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. I needed a lightweight but effective way to: ...

May 8, 2025 · 6 min · Manuel Herrmann