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Just curiosity... What does "ngx" mean in this context? To me it means Angular (the web framework). So, I was surprised to learn this wasn't an Angular plugin.

Just curiosity... What does "ngx" mean in this context? To me it means Angular (the web framework). So, I was surprised to learn this wasn't an Angular plugin. Angular is often referred to as ng for short and as such their plugins tend to have ngx as a prefix. For example, the angular wrapper for ChartJS is ngx-chartjs.

jdoss 3y ago
Paperless was a project and then it died, so it got forked to Paperless NG (Next Generation). Paperless NG died off and it got forked again to Paperless NGX. At least that is my understanding following the Paperless project over the years.
- steve1977 3y ago
  So what will be next? Paperless NGX++?
  - chatmasta 3y ago
    Paperleast
ydant 3y ago
I don't know if it has a specific meaning. There have been multiple forks: paperless (https://github.com/the-paperless-project/paperless https://github.com/the-paperless-project/paperless) -> paperless-ng (https://github.com/jonaswinkler/paperless-ng/ https://github.com/jonaswinkler/paperless-ng/) -> paperless-ngx (https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/ https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/)
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georgehotelling 3y ago
Paperless started as "paperless" but the dev stopped work so another dev forked it to "paperless-ng" (for "next generation" I think). That dev, too, stopped work, so "paperless-ngx" was created. The paperless-ngx's core team focused on gathering a group of people to support it to avoid any burnout problems and keep the project sustainable.
- luoc 3y ago
  The x was rather the transition away from a single maintainer to the org. Iirc that guy still sticks around
__jonas 3y ago
As others said I'm not sure if the name relates to Angular but it's worth saying that the frontend is in fact Angular https://github.com/jonaswinkler/paperless-ng/tree/master/src-ui#readme https://github.com/jonaswinkler/paperless-ng/tree/master/src...

jdoss 3y ago

Paperless was a project and then it died, so it got forked to Paperless NG (Next Generation). Paperless NG died off and it got forked again to Paperless NGX. At least that is my understanding following the Paperless project over the years.

steve1977 3y ago
So what will be next? Paperless NGX++?
- chatmasta 3y ago
  Paperleast

ydant 3y ago

I don't know if it has a specific meaning. There have been multiple forks: paperless (https://github.com/the-paperless-project/paperless https://github.com/the-paperless-project/paperless) -> paperless-ng (https://github.com/jonaswinkler/paperless-ng/ https://github.com/jonaswinkler/paperless-ng/) -> paperless-ngx (https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/ https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/)

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georgehotelling 3y ago

Paperless started as "paperless" but the dev stopped work so another dev forked it to "paperless-ng" (for "next generation" I think). That dev, too, stopped work, so "paperless-ngx" was created. The paperless-ngx's core team focused on gathering a group of people to support it to avoid any burnout problems and keep the project sustainable.

luoc 3y ago
The x was rather the transition away from a single maintainer to the org. Iirc that guy still sticks around

__jonas 3y ago

As others said I'm not sure if the name relates to Angular but it's worth saying that the frontend is in fact Angular https://github.com/jonaswinkler/paperless-ng/tree/master/src-ui#readme https://github.com/jonaswinkler/paperless-ng/tree/master/src...