It’s perfect! Do you guys already do this?
I open a letter, I take it’s picture with FairScan. The FairScan-folder on my android device gets syncthinged to the ingest folder for Paperless-ngx on my “server”. Paperless imports it, deletes the file and sets the new documents tag to inbox. I decide if the document goes to the binder for important stuff, or if I just toss it in a binder with all the paper I most likely will never touch again. Next time I look at Paperless, I edit all documents with the inbox tag and remove the tag.
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Wait, this is genius. When paperless has processed it and moves the original, it’s also removed from your phone, right?
Why don’t you use the mobile app? Mine works just fine
At least I think it does. Maybe all the docs that I upload are lost. Who knows 😅
Haha, thanks. I didn’t know this existed! I already use Syncthing, so that’s no problem. And I like that FairScan rotates my picture and adjusts it’s angle. If the Paperless Uploader-app does this as well, I might use it. Taking a look right now!
Last updated 2024/01/26… Hmmm…
edit: checked the wiki, here are the apps for Android
- Paperless Share: last updated 2022/02
- Paperless Mobile: as said, last updated 2024/01
- Paperless‑NGX Android Uploader: last updated 2025/09, not on F-Droid standard repo
- PaperNext last updated 2026/01, unknown license, doesn’t seem to be OSS
It’s worth mentioning Paperless Mobile is now v4 with the last update being posted 5 days ago!