DocBento
Self-hosted document AI with OCR and page citations
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Turn PDFs, scans, and Office files into a searchable document library. DocBento combines four OCR options, keyword and semantic search, and an optional AI assistant with page citations. Restricted folders, versions, reviews, reminders, and Word templates keep the workflow practical. Includes Python and React source, Docker deployment, and PostgreSQL or MariaDB support. Commercial source code for teams that want to host and customize their own document system.
PH · launched Sep 29, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 69%) · 0 views
Niche: ai document processing software · 114 launches, 11 in the last 7 days ▲ +10% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Search & retrieval
- B2B
- AI-native
- Commercial product
- Productivity
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More like this: all 114 launches in ai document processing software →
Could you build this?
Yes The application combines standard open-source OCR engines (Tesseract, OCRmyPDF), vector embeddings, and an LLM wrapper with a basic document management UI.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 344 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #260 of 345 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 333 days after the earliest competitor.
- DocMind AI · ph · 2026-09-23 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- DocScan AI Scanner, OCR and PDF · ph · 2026-10-08 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- WorkBento · ph · 2026-10-01 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Bento Scan · ph · 2026-10-02 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- DocScanner: PDF Scanner & OCR · ph · 2026-11-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Docuglean · hn · 2025-11-20 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- DocuMind AI (Beta) · ph · 2026-09-30 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Rajveon Docs · ph · 2026-10-08 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.44
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