A Clutter-Free Life: Going Paperless with Paperless-Ngx

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  • docker-volume-backup

    Backup Docker volumes locally or to any S3, WebDAV, Azure Blob Storage, Dropbox or SSH compatible storage

  • How do people usually backup their self-hosted docker services using postgres? I have been using docker-volume-backup [0] and just saving the postgres data directory, but I've found it requires a minute of downtime to backup properly.

    [0] https://github.com/offen/docker-volume-backup

  • docker-vackup

    Script to easily backup and restore docker volumes

  • I used vackup [1] that’s been obsoleted but still works for me. However, you still need to turn of the container temporarily.

    [1] https://github.com/BretFisher/docker-vackup

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • Mayan EDMS

    Free Open Source Document Management System (mirror, no pull request or issues)

  • I use MayanEDMS personally, and have for the past five or so years. It's complex but does what it says on the tin.

    https://www.mayan-edms.com/

  • synOCR

    synOCR turns your Synology DiskStation into a paperless office

  • If you own a Synology NAS I recommend to have a look at synOCR:

    https://github.com/geimist/synOCR/wiki

    English translation: https://github-com.translate.goog/geimist/synOCR?_x_tr_sl=au...

    I've been using this for several years and it works great.

  • ppngx

    Podman + Paperless NGX

  • If you are looking to quickly setup Paperless-NGX check out my little side project https://github.com/jdoss/ppngx. It will setup everything you need to run Paperless-NGX (PostgreSQL, Redis, Tika, Gotenberg, PaperlessNGX, and SFTPGo) inside a Podman Pod on a Linux based system. You can optionally set it up to start on boot via systemd.

    I run this locally on my workstation and send PDFs many times a week from Brother ADS2800w scanner via SFTP. Paperless NGX has reduced my home office paper piles to almost zero. It is a fantastic open source project and I am very thankful it exists.

  • paperless-ngx

    A community-supported supercharged version of paperless: scan, index and archive all your physical documents

  • Why would you want to use this over one of the official docker compose setups? https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/blob/main/doc...

  • formkiq-core

    A full-featured Document Layer for your application, providing the functionality of a flexible document management system, including storage, discovery, processing, and retrieval. Deploys directly into your Amazon Web Services Cloud. 🌟 Star to support our work!

  • We may want to get in touch with each other. We have an Open Core document management platform that runs in AWS; I'm not sure about your roadmap, but there may be something there that's of use: https://github.com/formkiq/formkiq-core

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • docker-compose-build

    Supplements/Replaces `docker compose build` with `docker build` on steroids

  • Well... Maybe re-inventing was part of the fun or a learning experience. If you want, there is even this: https://github.com/Mitigram/docker-compose-build

  • pgbackup

    Dockerized local and offline backing up of PostgresQL with rotation and compression. (by efrecon)

  • I have this: https://github.com/efrecon/pgbackup

  • node-hp-scan-to

    Allow to send scan from device to computer for some HP All-in-One Printers - Scan to computer

  • People using HP printers with feature "Scan to Computer" are also using https://github.com/manuc66/node-hp-scan-to to send document to Paperless-ngx : https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/tethlr/hp_scan_...

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