
Open-Capture
Open-Capture captures documents, extracts information with OCR and AI, and exports results to management software.
What Open-Capture is
Open-Capture captures documents, extracts information with OCR and AI, and exports results to management software. It accepts material from scanners, copiers, file drops, email and attachments, web forms, uploads, and web services. Extraction options include Tesseract OCR, pre-trained models, machine-learning classification, key-value extraction, reference-data matching, dictionaries, and barcode or QR-code reading. Extracted fields can be checked against rules, formats, reference data, and scripted business rules. Additional modules include Splitter for batch preparation, Verifier for checking extracted data, and MailCollect for processing email and attachments. Verifier is described for structured or semi-structured documents such as invoices, delivery notes, contracts, and purchase orders. The full-web application runs natively on Linux and can be hosted on-premise or in a public or private cloud. Listed integrations include a native MEM Courrier connector, CMIS, OpenADS/Oxalis, OpenCRM, Alfresco, and SharePoint; export formats include PDF, PDF/A, XML, CSV, and plain text. Open-Capture is free under the GNU GPLv3 license, with no limit on users.
Good
- Free under the GNU GPLv3 license
- No limit on users
- Accepts documents from multiple sources
- Offers OCR, AI, and barcode extraction options
- Supports on-premise and cloud hosting
Watch out
- Runs natively on Linux
- Deployment and hosting require organizational choices
- Some business rules are implemented through scripts
Who it suits
It suits organizations that need to capture and extract data from varied document sources before sending results to management software. The maker names companies, professionals, local authorities, public administrations, and associations among its intended users.
Verdict
Open-Capture combines document intake, extraction, verification, and export, with multiple hosting options and additional workflow modules. Its free, user-unlimited license may suit organizations prepared to choose and manage a deployment approach.
Plans and prices
From Open-Capture's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Open-Capture | Free | Unlimited users · self-hosted/on-premise · open APIs · Free and open-source download |
The facts
Each one read from Open-Capture's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI classification
- Machine-learning models automatically identify document types to improve sorting, separation and indexing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API and extensibility
- The product advertises open APIs, configurable XML schemas and masks, authentication-token generation and scripts embedded in workflow configuration.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Architecture documented independently
- DeepWiki describes a web architecture with an Angular/Tailwind frontend, Python Flask backend, PostgreSQL persistence, background workers and OCR/image-processing pipelines.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The maker names companies, professionals, local authorities, town halls, public administrations, and associations as users it serves.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Capture channels
- Documents can enter through scanners, multifunction copiers, file repositories, email, attachments, web forms, uploads and APIs.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Community visibility
- The official GitHub repository showed 37 stars, 15 forks and 1,232 commits when opened.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The maker says Open-Capture is a full-web application that runs natively on Linux and supports on-premise, public-cloud, or private-cloud hosting.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Developer documentation
- The published documentation includes installation, classic and Docker deployment, tenant creation, updates, migration, mail capture, Samba, SFTP and WebDAV setup.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Document intake
- It can collect documents from scanners, copiers, file drops, email and attachments, web forms, uploads, and web services.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Document types
- Verifier is described for structured or semi-structured documents including invoices, delivery notes, contracts, and purchase orders.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Email processing
- MailCollect analyzes email content, identifies senders, extracts metadata, and includes attachments in processing workflows.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Export formats
- Processed documents and metadata can be exported as PDF, PDF/A, XML, plain text and other configured outputs.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Extraction
- Extraction options include Tesseract OCR, pre-trained models, machine-learning classification, key-value extraction, reference-data matching, dictionaries, and barcode or QR-code reading.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Independent licence description
- Comptoir du Libre describes Open-Capture as server software for automated metadata extraction and PDF conversion, released under GNU GPL v3.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Published integrations include Alfresco, SharePoint, MEM Courrier, Maarch Courrier, CMIS and other ECM or business systems.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The main Open-Capture repository is distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.checked 15 Oct 2026
- License
- Edissyum says its software is distributed under the GNU GPLv3 license.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Limit: migration
- The V4 repository warns that V4 is not a drop-in upgrade for earlier versions and requires migration documentation.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: operating-system support
- The installation documentation recommends Debian and says Ubuntu or Ubuntu Server may be used but bug support is not provided there.checked 15 Oct 2026
- MailCollect module
- MailCollect analyzes email content, identifies senders for metadata extraction and includes attachments in processing workflows.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company expertise
- LinkedIn describes Edissyum as specializing in document digitization, content capture and automated distribution and processing of incoming, outgoing and circulating flows.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company profile
- LinkedIn lists Edissyum Consulting as a privately held IT-services company with 11–50 employees, headquartered in Carpentras, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, and founded in 2009.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Carpentras, Francechecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
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