text layer to scanned PDFs
Replaces Adobe Acrobat
Best Cross-Platform Document Management for self-hosting
The 13 best Cross-Platform document management you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Filestash
Document ManagementWeb-based file manager and document gateway
Replaces Dropbox, SharePoint
ONLYOFFICE Docs
Document ManagementOnline office suite for documents, sheets, and slides
Replaces Google Docs, Microsoft 365
Collabora Online
Document ManagementSelf-hosted online office suite based on LibreOffice
Replaces Google Docs, Microsoft 365
Paperwork
Document ManagementPersonal document scanner and indexer for paperless homes
Replaces Evernote
DSpace
Document ManagementTurnkey repository application providing durable access to digital
I, Librarian
Document ManagementOrganize PDF papers and office documents
Fedora Commons Repository
Document ManagementRobust and modular repository system for the management
PDFKeeper
Document ManagementOpen-source PDF document management system
Replaces DEVONthink, Mayan EDMS
Samvera Hyrax
Document ManagementFront-end for the Samvera framework, which itself is a Ruby on Rails
InvenioRDM
Document ManagementHighly scalable turn-key research data management platform
Islandora
Document ManagementDrupal module for browsing and managing Fedora-based digital
EPrints
Document ManagementDigital document management system with a flexible metadata
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCRmyPDF | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 512 MB | MPL-2.0 | 35,016 |
| Filestash | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 14,790 |
| ONLYOFFICE Docs | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 4,096 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 7,012 |
| Collabora Online | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 2,048 MB | MPL-2.0 | 3,370 |
| Paperwork | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | GPL-3.0 | 2,400 |
| DSpace | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | BSD-3-Clause | 1,102 |
| I, Librarian | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | GPL-3.0 | 353 |
| Fedora Commons Repository | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | Apache-2.0 | 255 |
| PDFKeeper | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | GPL-3.0 | 241 |
| Samvera Hyrax | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | Apache-2.0 | 202 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: OCRmyPDF (35,016 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Filestash (from 256 MB RAM, against 4,096 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 5 of 13 use GPL-3.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Cross-Platform within the document management category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.