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pless
A searchable archive of your documents, on hardware you own.
pless sets up and operates a self-hosted Paperless-ngx
installation — on a Raspberry Pi, a cloud server, or a local VM — with two properties most
self-hosting guides skip:
- Encrypted at rest. Documents live on a LUKS2 volume whose key is never stored on the machine. A stolen box is a brick.
- Invisible on your LAN. After hardening, nothing listens on your local network. Paperless is bound to localhost and SSH answers only over Tailscale.
📖 Documentation →
Getting started, installation, maintenance and a cookbook live on the docs site.
Quick look
git clone https://github.com/kschulst/pless.git
cd pless
uv tool install --editable .
pless init --secrets
pless doctor
Then follow Installation.
Status
| Capability | Status |
|---|---|
| Provisioning, encrypted storage, deployment | ✅ Working |
| Tailscale access, LAN hardening, exposure audit | ✅ Working |
| Raspberry Pi target | 📋 Documented, awaiting hardware validation |
| Hetzner Cloud target | 📋 Code and unit tests, not validated live |
| Importing documents | ❌ Not built |
| Backup, restore, restore drills | ❌ Not built |
| Web setup wizard | ❌ Planned |
Verified end to end on Debian 13 and Ubuntu 24.04.
Development
uv sync
uv run pytest
uv run ruff check .
uv run ruff format .
zensical serve # docs at http://localhost:8000
See CONTRIBUTING.md for the full development guide, and
adr/ for why the architecture is the way it is.
Work in progress lives in issues.
Licence
MIT. See LICENSE.
1 maintainer
Metadata
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