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The project would be much more approachable if there was a simple native installer

Actually the very first example on https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/setup lists an interactive installer which asks the user some question and eventually arrives at a working docker-compose setup.

    $ bash -c "$(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/main/install-paperless-ngx.sh)"

If you ask me, this is already pretty user friendly. Although I agree that if your needs are more involved, there is some reading you'll have to do.

I am currently in the process of migrating from mayan-edms to paperless-ngx and it feels pretty approachable to me if you know your way around docker (compose).