
Why install Paperless-ngx with Web.Casa?
No manual Docker Compose needed. Web.Casa configures and starts everything.
Caddy auto-provisions SSL certificates. Reverse proxy works out of the box.
Monitoring, backups, updates, logs — manage all apps from one panel.
How to Install
Install Web.Casa first, then one-click install this app from the App Store.
App Info
- Version
- 2.20.9
- Author
- Daniel Quinn, Jonas Winkler, and the Paperless-ngx team
- Default Port
- 8012
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.
! IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ !
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Please be patient during installation, it may take a few minutes to download and install all dependencies.
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Please wait a few seconds after Tipi says that the installation was finished, because Paperless-ngx needs some time to start.
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Tika is available in this App, however you need to decide if you want to use it or not. You may disable it because of performance reasons.
- Tika allows you to upload Office documents (MSOffice, LibreOffice, etc) and automatically creates PDF versions of these documents.
- If you disable Tika, you will not be able to upload these document types.
- See here for more Information about Tika: https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/configuration/#tika


- Organize and index your scanned documents with tags, correspondents, types, and more.
- Performs OCR on your documents, adds selectable text to image only documents and adds tags, correspondents and document types to your documents.
- Supports PDF documents, images, plain text files, and Office documents (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and LibreOffice equivalents).
- Office document support is optional and provided by Apache Tika (see configuration)
- Paperless stores your documents plain on disk. Filenames and folders are managed by paperless and their format can be configured freely.
- Single page application front end.
- Includes a dashboard that shows basic statistics and has document upload.
- Filtering by tags, correspondents, types, and more.
- Customizable views can be saved and displayed on the dashboard.
- Full text search helps you find what you need.
- Auto completion suggests relevant words from your documents.
- Results are sorted by relevance to your search query.
- Highlighting shows you which parts of the document matched the query.
- Searching for similar documents ("More like this")
- Email processing: Paperless adds documents from your email accounts.
- Configure multiple accounts and filters for each account.
- When adding documents from mail, paperless can move these mail to a new folder, mark them as read, flag them as important or delete them.
- Machine learning powered document matching.
- Paperless-ngx learns from your documents and will be able to automatically assign tags, correspondents and types to documents once you've stored a few documents in paperless.
- Optimized for multi core systems: Paperless-ngx consumes multiple documents in parallel.
- The integrated sanity checker makes sure that your document archive is in good health.
- More screenshots are available in the documentation.
FAQ
Can I install Paperless-ngx on Web.Casa?
Yes, Paperless-ngx is available in the Web.Casa App Store. You can install it with one click from the Web.Casa panel — no need to manually write Docker Compose files or configure reverse proxies.
How do I install Paperless-ngx on Web.Casa?
First install Web.Casa with curl -fsSL https://get.web.casa | bash, then search for "Paperless-ngx" in the App Store and click install. Web.Casa automatically configures the Docker container, assigns ports, and sets up a Caddy reverse proxy.
What is the default port for Paperless-ngx on Web.Casa?
The default port for Paperless-ngx on Web.Casa is 8012. You can bind it to a custom domain through Web.Casa's Caddy reverse proxy, which automatically provisions HTTPS certificates.
Does Paperless-ngx get automatic HTTPS after installation?
Yes. Web.Casa is built on Caddy, so after installing the app, simply bind a domain and Caddy will automatically provision and renew SSL certificates via Let's Encrypt — no manual configuration needed.
How do I back up Paperless-ngx data?
Web.Casa has a built-in backup plugin that supports automatic backups of Paperless-ngx data to local storage, S3, WebDAV, or SFTP. You can configure scheduled snapshots and retention policies to keep your data safe.
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