Documenso vs Signaturepdf
Documenso and Signaturepdf are both e-signature software. Documenso is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 16k GitHub stars. Signaturepdf is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 832 GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Documenso when
- A business wants an open DocuSign alternative with an API it can embed in its own product.
- Pick Signaturepdf when
- An organisation wants simple self-hosted PDF signing and page tools, for example on YunoHost.
Side by side
A document signing platform with templates, signing workflows, audit logs and PAdES-compliant digital signatures, offered hosted or self-hosted.
A web app for signing PDFs alone or with others, and for merging, reordering, compressing and editing PDF metadata.
Self-hosting requires your own signing certificate setup, and team and enterprise features are paid.
Signatures are visual, not qualified electronic signatures with legal certificates.
Production-ready
Usable
Self-hosted server and cloud service
Self-hosted server
TypeScript, React, Prisma and PostgreSQL
PHP and JavaScript
Open source, AGPL-3.0 (network copyleft) (both)
Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes. (both)
16k GitHub stars
832 GitHub stars
Established: started 3 years ago, latest release v2.21.1.
Established: started 5 years ago, latest release v1.11.0.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.