Refactor TikaDocumentParser to satisfy ParserProtocol without subclassing the legacy DocumentParser ABC: - Add ClassVars: name, version, author, url - Add supported_mime_types() classmethod (12 Office/ODF/RTF MIME types) - Add score() classmethod — returns None when TIKA_ENABLED is False, 10 otherwise - can_produce_archive = False (PDF is for display, not an OCR archive) - requires_pdf_rendition = True (Office formats need PDF for browser display) - __enter__/__exit__ via ExitStack: TikaClient opened once per parser lifetime and shared across parse() and extract_metadata() calls - extract_metadata() falls back to a short-lived TikaClient when called outside a context manager (legacy view-layer metadata path) - _convert_to_pdf() uses OutputTypeConfig() to honour the database-stored ApplicationConfiguration before falling back to the env-var setting - Rename convert_to_pdf → _convert_to_pdf (private helper) Update paperless_tika/signals.py shim to import from the new module path and drop the legacy logging_group/progress_callback kwargs. Update documents/consumer.py to extend the existing TextDocumentParser special cases to also cover TikaDocumentParser (parse/get_thumbnail signatures, __exit__ cleanup). Add TestTikaParserRegistryInterface (7 tests) covering score(), properties, and ParserProtocol isinstance check. Update existing tests to use the new accessor API (get_text, get_date, get_archive_path, _convert_to_pdf). Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Paperless-ngx
Paperless-ngx is a document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive so you can keep, well, less paper.
Paperless-ngx is the official successor to the original Paperless & Paperless-ng projects and is designed to distribute the responsibility of advancing and supporting the project among a team of people. Consider joining us!
Thanks to the generous folks at DigitalOcean, a demo is available at demo.paperless-ngx.com using login demo / demo. Note: demo content is reset frequently and confidential information should not be uploaded.
Features
A full list of features and screenshots are available in the documentation.
Getting started
The easiest way to deploy paperless is docker compose. The files in the /docker/compose directory are configured to pull the image from the GitHub container registry.
If you'd like to jump right in, you can configure a docker compose environment with our install script:
bash -c "$(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/main/install-paperless-ngx.sh)"
More details and step-by-step guides for alternative installation methods can be found in the documentation.
Migrating from Paperless-ng is easy, just drop in the new docker image! See the documentation on migrating for more details.
Documentation
The documentation for Paperless-ngx is available at https://docs.paperless-ngx.com.
Contributing
If you feel like contributing to the project, please do! Bug fixes, enhancements, visual fixes etc. are always welcome. If you want to implement something big: Please start a discussion about that! The documentation has some basic information on how to get started.
Community Support
People interested in continuing the work on paperless-ngx are encouraged to reach out here on github and in the Matrix Room. If you would like to contribute to the project on an ongoing basis there are multiple teams (frontend, ci/cd, etc) that could use your help so please reach out!
Translation
Paperless-ngx is available in many languages that are coordinated on Crowdin. If you want to help out by translating paperless-ngx into your language, please head over to https://crowdin.com/project/paperless-ngx, and thank you! More details can be found in CONTRIBUTING.md.
Feature Requests
Feature requests can be submitted via GitHub Discussions, you can search for existing ideas, add your own and vote for the ones you care about.
Bugs
For bugs please open an issue or start a discussion if you have questions.
Related Projects
Please see the wiki for a user-maintained list of related projects and software that is compatible with Paperless-ngx.
Important Note
Document scanners are typically used to scan sensitive documents like your social insurance number, tax records, invoices, etc. Paperless-ngx should never be run on an untrusted host because information is stored in clear text without encryption. No guarantees are made regarding security (but we do try!) and you use the app at your own risk. The safest way to run Paperless-ngx is on a local server in your own home with backups in place.
