Papra Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Papra hosting and keep receipts, contracts and warranties in a document archive on your own domain. xCloud runs the official rootless Papra 26.7.1 image, generates its authentication secret, mounts one persistent volume for the database and your files, and publishes the app over HTTPS. Register the first account, then close sign-ups so the archive stays yours.

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What is Papra?

Papra is an open-source document management and archiving platform that upstream describes as minimalistic. It is built for long-term storage: you put a receipt, a warranty or a contract in, forget about it, and find it again when you need it. Documents live in organizations you can share with family, friends or colleagues, and you sort them with tags, tagging rules and custom properties. Full-text search covers the content of your files, including text extracted from images and scans. Upstream names Paperless-ngx as an inspiration, and Papra is licensed under AGPL-3.0.

On xCloud it is Papra 26.7.1 as the official rootless image, pinned by digest, running as a single container. The embedded database and your uploaded documents sit together on one volume, papra_data. xCloud generates the authentication secret and serves the app over HTTPS on your domain. Registration is open on a fresh install, so you register first and then turn sign-ups off. Email ingestion, single sign-on, OCR languages and external storage are optional and set later in the Environment tab.

About this app

Version xCloud installs: 26.7.1
Licence: AGPL-3.0
Official website: demo.papra.app
Source code: github.com/papra-hq/papra

Papra is a third-party project. xCloud is not affiliated with or endorsed by its maintainers. Names and logos belong to their owners.

From Sign-Up to a Live Papra Archive In Just 3 Easy Steps

Running Papra yourself means a container, a long random secret, a data volume, a reverse proxy and a certificate before the first upload. Here you pick a domain and the rest is set up for you.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Papra from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server. The install form asks for nothing else.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start the official rootless Papra image, pinned by digest, generate a 96-character authentication secret, mount the papra_data volume for the database and uploads, and publish the app over HTTPS.
Step 03
Register, Then Close Sign-Ups
Open your Papra URL and register the first account straight away, because registration is open to anyone at first. Then set AUTH_IS_REGISTRATION_ENABLED=false in the Environment tab and click Save & Redeploy. Create an organization and upload your first document.

A Document Archive With Papra, On Your Own Server

Papra does one job: it takes documents in, helps you find them again and keeps them on a server you control.

Upload From The Browser
Drag files onto the page or pick them with Select files. Papra works on desktops and phones, so you can file a receipt from either.
Organizations And Members
Create an organization for family, friends or colleagues and invite members. Each organization keeps its own documents, tags and settings.
Tags And Tagging Rules
Label documents with tags, and write tagging rules so new documents are tagged for you when they match.
Full-Text Search
Search inside your documents with full-text search and advanced filters. Papra can extract text from images and scanned documents so they are searchable too.
Custom Properties
Define your own properties per organization to store extra details about a document, beyond its name and tags.
Share Links
Share a document with someone outside your organization through a link. You can add an expiry date and a password.

Everything You Need To Run Your Document Archive 24/7

Managed hosting for Papra, so the server, the domain and the certificate are handled while you file documents.

Papra 26.7.1 deployed for you
Official rootless image pinned by digest
Authentication secret generated for you
Free SSL certificate
Database and documents on one volume
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Papra

Keep household paperwork findable
Store receipts, warranties and bills once, then find them by searching for words inside the document.
Share an archive with family or colleagues
Put shared documents in one organization and invite the people who need them as members.
Separate personal, team and project files
Use one organization per context so documents, tags and members never mix.
Send a document to someone outside
Create a share link with an expiry date and a password instead of emailing the file.
Keep your documents on your own server
Hold the whole archive on a server and domain you control, with one volume to back up.

Papra vs Alternatives

Paperless-ngx: Upstream credits Paperless-ngx as its inspiration and calls it a full-featured document management system. Papra aims to be the minimal one. Paperless-ngx has its own OneClick page.
Mayan EDMS: Mayan EDMS manages controlled documents with versioning, metadata and workflows. Papra keeps to uploads, tags, search and sharing in a single container.
PdfDing: PdfDing is a PDF viewer and editor with annotations and highlights. Papra archives documents and helps you find them, rather than marking them up.
Nextcloud: Nextcloud is a file sync, sharing and collaboration platform. Papra is narrower: a long-term archive you search by content, with no sync clients to install.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, ready for Papra hosting. Start with the one that fits your archive and resize when it grows.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

200 GB of storage for a larger archive, or room for other apps beside Papra.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in. Delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Papra is licensed under AGPL-3.0.

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Ready To Deploy Your Document Archive?

Papra on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Your documents stay on a server you chose, behind your own domain.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Can I run Papra in Docker?

Yes. This template is Papra in Docker without the setup: the official rootless 26.7.1 image pinned by digest, one persistent volume, a generated authentication secret and HTTPS on your own domain. It runs as a single container with an embedded database.

How much RAM does Papra need?

The template baseline is 1024 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 5 GB of disk. The 6 GB plan is the starting point here, well above that baseline. Documents grow on disk rather than in memory, so watch storage as your archive grows.

How do I sign in to Papra for the first time?

Open your Papra URL and register an account. There is no preset username or password. Do this right after the install finishes, because registration is open to anyone who reaches your domain until you close it.

How do I stop other people from signing up?

After your own account exists, open the Environment tab, set AUTH_IS_REGISTRATION_ENABLED=false, then click Save & Redeploy. New sign-ups are then refused. Your account, organizations and documents are kept.

Edit environment variables and redeploy

How do organizations work in Papra?

An organization is a shared space for documents. Create one for family, friends or colleagues and add members. Tags, tagging rules, custom properties and share links are all managed inside the organization.

Can I search inside my documents?

Yes. Papra has full-text search with advanced filters, and it can extract text from images and scanned documents so they show up in results. OCR language selection is optional and is set in the Environment tab using the Papra documentation.

Does Papra import documents from email?

Papra supports email ingestion, where you forward emails to a generated address. It is not set up by this template. It is an optional feature that you configure yourself in the Environment tab by following the Papra documentation.

Do my documents survive a restart?

Yes. The embedded database and your uploaded files live on the papra_data volume, which is kept across restarts and redeploys.

Is Papra free?

Yes. Papra is open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence, so the software has no licence fee. You pay only for the dedicated Cloud VPS it runs on. If you distribute a modified version, the AGPL source obligations apply to you.

How do I back up Papra?

Back up the papra_data volume as one unit. It holds both the embedded database and your uploaded documents, so one copy restores everything. Nothing schedules the copy for the app itself, so set it up yourself.

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How do I upgrade Papra?

The install stays on its pinned 26.7.1 image until you adopt a newer template version. Read the upstream release notes and back up papra_data first. Existing sites are never upgraded automatically.

Can I change the authentication secret?

You can, but you rarely should. xCloud generates a 96-character AUTH_SECRET at install and shows it in your site's Environment tab. Changing it signs everyone out, because active sessions stop being valid.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.