Self-host Paperless-ngx
Scan, index and archive all your physical documents
Deploy Paperless-ngx on your own instance with Freehold in one click. Freehold runs the container, issues the TLS certificate, keeps your data on a persistent volume, and gives Paperless-ngx a free Tor .onion address — with no identity check to sign up and a hard cap on what it can cost you each month.
How Paperless-ngx runs on Freehold
Paperless-ngx runs in its own container with its own volumes on a private network — nothing else on Freehold can reach its data or its ports.
A valid HTTPS certificate and a free Tor v3 .onion address are provisioned at deploy time. You can also run Paperless-ngx onion-only.
Turn on automatic image updates and the container is replaced on a new release; your volumes are never touched.
Download a ZIP of Paperless-ngx's volume data from the dashboard whenever you want. No SSH.
Metered hourly with a hard monthly ceiling. Stop Paperless-ngx and the charges stop.
Sign up with an email or GitHub. There is no identity check to run Paperless-ngx, at any usage level.
Questions about self-hosting Paperless-ngx
- Do I need to verify my identity to deploy Paperless-ngx?
- No. Freehold asks for an email and a password, or a GitHub login. There is no ID upload, phone verification, or business check to deploy Paperless-ngx — and none introduced later as your usage grows.
- Is my Paperless-ngx instance private?
- Each Paperless-ngx deployment is an isolated container with its own storage on a private network. It gets a free Tor .onion address alongside its normal URL, and you can run it onion-only so it is reachable exclusively over Tor.
- How much does running Paperless-ngx on Freehold cost?
- You pay for the hours Paperless-ngx is actually running, metered hourly, with a hard monthly ceiling on the app so the bill can't run away. Stop the app and billing for it stops. There is no flat subscription and no setup fee.