This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle
What I Built
PaperPilot is a document management web application designed for freelancers and small businesses.
Freelancers often waste time organizing invoices, receipts, and other business documents. PaperPilot aims to make this process easier through a simple, professional dashboard.
Features
- 📄 Upload PDF, PNG, JPG, and TXT files.
- 📁 Organize documents into invoices, receipts, and other categories.
- 🔎 Search and filter document records.
- 📊 View document statistics on the dashboard.
- 🔒 Store document metadata locally in the browser.
- 🗑️ Delete individual records or clear the library.
The project is built with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It is designed to help freelancers manage their paperwork without requiring a paid API.
The project contains three main files:
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index.html— Website structure -
style.css— Styling and responsive design -
script.js— Document management and interactions
How I Built It
I built PaperPilot using HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript.
HTML provides the application structure, CSS creates a responsive interface, and JavaScript powers document categorization, searching, filtering, and deletion.
Browser local storage keeps document metadata available between sessions. The current prototype does not upload files to a server or require an external API key.
The next development step is integrating an open-weight AI model running locally to extract invoice information and summarize expenses.
Why Does Open Innovation Matter?
Open innovation gives developers and small businesses more control over their technology.
For PaperPilot, locally running open-weight AI could help freelancers extract invoice details and organize expenses without sending sensitive documents to a third-party AI service.
It could also reduce dependence on paid APIs and give users more flexibility over their costs, privacy, and model choices.
My goal is to develop PaperPilot into an affordable, privacy-focused assistant that helps freelancers spend less time on repetitive paperwork and more time growing their businesses.
My Agent Session
Not applicable to the current version.
My First User
This project is currently a prototype. I plan to share it with freelancers and small business owners to collect feedback and understand which document management features would be most useful.
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