Issue of a web application for working with scanned documents Paperless-NGX 1.8.0

A new release of Paperless-NGX , Web applications for working with documents that transforms paper documents into Electronic, available for full -text search, download and storage online. The code is written on the Python language using the Django framework and subjects under the GPLV3 license. To familiarize yourself with the capabilities of the system, a demonstration site was prepared demo.paperless-NGX.com (login/password-demo/demo).

Paperless-NGX is a branch from the project paperless-st , which, in turn, was branched from the original project paperlsess (forks were created to continue the development after stopping accompanying with past developers). After loading the scanned document in any available way (via FTP, through the web interface, through the Android application, by e-mail via IMAP), the program performs optical text recognition (OCR) using the Tessecta engine, then the interface is available (including Automatic using machine learning), full -text search, as well as loading the document version in PDF/A format or in office packages.

In the new version:

  • Schells Pre/Treatment Previously use environment variables instead of command line arguments.
  • Miniatures in the web interface are transferred to the Webp format instead of PNG.
  • The web interface settings are stored in the database.
  • When changing the language of the document in the interface, a hint appears about the need to restart page.
  • In the event of a connection error with Redis, more detailed information is shown.
  • In the web interface added the ability to view the queue of documents for processing.


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