# Documenso Open Source Document Signing Platform

> Documenso is an open-source digital document signing platform and DocuSign alternative. It enables secure electronic signatures with self-hosting capabilities, providing transparent and trustworthy document workflows built on open trust infrastructure.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/documenso-open-source-document-signing-platform` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/documenso-open-source-document-signing-platform`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/documenso-open-source-document-signing-platform/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/documenso-open-source-document-signing-platform

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# Documenso Open Source Document Signing Platform

Documenso is an open-source digital document signing platform and DocuSign alternative. It enables secure electronic signatures with self-hosting capabilities, providing transparent and trustworthy document workflows built on open trust infrastructure.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/documenso
- Run npm run dx in the root directory
- Run npm run dev in the root directory
- npm run d

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- <!-- - Support for [opensignpdf (requires Java on server)](https://github.com/open-pdf-sign) is currently planned. -->
- Node.js (v22 or above)
- Docker (optional)

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- To run Documenso locally, you will need
- Postgres SQL Database
- ### Developer Quickstart

- Source: https://github.com/documenso/documenso
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/documenso/documenso/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/documenso-open-source-document-signing/)