14.9k stars · AGPL-3.0 · v2.17.0 (2026-08-19) · Track this in Scout
The document you send that comes back signed, not thumbed-through and forgotten in a folder.
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What it is
A self-hosted electronic signature service — AGPL, Next.js plus Postgres. Sends signable PDFs by email link, tracks who opened, who signed, when, and emits an audit trail.
What it is good for. This will not earn traffic. It is the missing hinge for two moments that stall founder-led deals: enterprise customers who ask for a DPA, MSA or NDA before purchasing, and any consulting or partnership work. Right now the choices are DocuSign at $25/month per user or DOCX by email with no trail. Documenso runs on an ordinary server and doubles as the delivery mechanism for signed Typst-produced proposals (Ed.8 #7).
- AGPL-3.0 — self-hosted, your data
- Handles the ceremony (authenticated links, signed audit trail) that DocuSign is famous for
- Emits webhooks: n8n can route "contract signed" into Twenty (#1) as a stage change
- eSignature legality varies — for EU counterparts, read eIDAS and whether Documenso's basic level meets what your customer expects
- Sending is your problem — needs SMTP with SPF/DKIM/DMARC. checkdmarc (Ed.8 #1) is the tool to test that
- Nobody uses this weekly at a small scale; installing before the first request is premature — the case here is "know it exists"
DocuSign, PandaDoc, and per-signature pricing
The same SMTP setup as Listmonk and your transactional email — one configuration pays off three times
