Deploy Papermerge on Your Own Server
Papermerge is an open source document management system (DMS) primarily designed for archiving and retrieving your digital documents.
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What is Papermerge?
Papermerge is an open source document management system (DMS) primarily designed for archiving and retrieving your digital documents. Instead of having piles of paper documents all over your desk, office or drawers - you can quickly scan them and configure your scanner to directly upload to Papermerge DMS.
Self-Host Papermerge
Follow these steps to deploy on your own server.
Install Docker
Skip this step if Docker is already installed on your server.
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh
Configure
Customize the settings below. Defaults work for most cases.
General
Deploy
Copy the configuration and run it on your server.
services:
papermerge:
image: linuxserver/papermerge:v2.0.1-ls10
environment:
PGID: "1000"
PUID: "1000"
REDIS_URL: ""
TZ: Asia/Kolkata
volumes:
- papermerge-config:/config
- papermerge-data:/data
volumes:
papermerge-config: {}
papermerge-data: {}
Then run:
docker compose up -d
Access
Once started, access your app at http://localhost:8000
Why Self-Host Papermerge?
Full Data Ownership
Your data stays on your servers. No third-party access.
No Monthly Fees
Pay only for your server. No per-seat or usage charges.
Complete Control
Customize, backup, and scale on your own terms.
Privacy & Compliance
Meet GDPR, HIPAA, or internal security requirements.
Technical Details
Docker Image
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