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Papermerge - Scan & OCR

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    • marcusquinnM Offline
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      "Open Source Document Management System for Digital Archives
      Designed for scanned documents. Perfect software that will help you reduce paper clutter and keep your business organised."

      • https://www.papermerge.com
      • https://www.papermerge.com/demo
      • https://github.com/ciur/papermerge
      • https://github.com/ciur/papermerge#comparison-with-other-dms
      • https://papermerge.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setup/docker.html

      The OCR looks decent and maybe better for personal use than MayanEDMS, which also looks excellent.

      I can see it being a good pairing with Invoice Ninja / Firefly III.

      Web Design https://www.evergreen.je
      Development https://brandlight.org
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      • marcusquinnM marcusquinn

        "Open Source Document Management System for Digital Archives
        Designed for scanned documents. Perfect software that will help you reduce paper clutter and keep your business organised."

        • https://www.papermerge.com
        • https://www.papermerge.com/demo
        • https://github.com/ciur/papermerge
        • https://github.com/ciur/papermerge#comparison-with-other-dms
        • https://papermerge.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setup/docker.html

        The OCR looks decent and maybe better for personal use than MayanEDMS, which also looks excellent.

        I can see it being a good pairing with Invoice Ninja / Firefly III.

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        I have begun to package this today. Hope to have something for comment in the next few days.

        cc: @marcusquinn

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        • doodlemania2D doodlemania2

          I have begun to package this today. Hope to have something for comment in the next few days.

          cc: @marcusquinn

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          @doodlemania2 I've got this thing to a heartbeat status but it has lots of dependencies flying around - trying another approach to packaging to squash em. Will advise on first checkin.

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          • doodlemania2D doodlemania2

            @doodlemania2 I've got this thing to a heartbeat status but it has lots of dependencies flying around - trying another approach to packaging to squash em. Will advise on first checkin.

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            @doodlemania2 Some progress - I'm checked in here (link). Do NOT try to run this - it will go kaboom. I've got to work with the author some to see if we can move mod_wsgi, try an embedded apache (in python's virtual environment) and a few other things.

            Anyways, if you happen to know python, django, virtualenv - dive in and contribute! If not, I'll keep you all posted as things come together.

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            • doodlemania2D doodlemania2

              @doodlemania2 Some progress - I'm checked in here (link). Do NOT try to run this - it will go kaboom. I've got to work with the author some to see if we can move mod_wsgi, try an embedded apache (in python's virtual environment) and a few other things.

              Anyways, if you happen to know python, django, virtualenv - dive in and contribute! If not, I'll keep you all posted as things come together.

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              @doodlemania2 there are many things better than apache, and you can test without it..

              https://www.toptal.com/python/pythons-wsgi-server-application-interface

              Can also see about uWSGI.

              Conscious tech

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              • robiR robi

                @doodlemania2 there are many things better than apache, and you can test without it..

                https://www.toptal.com/python/pythons-wsgi-server-application-interface

                Can also see about uWSGI.

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                😞 still stuck but still tinkering - can't get past the app REALLY wanting r+w access to where it's installed. Might TRY to install it to /app/data just to get unstuck even though I know that's poop

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                • doodlemania2D doodlemania2

                  😞 still stuck but still tinkering - can't get past the app REALLY wanting r+w access to where it's installed. Might TRY to install it to /app/data just to get unstuck even though I know that's poop

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                  @doodlemania2 V annoying when apps want to write data to their own directory and quite bad practice from a security point as executable code directories shouldn't be writable by anything other than the deployment process. That sounds like an upstream issue to report, maybe suggest a feature for a config setting for the write paths.

                  Web Design https://www.evergreen.je
                  Development https://brandlight.org
                  Life https://marcusquinn.com

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                  • marcusquinnM marcusquinn

                    @doodlemania2 V annoying when apps want to write data to their own directory and quite bad practice from a security point as executable code directories shouldn't be writable by anything other than the deployment process. That sounds like an upstream issue to report, maybe suggest a feature for a config setting for the write paths.

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                    @marcusquinn I've spoken with author - he's sympathetic but appears quite focused on iterative development of features. Don't blame him at all, just a different focus.

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                    • doodlemania2D doodlemania2

                      @marcusquinn I've spoken with author - he's sympathetic but appears quite focused on iterative development of features. Don't blame him at all, just a different focus.

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                      @doodlemania2 did you have any comparison between papermerge and paperless-ng ? It seems you have started focusing on the latter. Was it just because of packaging issues?

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                      • girishG girish

                        @doodlemania2 did you have any comparison between papermerge and paperless-ng ? It seems you have started focusing on the latter. Was it just because of packaging issues?

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                        @girish said in Papermerge - Scan & OCR:

                        comparison between papermerge and paperless-ng ?

                        I tend to do this in the first instance

                        https://selfhosted.libhunt.com/compare-paperless-ng-vs-papermerge

                        Looks like Papermerge has the edge on paper but not a lot in it.

                        I use Cloudron with Gandi & Hetzner

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                        • girishG girish

                          @doodlemania2 did you have any comparison between papermerge and paperless-ng ? It seems you have started focusing on the latter. Was it just because of packaging issues?

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                          @girish papermerge was indeed more difficult to package, but also, i really enjoy the auto processing in paperless much more. i didn't do any scientific tests, of course, but after working with both - it fit my needs. I now have an app with about 10K scanned docs on it, all OCRd, tagged, and quite nice!

                          that's not to say papermerge isn't good - just where i landed 🙂

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