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Paperless
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Paperless is a simple Django application running in two parts:
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a *Consumer* (the thing that does the indexing) and
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the *Web server* (the part that lets you search &
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download already-indexed documents). If you want to learn more about its
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functions keep on reading after the installation section.
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Why This Exists
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===============
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Paper is a nightmare. Environmental issues aside, there's no excuse for it in
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the 21st century. It takes up space, collects dust, doesn't support any form
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of a search feature, indexing is tedious, it's heavy and prone to damage &
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loss.
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I wrote this to make "going paperless" easier. I do not have to worry about
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finding stuff again. I feed documents right from the post box into the scanner
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and then shred them. Perhaps you might find it useful too.
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Paperless-ng
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============
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Paperless-ng is a fork of the original paperless project. It changes many
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things both on the surface and under the hood. Paperless-ng was created
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because I feel that these changes are too big to be pushed into the main
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repository right away.
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NG stands for both Angular (the framework used for the
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Frontend) and next-gen. Publishing this project under a different name also
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avoids confusion between paperless and paperless-ng.
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If you want to learn about what's different in paperless-ng, check out these
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resources in the documentation:
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* :ref:`Some screenshots <screenshots>` of the new UI are available.
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* Read :ref:`this section <advanced-automatic_matching>` if you want to
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learn about how paperless automates all tagging using machine learning.
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* Paperless now comes with a :ref:`proper email consumer <usage-email>`
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that's fully tested and production ready.
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* Paperless creates searchable PDF/A documents from whatever you you put into
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the consumption directory. This means that you can select text in
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image-only documents coming from your scanner.
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* See :ref:`this note <utilities-encyption>` about GnuPG encryption in
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paperless-ng.
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* Paperless is now integrated with a
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:ref:`task processing queue <setup-task_processor>` that tells you
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at a glance when and why something is not working.
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* The :ref:`changelog <paperless_changelog>` contains a detailed list of all changes
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in paperless-ng.
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It would be great if this project could eventually merge back into the main
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repository, but it needs a lot more work before that can happen.
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Contents
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========
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 1
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setup
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usage_overview
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advanced_usage
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administration
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configuration
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api
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faq
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troubleshooting
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extending
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contributing
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scanners
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screenshots
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changelog
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