Is Papermark free to use?

Yes, Papermark is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license. You can use, modify, and distribute it freely within the terms of the license.

Can I self-host Papermark?

Yes, Papermark can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure, giving you full control over your data and deployment.

What does Papermark replace?

Papermark is an open source alternative to DocSend. It provides similar functionality while being free and community-driven.

How popular is Papermark?

Papermark has 8.2k stars on GitHub, indicating a strong and active community of users and contributors.

Papermark

Open source document sharing with analytics

AGPL-3.0Self-hostableTypeScriptReactNext.jsPrismaDocuments

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Website GitHub Docs

Last updated: 2 days ago

8.2k

Stars

1.2k

Forks

Contributors

Apr 2026

Last Commit

Project Health

75/ 100

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