{"id":2347,"date":"2025-07-07T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sascha-brockel.de\/?p=2347"},"modified":"2025-06-25T01:14:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T23:14:37","slug":"find-paperless-ngx-digitize-manage-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sascha-brockel.de\/en\/find-paperless-ngx-digitize-manage-documents\/","title":{"rendered":"Paperless-NGX: Digitize, manage & find documents"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mountains of paper are annoying. Whether it's invoices, contracts or insurance policies - everything piles up at some point. But don't worry: with Paperless-NGX<\/a><\/strong> you can not only digitize your documents, but also Manage smartly and find them again in a flash<\/strong>. And the best thing? You have full control over your data - local, secure and open source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, I'll show you how to set up, configure and make the most of Paperless-NGX - without any cloud constraints. Let's go paperless! I use it myself and have almost 2000 documents stored there that I can always access from anywhere. What a dream! In the AI hype, even tools like Paperless AI<\/a> to automatically tag documents, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Still not convinced? There is also a public demo<\/a>which you have access to and can simply give it a try!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For detailed instructions and explanations of all configuration options, I recommend watching the YouTube video linked below. This video goes into detail about each individual setting, providing you with comprehensive instructions on how to set everything up correctly. Any code from the video can be found in this article, so you can use it directly without having to type it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This blog post, including video, is part of a series in which we build and set up our own home server. We start with the basics, such as installing Ubuntu VM with Docker, and then move on to configuring our own domain, security measures, and, above all, lots of cool and useful self-hosted services. Whether it's media servers like Plex or Jellyfin or document management like Paperless-NGX, we'll work together to build the setup you want to see. We'll even tackle topics like single sign-on (SSO) together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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