# docassemble

Expert system that runs guided interviews written in YAML and Markdown with Python logic, and assembles documents from the answers.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/docassemble/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-03
Listed since: 2026-11-03

## Record

### Links

- home: https://docassemble.org
- repository: https://github.com/jhpyle/docassemble
- docs: https://docassemble.org/docs.html

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Jonathan Pyle
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: forms
- hosting: python
- language: python
- runtime: python
- runtimeMin: python 3.12
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: postgres
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: rest
- templating: mako, markdown
- i18n: yes, interviews in languages other than English

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: Docker image jhpyle/docassemble

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-29

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 999
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 39
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://docassemble.org/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://docassemble.org/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/jhpyle/docassemble (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/jhpyle/docassemble (read 2026-11-03)
- licenseModel: https://docassemble.org/ (read 2026-11-03)
- language: https://docassemble.org/ (read 2026-11-03)
- runtime: https://docassemble.org/ (read 2026-11-03)
- runtimeMin: https://pypi.org/pypi/docassemble.webapp/json (read 2026-11-03)
- category: https://docassemble.org/ (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://docassemble.org/deploy.html (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://docassemble.org/deploy.html (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://docassemble.org/deploy.html (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://docassemble.org/deploy.html (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://docassemble.org/download.html (read 2026-11-03)
- runsAs: https://docassemble.org/deploy.html (read 2026-11-03)
- adminUi: https://docassemble.org/deploy.html (read 2026-11-03)
- headlessApi: https://docassemble.org/docs/api.html (read 2026-11-03)
- i18n: https://docassemble.org/docs/language.html (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://docassemble.org/docs/installation.html (read 2026-11-03)
- templating: https://docassemble.org/docs/roles.html (read 2026-11-03)
- templating: https://docassemble.org/ (read 2026-11-03)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/jhpyle/docassemble/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md (read 2026-11-03)
- currentMajor: https://pypi.org/pypi/docassemble.webapp/json (read 2026-11-03)
- latestReleaseDate: https://pypi.org/pypi/docassemble.webapp/json (read 2026-11-03)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/jhpyle/docassemble (read 2026-11-03)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/jhpyle/docassemble/contributors (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainer: https://github.com/jhpyle/docassemble/blob/master/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-11-03)

## Notes

docassemble is an expert system for guided interviews and document assembly, written in Python. Interview text is written in YAML and Markdown, and the software provides a web site that conducts interviews with users.

The project documents several ways to install it: the Docker image, Docker Compose or Helm, a manual installation without Docker, and the docassemble.webapp package from PyPI. The deploy guide describes running a server on the internet, and the installation page assumes PostgreSQL as the SQL database.

## Worth knowing

The Docker image is the route the deploy guide calls the easiest. The code is MIT-licensed, and the documentation is under CC BY 3.0.

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