# Paperarchive

> Paperarchive is an AI-powered document management platform for freelancers and families. Upload any document (PDF, image, or Office file) and it is automatically OCR-processed, categorized, and made searchable. Data is hosted in Germany and processing is GDPR-compliant. The main app runs at https://app.paperarchive.io, the public REST API at https://api.paperarchive.io/v1.

Key facts:

- Documents are processed through an automatic pipeline: OCR, AI analysis (title, date, category, sender, amounts), tagging, and vector embeddings for semantic search.
- An event-centric model tracks real-world events (invoices, contracts, policies, notices, receipts, payslips, bank statements) with documents as evidence.
- Bank statements get a dedicated extraction pipeline that returns transactions, balances, IBAN, and statement period as structured data.
- The REST API uses Bearer authentication with API keys (prefix pa_live_), scoped permissions, and per-key rate limits (60 requests/minute, 10 document uploads/minute).
- Integrations with n8n and OpenClaw are documented with step-by-step guides.

## Machine-Readable Resources

- [Full documentation as Markdown](https://paperarchive.io/llms-full.txt): Complete help and API docs in a single file
- [API overview for LLMs](https://paperarchive.io/docs/llms.txt): Compact API endpoint summary
- [OpenAPI 3.0 spec](https://paperarchive.io/docs/openapi.json): Machine-readable API specification

## Product

- [Homepage](https://paperarchive.io/): Product overview, pricing, and testimonials
- [Features](https://paperarchive.io/features): Feature overview
- [Security](https://paperarchive.io/security): Security architecture and data protection
- [FAQ](https://paperarchive.io/faq): Frequently asked questions
- [Comparisons](https://paperarchive.io/comparisons): Paperarchive vs. Paperless-ngx, Dropbox, Google Drive, Evernote, Notion

## Help Documentation

- [Getting Started](https://paperarchive.io/docs/getting-started): First steps with Paperarchive
- [Upload & Documents](https://paperarchive.io/docs/upload-and-documents): Supported formats and document handling
- [Processing & AI](https://paperarchive.io/docs/processing-and-ai): How the AI processing pipeline works
- [Search](https://paperarchive.io/docs/search): Full-text and AI-powered search
- [Spaces & Email Upload](https://paperarchive.io/docs/spaces-and-email): Organizing documents into spaces, email-to-archive
- [GoBD Compliance](https://paperarchive.io/docs/gobd-compliance): Compliance for German bookkeeping requirements

## API Reference

- [Introduction](https://paperarchive.io/docs/api/introduction): Base URL, versioning, request and response format
- [Authentication](https://paperarchive.io/docs/api/authentication): API keys, Bearer tokens, scopes, space restrictions
- [Errors & Rate Limits](https://paperarchive.io/docs/api/errors): Error format, status codes, RateLimit headers
- [Documents](https://paperarchive.io/docs/api/documents): List, retrieve, download, upload, and delete documents
- [Statements](https://paperarchive.io/docs/api/statements): Extracted bank statement transactions and balances
- [Structured Data](https://paperarchive.io/docs/api/structured-data): Type-specific extracted fields per document type
- [Search](https://paperarchive.io/docs/api/search): Full-text search across documents
- [Spaces](https://paperarchive.io/docs/api/spaces): List and retrieve spaces
- [Categories](https://paperarchive.io/docs/api/categories): Manage categories
- [Tags](https://paperarchive.io/docs/api/tags): Manage tags
- [Senders](https://paperarchive.io/docs/api/senders): Manage senders
- [n8n Integration](https://paperarchive.io/docs/api/n8n-quickstart): Automate document workflows with n8n
- [OpenClaw Integration](https://paperarchive.io/docs/api/openclaw-quickstart): Build an AI document assistant with OpenClaw

## Optional

- [Blog](https://paperarchive.io/blog): Guides on going paperless, document retention periods in Germany, and tax preparation
- [German Homepage](https://paperarchive.io/de): German version of the site (all docs also available under /de/docs/)
- [Privacy Policy](https://paperarchive.io/privacy): Privacy policy
- [Terms of Service](https://paperarchive.io/terms): Terms of service