Multi-User Support

[crow4619]

It appears Paperless-AI supports one Paperless-NGX user for document parsing at a time. It would be really helpful to have the option to designate multiple Paperless users in the settings.

Describe the solution you'd like
I would like to see an option to configure multi-user support in Paperless-AI, allowing the input of multiple users at once. This way, documents can be automatically parsed, categorized, and organized for each user individually, streamlining the process for managing documents in a multi-user setup.

Describe alternatives you've considered
One possibility is setting up separate instances of Paperless-AI for each user, but this adds unnecessary complexity and management overhead.

Additional context
Multi-user support would enhance the usability of Paperless-AI in environments where multiple users need to have their documents processed, such as in households and teams.

[clusterzx]

Maybe, I could be wrong, just an idea.
Instead of multiple users you could create user that is only for AI and give it all rights and add it to all documents as owner (in paperless-ngx a document can have multiple users).

I did not try that out before, just a quick idea.

[gima84]

Checked it - it's a 1to1 relationship. 1 Document can be owned by 1 owner only.

[clusterzx]

Ah you are so right, I did look at the wrong setting. You can add multiple users to read and write for a document, but just one owner.

[crow4619]

Thanks for the follow up and initial suggestion - too bad it looks like only one owner per document. Not sure how difficult it would be to add multi-user support but that would be a very welcome addition for families (I have several boys with their own accounts).

And also: huge thank you for taking the time to make this and share with the community!

[clusterzx]

I will transform this into an idea in the discussion section. Really appreciate your word, that keeps me motivated and grateful.
Maybe I can implement this already in the next 1 or 2 updates.

[w-marco]

Just to add: I think ideally, paperless-ai should allow to create a second user in the paperless-ai service, and then that second user can configure paperless-ai individually, e.g. use another prompt that user1, and connect their own paperless-ngx account.

This would allow true user-management in paperless-ai and paperless-ngx.
But as a first step, being able to reuse the same settings but for multiple paperless-ngx users would be a good start.

[gima84]

Maybe it's an option to NOT use the user management in paperless-ai. Maybe it's possible to reuse the already existing users in paperless-ngx? Kind of SSO :-)
But I have no idea if this is feasible..., possible, ....

[stusemple]

I would value multiple user support. My wife loves this feature, but having to search through all my documents to be able to ‘chat’ with her own would drop the wife approval factor significantly. So I have to spin up two instances