Documenso

Documenso is the open-source DocuSign alternative, a developer-friendly e-signature platform for sending, signing, and managing documents. Its public REST API lets you create and upload documents, add recipients and signature fields, send documents for signing, work with reusable templates, and receive webhook events across the document lifecycle. Self-hostable under AGPL.

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APIs

Documenso Documents API

Create, upload, retrieve, download, send, re-send, and delete documents. Upload returns a presigned URL for the document PDF, and documents move through a DRAFT, PENDING, COMPLE...

Documenso Recipients API

Manage the recipients of a document - create, update, and delete signers, approvers, viewers, CCs, and assistants, with configurable roles and signing order.

Documenso Fields API

Add and configure signature and form fields on a document - signatures, initials, name, email, date, text, number, radio, checkbox, and dropdown - positioned by page and percent...

Documenso Templates API

Create, retrieve, and delete reusable document templates, and generate new documents from a template with overridable title, recipients, and meta options.

Documenso Webhooks

Outbound webhook events covering the full document lifecycle - created, sent, opened, signed, completed, rejected, cancelled - plus template events. Payloads are verified with a...

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aid: documenso
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/documenso/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Documenso
kind: company
description: Documenso is the open-source DocuSign alternative, a developer-friendly
  e-signature platform for sending, signing, and managing documents. Its public REST
  API lets you create and upload documents, add recipients and signature fields, send
  documents for signing, work with reusable templates, and receive webhook events
  across the document lifecycle. Self-hostable under AGPL.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- E-Signature
- Documents
- Signing
- Open Source
- DocuSign Alternative
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: documenso:documents
  name: Documenso Documents API
  tags:
  - Documents
  - Signing
  - E-Signature
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.documenso.com/developers/public-api
  baseURL: https://app.documenso.com/api/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.documenso.com/developers/public-api
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.documenso.com/developers/public-api/reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/documenso-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/documenso.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: https://github.com/documenso/documenso
    type: GitHub
  description: Create, upload, retrieve, download, send, re-send, and delete documents.
    Upload returns a presigned URL for the document PDF, and documents move through
    a DRAFT, PENDING, COMPLETED, REJECTED, or CANCELLED lifecycle.
- aid: documenso:recipients
  name: Documenso Recipients API
  tags:
  - Recipients
  - Signers
  - Documents
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.documenso.com/developers/public-api
  baseURL: https://app.documenso.com/api/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.documenso.com/developers/public-api
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.documenso.com/developers/public-api/reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/documenso-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/documenso.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: https://github.com/documenso/documenso
    type: GitHub
  description: Manage the recipients of a document - create, update, and delete signers,
    approvers, viewers, CCs, and assistants, with configurable roles and signing order.
- aid: documenso:fields
  name: Documenso Fields API
  tags:
  - Fields
  - Signature Fields
  - Documents
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.documenso.com/developers/public-api
  baseURL: https://app.documenso.com/api/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.documenso.com/developers/public-api
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.documenso.com/developers/public-api/reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/documenso-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/documenso.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: https://github.com/documenso/documenso
    type: GitHub
  description: Add and configure signature and form fields on a document - signatures,
    initials, name, email, date, text, number, radio, checkbox, and dropdown - positioned
    by page and percentage coordinates and bound to a recipient.
- aid: documenso:templates
  name: Documenso Templates API
  tags:
  - Templates
  - Documents
  - Automation
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.documenso.com/developers/public-api
  baseURL: https://app.documenso.com/api/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.documenso.com/developers/public-api
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.documenso.com/developers/public-api/reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/documenso-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/documenso.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: https://github.com/documenso/documenso
    type: GitHub
  description: Create, retrieve, and delete reusable document templates, and generate
    new documents from a template with overridable title, recipients, and meta options.
- aid: documenso:webhooks
  name: Documenso Webhooks
  tags:
  - Webhooks
  - Events
  - Notifications
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.documenso.com/docs/developers/webhooks
  baseURL: https://app.documenso.com/api/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.documenso.com/docs/developers/webhooks
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.documenso.com/docs/developers/webhooks/verification
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/documenso/documenso
    type: GitHub
  description: Outbound webhook events covering the full document lifecycle - created,
    sent, opened, signed, completed, rejected, cancelled - plus template events. Payloads
    are verified with a shared secret sent in the X-Documenso-Secret header.
common:
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/documenso
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/documenso
- type: Website
  url: https://documenso.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.documenso.com
- type: Plans
  url: plans/documenso-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/documenso-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/documenso-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com