Tutorials
Learning-oriented. Start here if Faxart is new to you: receive your first fax, send one from email.
Faxart documentation
Fax, voicemail, scan, and email: caught on-prem, read on your own hardware, and put in front of the right person. Open source, built for clinics.
Find your way around
Section titled “Find your way around”These docs follow the Diátaxis model. Pick the path that matches what you are trying to do right now.
How-to guides
Task-oriented. Recipes for daily work: write a routing rule, request a fax number, favorite a printer, block a sender.
Reference
Lookup-oriented. How the system is put together, end to end.
Explanation
Understanding-oriented. Why on-prem, why a trust gate, why “joiners”.
Operators
Deploy and run it. Install, configuration, the service topology, and the one-time integration setup (MEDITECH, fax-to-email, screening, printers).
Popular starting points
Section titled “Popular starting points” Deploy with Docker Compose Bring the stack up locally and send a loopback fax.
The joiners model What the name means and why it shapes the design.
Keeping PHI on-prem Why no page, recording, or message ever leaves the building.
Configuration The environment variables that turn features on.
Hero artwork: David Hockney, “FAX” message (1995). © David Hockney, shown in tribute. Faxart is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by David Hockney.