DocSys 📁

A beautiful, modern document management web UI built in Go.

Features

• 🎨 Modern UI - Clean design with Sora font, Tailwind CSS, smooth animations
• 🌙 Dark Mode - Toggle between light and dark themes
• 🔍 Full-Text Search - Search across all OCR content using SQLite FTS5
• 📱 Mobile Responsive - Works great on all devices
• 📄 PDF Viewer - Inline PDF viewing with PDF.js
• 🏷️ Categories - Organize documents by type (taxes, bills, medical, etc.)
• 📤 Drag & Drop Upload - Easy file upload to inbox
• ✏️ Edit Metadata - Update titles, categories, and notes
• 📊 Export CSV - Export filtered results for analysis
• ⚡ htmx Powered - Fast, lightweight interactivity without heavy JS

Tech Stack

• Backend: Go with Chi router
• Database: SQLite with FTS5 for full-text search
• Frontend: Tailwind CSS, htmx, PDF.js
• Font: Sora (Google Fonts)

Installation

Prerequisites

• Go 1.22+
• Documents directory at ~/documents/ with:
  • records/{category}/*.md - Document record files
  • store/*.pdf - PDF files
  • index/ - Database directory

Build

cd /home/johan/dev/docsys

# Build with FTS5 support
CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -tags "fts5" -o docsys .

Run

./docsys
# Server starts at http://localhost:9201

Install as Service

chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

Configuration

The app uses these default paths:

Path	Purpose
~/documents/records/{category}/*.md	Document record files
~/documents/store/*.pdf	PDF storage
~/documents/index/docsys.db	SQLite database
~/documents/inbox/	Upload inbox

API Endpoints

Endpoint	Method	Description
/	GET	Dashboard
/browse	GET	Category browser
/browse/{category}	GET	Documents in category
/document/{id}	GET	Document detail view
/search?q=	GET	Search page
/pdf/{hash}	GET	Serve PDF file
/api/search	POST	HTMX search
/api/documents	GET	List documents (JSON)
/api/upload	POST	Upload file to inbox
/api/document/{id}	PUT	Update document
/api/document/{id}	DELETE	Delete document
/api/export	GET	Export to CSV
/api/reindex	POST	Rebuild index

Document Record Format

Documents are stored as Markdown files:

# Document Record

**ID:** abc123def
**Original File:** invoice.pdf
**Processed:** 2026-01-15T10:30:00
**Category:** bills
**Type:** invoice

## Extracted Info

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Date | January 15, 2026 |
| Vendor | Example Corp |
| Amount | $99.99 |

## Summary

Brief summary of the document...

## Full Text

OCR text content here...

## Files

- **PDF:** [store/abc123def.pdf](../../store/abc123def.pdf)

License

MIT