documenso
by documenso
Documenso is an open-source alternative to DocuSign, allowing users to self-host a document signing service.
Ready to useEstablished, openly licensed, and no red flags in its documentation.
- Stars
- 15.6k
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- Runs on
- A small server
- Setup
- Moderate
- Language
- TypeScript
- Age
- 1324 days
What you can do with it
- Sign documents digitally
- Self-host the service
- Review the code under the hood
Could replace
- DocuSign
- Adobe Sign
- Zoho Sign
Our suggestion based on what it does, not a feature-by-feature comparison.
Ways a business could use it
- Reduce costs by self-hosting
- Comply with data sovereignty regulations
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use. Anything you distribute that includes it must be open-sourced under the same licence. Running it as an online service also counts, so a hosted version must offer its source.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Setup involves running Docker containers or manually configuring the application.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Part of these stacks
Checked 26 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
