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 [![Docker Hub Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/jonaswinkler/paperless-ng.svg)](https://hub.docker.com/r/jonaswinkler/paperless-ng)
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+# Archive notice
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+This project is not dead! Rather, this project is now maintained as a community effort at https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx, a direct continuation of this project and drop-in replacement. Please see their project page and the documentation at https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/ for details.
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 # Paperless-ng
 
 [Paperless (click me)](https://github.com/the-paperless-project/paperless) is an application by Daniel Quinn and contributors that indexes your scanned documents and allows you to easily search for documents and store metadata alongside your documents.