Documenso Has a Free API: Open-Source Document Signing That Replaces DocuSign

What is Documenso? Documenso is an open-source document signing platform — a self-hosted alternative to DocuSign, HelloSign, and PandaDoc. Send documents for signature, track status, and manage templates via API. Quick Start git clone https://github.com/documenso/documenso cd documenso npm install npx prisma migrate deploy npm run dev The REST API export DOCU_URL = "https://your-documenso.com/api/v1" export DOCU_TOKEN = "your-api-key" Create and Send Document # Upload document curl -X POST " $DOCU_URL /documents" \ -H "Authorization: $DOCU_TOKEN " \ -F "file=@contract.pdf" \ -F 'title=Service Agreement' # Add recipients curl -X POST " $DOCU_URL /documents/DOC_ID/recipients" \ -H "Authorization: $DOCU_TOKEN " \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "signers": [ {"email": "client@company.com", "name": "John Doe", "role": "SIGNER"}, {"email": "cfo@company.com", "name": "Jane Smith", "role": "APPROVER"} ] }' # Add signature fields curl -X POST " $DOCU_URL /documents/DOC_ID/fields" \