documenso

Documenso lets you upload documents and send them for digital signatures, create templates, and manage your team. Developers can add signing to their applications through a REST API, webhooks, and embedding, or self-host the platform.

Key features

• Upload and send documents for signatures
• Create document templates
• Manage teams through the web application
• Support signer and approver recipient roles
• Add signature and input fields
• Follow documents from draft to completed
• Use signing certificates for digital verification
• Integrate through a REST API, webhooks, and embedding
• Self-host with Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Railway, or manual deployment

Why it helps in Pakistan

• Reduce printing and scanning for document-signing workflows
• Reuse templates for recurring paperwork
• Keep control of your deployment through self-hosting
• Add signing to existing applications instead of building it from scratch
• Read and audit the open-source code

• 01

  A Lahore software agency can send client service agreements for signatures.

• 02

  A Karachi business can create templates for recurring supplier agreements.

• 03

  An Islamabad HR team can send employment paperwork to signers and approvers.

• 04

  A Pakistani developer can embed document signing into a business application.

Hardware

Check the official docs

Operating system

Check the official docsThe optional local signing-certificate instructions require a Linux terminal or Windows Subsystem for Linux.

Skills

Working with Git, npm, and environment files for local developmentConfiguring a PostgreSQL database for manual setupUsing Docker and Docker Compose for the developer quickstart

Accounts needed

GitHub account for the documented fork-based developer setupDocumenso account to use the hosted applicationAPI key for API integration

Commands are copied from the project's README and official docs.

1. 1

   Prepare the developer environment

   Use Node.js v24 or above. The developer quickstart assumes Docker and Docker Compose are installed. This is a development setup, not a production deployment guide.
2. 2

   Fork and clone

   Fork the repository to your GitHub account, then run git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/documenso, replacing the username placeholder.
3. 3

   Configure the environment

   Set up .env using .env.example, or run cp .env.example .env for the documented defaults.
4. 4

   Start development services

   Run npm run dx in the repository root. This starts PostgreSQL and an Inbucket mail server in Docker.
5. 5

   Start the application

   Run npm run dev in the repository root. The README also lists npm run d as a faster alternative.
6. 6

   Open the local application

   Visit http://localhost:3000. View captured development email at http://localhost:9000. The development database port is 54320.

• REST API, webhooks, and embedding

  Integrate document signing into your own applications. The API quick start begins with obtaining an API key.

• Stripe

  Listed in the project stack for payments; the supplied sources do not describe payment configuration.

• Inbucket

  Captures outgoing email locally in the developer quickstart, with a web interface on port 9000 and SMTP on port 2500.

• Gitpod

  Launch a ready-to-use development workspace in your browser through the README link.

• VSCode DevContainers

  Open the repository in the supported DevContainer environment.

• GitHub
• Homepage
• Official documentation
• Manual local setup
• Self-hosting guide
• Docker deployment
• Docker Compose deployment
• Troubleshooting
• Tips and common pitfalls
• Discord community
• Security policy