Document management systems are often used for scanning, indexing, archiving, and searching documents, so buyers need more than a feature list: they need signs that a project is healthy, actively shipping, and clear about its licensing. For June 2026, ToolVitals data covers seven open/source-visible Document Management Systems Tools ranked with health, shipping, openness, license, GitHub stars, and overall ToolVitals score signals.
This ranking includes open/source-visible tools only, ordered first by ToolVitals score and then by GitHub stars as a secondary popularity signal when needed. All seven listed tools are labeled OSI-approved OSS, with license_label values ranging across GPL-3.0, MIT, AGPL-3.0, GPL-2.0, and Apache-2.0.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paperless-ngx | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 85 | 83 | 42579 | 85 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | FormKiq | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 74 | 34 | 155 | 68 | 🟢 Good |
| 3 | Wraft | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 62 | 31 | 150 | 59 | 🟡 Fair |
| 4 | OpenKM | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-2.0 | 33 | 0 | 849 | 37 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 5 | Teedy | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-2.0 | 36 | 0 | 2551 | 36 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 6 | Papermerge | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 31 | 0 | 2927 | 32 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 7 | Open Semantic Search | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 31 | 0 | 1183 | 31 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
Paperless-ngx ranks first by a wide margin, with a ToolVitals score of 85, health score of 85, shipping score of 83, and 42,579 GitHub stars. Its description is directly aligned with the document management use case: scanning, indexing, and archiving documents.
Open source document management platform leveraging AWS managed services. At 68, FormKiq comes in strong as the runner-up, with 155 GitHub stars for extra context.
Open source document lifecycle management platform. Rounding out the top three with a score of 59, Wraft pairs visible maintenance signals with 150 GitHub stars.
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