# Document management · Tech watch

[Canonical source](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/tags/document-management>)

Organizing, storing and finding documents in application systems.

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## [Papra: an open-source document archive to self-host](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/links/papra-an-open-source-document-archive-to-self-host>)

Papra brings document storage and management together in an open-source archiving platform. Full-text search, advanced filters, tags, and automatic imports from email or a folder help organize files and retrieve them later.

The project can be deployed with Docker and also provides a CLI, API, SDKs, and webhooks for integration with other tools. Its online demo runs entirely in browser-local storage, with no backend.

2026-11-03 · [Markdown](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/links/papra-an-open-source-document-archive-to-self-host.md>) · [Original resource](<https://github.com/papra-hq/papra>)

## [RAG-Anything: handling charts in multimodal documents](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/links/rag-anything-handling-charts-in-multimodal-documents>)

RAG-Anything is a framework built on LightRAG for indexing and querying documents that mix text, images, tables, equations, and charts. It coordinates parsing and content analysis in a single multimodal pipeline.

The project combines vector similarity with a knowledge graph, provides processors for different content types, and can pass retrieved images to a vision model during queries. A recent change also routes rendered charts through the image pipeline while preserving captions and extracted text. To update a previously indexed document, multimodal reprocessing must be explicitly enabled with `force_multimodal_reprocess=True`.

2026-10-29 · [Markdown](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/links/rag-anything-handling-charts-in-multimodal-documents.md>) · [Original resource](<https://github.com/HKUDS/RAG-Anything>)

## [Stirling PDF: process documents on your own infrastructure](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/links/stirling-pdf-process-documents-on-your-own-infrastructure>)

This overview traces Stirling PDF’s development and its editing and processing tools. It describes browser, desktop and server execution options.

2025-12-04 · [Markdown](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/links/stirling-pdf-process-documents-on-your-own-infrastructure.md>) · [Original resource](<https://www.stirling.com/about>)

## [DocuSeal: create PDF forms for filling and signing](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/links/docuseal-create-pdf-forms-for-filling-and-signing>)

DocuSeal provides a PDF field editor and a mobile-friendly signing workflow. APIs, webhooks and SMTP notifications connect it to document-processing workflows.

2025-09-28 · [Markdown](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/links/docuseal-create-pdf-forms-for-filling-and-signing.md>) · [Original resource](<https://github.com/docusealco/docuseal>)

## [EmbedPDF: add a framework-independent PDF viewer](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/links/embedpdf-add-a-framework-independent-pdf-viewer>)

EmbedPDF provides a JavaScript PDF viewer that integrates with multiple frameworks. The repository distinguishes the stable branch from ongoing development and links to demos and documentation.

2025-09-07 · [Markdown](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/links/embedpdf-add-a-framework-independent-pdf-viewer.md>) · [Original resource](<https://github.com/embedpdf/embed-pdf-viewer>)

## [Paperless-ngx: turn scanned documents into searchable archives](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/links/paperless-ngx-turn-scanned-documents-into-searchable-archives>)

Paperless-ngx organizes scanned documents into an accessible, searchable archive. The community project provides a self-hosted foundation for collecting and retrieving documents.

2025-08-16 · [Markdown](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/links/paperless-ngx-turn-scanned-documents-into-searchable-archives.md>) · [Original resource](<https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx>)

## [PDFSlick: embed PDF navigation and tools in web applications](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/links/pdfslick-embed-pdf-navigation-and-tools-in-web-applications>)

PDFSlick provides PDF viewer examples for React, Svelte, SolidJS and JavaScript. Navigation, thumbnails and zoom show how documents can become part of the application interface.

2025-05-04 · [Markdown](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/links/pdfslick-embed-pdf-navigation-and-tools-in-web-applications.md>) · [Original resource](<https://pdfslick.dev/>)

## [Jscanify: detect and straighten documents in JavaScript](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/links/jscanify-detect-and-straighten-documents-in-javascript>)

Jscanify uses OpenCV.js to detect paper and correct distortion. The repository provides examples for integrating document scanning into browsers or Node.js environments.

2025-02-15 · [Markdown](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/links/jscanify-detect-and-straighten-documents-in-javascript.md>) · [Original resource](<https://github.com/puffinsoft/jscanify>)