Paperless-ngx at Home: Local AI Labeling, Document Chat, and Phone Access Behind CGNAT
Paperless-ngx 3.3 on a small homelab box, Tika and Gotenberg on the NAS, a local 27B model for labeling and chat, and a WireGuard hub on a VPS so the archive opens on my phone from anywhere even though home internet is 5G CGNAT. Hardware split, versions, settings, and every gotcha with its fix.
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