Docassemble: Document Automation software
A free, open-source expert system for guided interviews and document assembly
Docassemble is a free, open-source expert system for guided interviews and document assembly built on Python, YAML, and Markdown. It generates PDF, RTF, and DOCX documents from user input and supports multiuser, multilingual interactions, APIs, and background tasks. Created by a lawyer-programmer to automate legal practice, it serves as a general-purpose platform.
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Jonathan Pyle
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What Docassemble does
The platform auto-determines interview flow, only asking questions necessary to gather required information, letting developers focus on end results rather than process. Features include touchscreen signatures, live chat with screen sharing, SMS and email send/receive, OCR, machine learning, and LLM support. Templates are composed in DOCX or PDF with sync via Google Drive or OneDrive. It scales across multiple machines and offers server-side encryption, two-factor authentication, document redaction, and REST API integrations. Code is MIT-licensed.
What it does
Docassemble core capabilities
WYSIWYG
Compose templates in DOCX or PDF files with sync support.
Signatures
Gather touchscreen signatures and embed them in documents.
Live chat
Real-time chat, screen sharing, and remote screen control.
AI
Use machine learning to process input or LLMs to converse.
OCR
Process images uploaded by the user with OCR.
Multilingual
Offer interviews in multiple languages.
Background Tasks
Run tasks behind the scenes even when user is logged out.
Scalable
Deploy interviews on multiple machines for high traffic.
Technical specifications
- Free, open-source under MIT license
- Built on Python, YAML, Markdown
- REST API available
- Integrations: Google Drive, OneDrive, GitHub, PyPI
- Machine learning and LLM support
- Bootstrap-based responsive design
- Server-side encryption and two-factor authentication
- SMS and email send/receive capabilities
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Pricing details
Docassemble pricing
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Pricing model
Free version
Free and open-source under the MIT license.
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FAQs
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Docassemble is a free, open-source expert system for guided interviews and document assembly. It conducts web-based interviews with users and generates documents in PDF, RTF, or DOCX format. Built on Python, YAML, and Markdown, it was created by a lawyer-programmer to automate legal practice but works as a general-purpose platform.
Developers do not design interview flow manually. Docassemble automatically determines which questions to ask and in what order, based on what information is necessary to gather. It skips unnecessary questions, letting developers concentrate on end results rather than constructing the interview process step by step.
Docassemble is free and open-source. The code is licensed under the MIT license, and the documentation is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0). It was designed and built by Jonathan Pyle, a lawyer and computer programmer.
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