Setting up Papra

Run the container

Papra ships as a single container with everything it needs built in, no separate database required for a personal instance.

services:
  papra:
    image: ghcr.io/papra-hq/papra:latest
    container_name: papra
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "1221:1221"
    volumes:
      - ./data:/app/data

Create the first account

The first visit to the web app offers to create an account directly; this becomes the instance's owner.

Upload a document and confirm it's searchable

Drop in a PDF and search for a word that only appears in its body text, not the filename, to confirm the content indexing is actually working.