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Papermerge

Papermerge is an open source document management system designed for digital archives, particularly for scanned PDFs, JPEGs, and TIFFs. It helps users organize, index, and effortlessly search through documents with ease.

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About Papermerge

Papermerge offers a robust web interface to store, organize, and index scanned documents using full text, tag, and metadata based searches. It provides powerful OCR capabilities using the Tesseract engine, supports document versioning for tracking multiple updates, and includes page management features to reorder, rotate, or extract pages. Additionally, custom fields enable users to add metadata and categorize documents effectively.

Key Features

  • Open source Apache 2.0 licensed
  • User-friendly, modern web interface
  • OCR support with Tesseract for over 100 languages
  • Document versioning for multiple revisions
  • Custom fields for metadata and improved categorization
  • Comprehensive page management tools

Summary

Papermerge delivers efficient digital archive management by integrating intelligent OCR, detailed metadata tagging, and seamless version control. Its versatile set of features transforms the handling of scanned documents into an effortless experience.

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