The whole suite, self-hosted
The Business and Enterprise licenses ship as a self-hosted bundle. You run three containers on your own infrastructure; documents are processed where they already live and never leave the building.
What you run
Web app
The full 18Docs interface and every browser-side tool. Most tools run entirely on the user's device and never reach the engine at all.
Document engine
An API and worker that handle the few tools needing native binaries — Office-to-PDF, OCR, PDF/A. Processed files are encrypted and auto-deleted.
Job queue
A private Redis queue between the API and worker. Nothing in the pipeline reaches the public internet.
Why on-premise
Data residency
Every file is processed on your own hardware, so regulated documents stay inside your jurisdiction and your security boundary.
No third-party processor
Because we never receive your files, there is no external data-processing relationship to assess, contract or audit for these workflows.
Air-gap friendly
Pre-build the images, push them to your internal registry, and run fully offline. No outbound calls are required to operate.
Wire it into automation
The engine exposes a job API, so document steps can be scripted into your own pipelines and CI — not just driven by hand.
Up and running in three commands
The license includes a Docker Compose bundle. On a host with Docker:
cd deploy/on-premise
cp .env.example .env # set two secrets (a key + a token)
docker compose up -d --build # web + engine + queue
# open http://localhost:3000Put it behind your own TLS proxy, point a hostname at it, and it is ready for your teams. Air-gapped installs pre-build the images and run fully offline.
Ready to deploy it in your environment?
See the license tiers, or try the tools free on the public site first.