DocMan: A Minimalist Document Management Solution

As a German living with the country’s infamous love for paperwork, I built a streamlined Qt-based tool called DocMan to manage my scanned documents efficiently. This post explains how it works and why I created it several years ago—and why it’s still my go-to solution today without requiring any maintenance. The Problem My document workflow starts with my scanner, which connects to my network via Samba and deposits scanned PDFs into an INBOX folder....

May 8, 2025 · 6 min · Manuel Herrmann