LunaTranslator vs Paperless-ngx
LunaTranslator and Paperless-ngx are both document management software. LunaTranslator is open source under GPL-3.0, with 14k GitHub stars. Paperless-ngx is open source under GPL-3.0, with 47k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick LunaTranslator when
- You play Japanese visual novels and want live translation.
- Pick Paperless-ngx when
- A household or small office wants to go paperless and can run Docker.
Side by side
A Windows translator for visual novels that hooks game text or OCRs the screen and shows machine translations.
Turns scanned and emailed documents into a searchable archive with OCR, automatic tagging and matching, and a web interface.
Its text hooking can trip anti-cheat in some games, and docs are mostly Chinese.
You are responsible for backups of your only copy of important documents.
Production-ready (both)
Desktop app
Self-hosted server
C++ and Python
Python, Django, TypeScript, Angular, PostgreSQL and Redis
Open source, GPL-3.0 (strong copyleft) (both)
Use inside your business is unrestricted, but anything you distribute that includes it must be released under the same license. (both)
14k GitHub stars
47k GitHub stars
Established: started 4 years ago, latest release v12.1.3.8.
Established: started 4 years ago, latest release v3.4.1.
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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.