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An open-source alternative to HotDocs

Docassemble is the one project in our catalog listed as a replacement for HotDocs. It is documents software with 996 GitHub stars. Below is how it measures against the questions people usually ask first.

Docassemble

Documents

Turn expert guidance into finished documents.

Docassemble turns a sequence of questions and rules into an interactive service that can gather information, explain choices, and generate finished documents. Authors work with YAML interviews, Python logic, and familiar office templates, while end users move through a responsive browser experience.

  • Create conditional guided interviews with YAML and Python logic
  • Populate PDF, RTF, and DOCX outputs and collect touchscreen signatures
  • Integrate workflows through APIs, custom front ends, email, and SMS

What people use it for

Automate document intake and assembly

Ask only the questions relevant to a user, validate the answers, and merge the resulting data into court forms, agreements, letters, or other PDF and word-processing templates.

Publish a guided expert service

Encode rules and explanations in an interview that helps people understand options, complete a process, or reach a tailored outcome without exposing the underlying logic.

Connect an interview to another system

Use APIs, Python extensions, background tasks, email, and text messaging to place guided interviews inside a wider intake or service-delivery workflow.

996 starsMITPythonNo GitHub release yetWebsite ↗Full profile →

Fact checklist

The same questions the pages with more alternatives let you sort by, answered for Docassemble.

  • Permissive licence (MIT, Apache, BSD)Licence: MIT (permissive)
  • Open-source licence (copyleft or permissive)Licence: MIT (permissive)
  • Does not meet: Released in the last 90 daysNo GitHub release published
  • Does not meet: Gaining stars this week+4 stars in the last 7 days
  • Written in PythonMain language on GitHub
  • Recommended in a stackIn Law firm

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