Open Paperless
Productivity
document management
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
4 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Idea: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for digitally retrieving documents quickly
From 1 comment
You'd be surprised how useful having all of your documents digitally available can be. I've been doing this for years already (albeit using Google Drive - yes, some people dont…
mattlondon on HN
Objections
Fork of Mayan EDMS with copyright and attribution issues
From 1 comment
For those wondering about the relationship between Mayan EDMS, Paperless and Open Paperless here is a story line summary of the saga. Roberto Rosario (the creator of Mayan) is a…
karinato on HN
Name conflicts with existing Paperless project
From 2 comments
a nontrivial name conflict with Paperless (https://github.com/danielquinn/paperless) ...
y4mi on HNThere's also this paperless https://github.com/danielquinn/paperless
carwyn on HN
Readme does not explain what it is without Mayan EDMS context
From 1 comment
I don't know what Mayan EDMS is and all this readme does is saying what it is in relation to Mayan EDMS. Extremely frustrating.
tjoff on HN
Some commenters find a paper archive without retrieval unnecessary
From 2 comments
Question: why bother organizing papers? I just throw everything in a box, if I ever need it again later it'll take a long time to find.. but I rarely need to find a document…
jopsen on HN> Because being organised makes you more effective I agree with the sentiment, but I tend to agree with the previous poster. The value of paper documents tends to be really low…
ekianjo on HN
Requests
Desktop app with Linux support
From 1 comment
Any good open source desktop software with linux support to do this? I don't see why I would personally want a web app for this.
curioussavage on HN
Printed serial code or ID back onto scanned paper
From 1 comment
Looks great. Love the idea behind it, but... There is at least one country (mine - Switzerland) which is not able to use software like yours. The problems are the current laws…
pw0nka on HN
Automatic perspective correction for phone photos
From 1 comment
Will this automatically center and apply perspective transforms to pictures taken with phone cameras?
gravypod on HN
Questions
Does OCR work accurately on handwriting?
From 1 comment
Please correct me if I am wrong, but this looks like you have to "name" each page. I would also want to see how accurate the ocr is. Historically, ocr on handwritting has been a…
bob_theslob646 on HN
Alternatives named
Paperless (danielquinn)
From 1 comment
There's also this paperless https://github.com/danielquinn/paperless
carwyn on HN
Mayan EDMS
From 2 comments
I don't know what Mayan EDMS is and all this readme does is saying what it is in relation to Mayan EDMS. Extremely frustrating.
tjoff on HNFor those wondering about the relationship between Mayan EDMS, Paperless and Open Paperless here is a story line summary of the saga. Roberto Rosario (the creator of Mayan) is a…
karinato on HN
Tagspaces
From 1 comment
This is arguably a lot more than I need. I'm a hoarder in that I have every email I've ever sent or received (bar junkmail), and every piece of paper I've ever received. Most of…
Spearchucker on HN
Scannable by Evernote
From 1 comment
Scannable (by Evernote ) does this wonderfully. Allows exporting as pdf and storing wherever. I’m a fan.
nothrabannosir on HN