diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml
index da4f083d01ac..10d5cda77464 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml
@@ -126,6 +126,13 @@
       to <literal>/run/pdns-recursor</literal> to match upstream.
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+      Paperwork was updated to version 2. The on-disk format slightly changed,
+      and it is not possible to downgrade from Paperwork 2 back to Paperwork
+      1.3. Back your documents up before upgrading. See <link xlink:href="https://forum.openpaper.work/t/paperwork-2-0/112/5">this thread</link> for more details.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
       PowerDNS has been updated from <literal>4.2.x</literal> to <literal>4.3.x</literal>. Please
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/backend.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/backend.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index af0d4c430590..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/backend.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-{ buildPythonPackage, lib, fetchFromGitLab
-
-, isPy3k, isPyPy
-
-, pyenchant, simplebayes, pillow, pycountry, whoosh, termcolor
-, python-Levenshtein, pygobject3, pyocr, natsort, libinsane
-, distro
-
-, pkgs
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "paperwork-backend";
-  version = "1.3.1";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitLab {
-    domain = "gitlab.gnome.org";
-    repo = "paperwork";
-    group = "World";
-    owner = "OpenPaperwork";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1219yz8z4r1yn6miq8zc2z1m1lnhf3dmkhwfw23n05bg842nvg65";
-  };
-
-  sourceRoot = "source/paperwork-backend";
-
-  # Python 2.x is not supported.
-  disabled = !isPy3k && !isPyPy;
-
-  patchPhase = ''
-    echo 'version = "${version}"' > paperwork_backend/_version.py
-  '';
-
-  preCheck = "\"$out/bin/paperwork-shell\" chkdeps paperwork_backend";
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    pyenchant simplebayes pillow pycountry whoosh termcolor
-    python-Levenshtein libinsane pygobject3 pyocr natsort
-    pkgs.poppler_gi pkgs.gtk3 distro
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Backend part of Paperwork (Python API, no UI)";
-    homepage = "https://openpaper.work/";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ aszlig symphorien ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/openpaperwork-core.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/openpaperwork-core.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cae55ae95f1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/openpaperwork-core.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage, lib, fetchFromGitLab
+
+, isPy3k, isPyPy
+
+, distro, setuptools
+
+, pkgs
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "openpaperwork-core";
+  inherit (import ./src.nix { inherit fetchFromGitLab; }) version src;
+
+  sourceRoot = "source/openpaperwork-core";
+
+  # Python 2.x is not supported.
+  disabled = !isPy3k && !isPyPy;
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    echo 'version = "${version}"' > src/openpaperwork_core/_version.py
+    chmod a+w -R ..
+    patchShebangs ../tools
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    distro
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.gettext pkgs.which ];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    make l10n_compile
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Backend part of Paperwork (Python API, no UI)";
+    homepage = "https://openpaper.work/";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ aszlig symphorien ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/openpaperwork-gtk.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/openpaperwork-gtk.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5dae745ce2eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/openpaperwork-gtk.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, lib
+, fetchFromGitLab
+
+, isPy3k
+, isPyPy
+
+, openpaperwork-core
+, pillow
+, pygobject3
+, distro
+
+, pkgs
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "openpaperwork-gtk";
+  inherit (import ./src.nix { inherit fetchFromGitLab; }) version src;
+
+  sourceRoot = "source/openpaperwork-gtk";
+
+  # Python 2.x is not supported.
+  disabled = !isPy3k && !isPyPy;
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    echo 'version = "${version}"' > src/openpaperwork_gtk/_version.py
+    chmod a+w -R ..
+    patchShebangs ../tools
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.gettext pkgs.which ];
+  preBuild = ''
+    make l10n_compile
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pillow
+    pygobject3
+    pkgs.poppler_gi
+    pkgs.gtk3
+    distro
+    pkgs.pango
+    openpaperwork-core
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Reusable GTK components of Paperwork";
+    homepage = "https://openpaper.work/";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ aszlig symphorien ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-backend.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-backend.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a033bd695db6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-backend.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, lib
+, fetchFromGitLab
+
+, isPy3k
+, isPyPy
+
+, pyenchant
+, simplebayes
+, pypillowfight
+, pycountry
+, whoosh
+, termcolor
+, python-Levenshtein
+, pygobject3
+, pyocr
+, natsort
+, libinsane
+, distro
+, openpaperwork-core
+, openpaperwork-gtk
+, psutil
+
+, pkgs
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "paperwork-backend";
+  inherit (import ./src.nix { inherit fetchFromGitLab; }) version src;
+
+  sourceRoot = "source/paperwork-backend";
+
+  # Python 2.x is not supported.
+  disabled = !isPy3k && !isPyPy;
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    echo 'version = "${version}"' > src/paperwork_backend/_version.py
+    chmod a+w -R ..
+    patchShebangs ../tools
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pyenchant
+    simplebayes
+    pypillowfight
+    pycountry
+    whoosh
+    termcolor
+    python-Levenshtein
+    libinsane
+    pygobject3
+    pyocr
+    natsort
+    pkgs.poppler_gi
+    pkgs.gtk3
+    distro
+    openpaperwork-core
+  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.gettext pkgs.which ];
+  preBuild = ''
+    make l10n_compile
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [ openpaperwork-gtk psutil ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Backend part of Paperwork (Python API, no UI)";
+    homepage = "https://openpaper.work/";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ aszlig symphorien ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-gtk.nix
similarity index 57%
rename from pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/default.nix
rename to pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-gtk.nix
index 102c3cd2564c..c493421dd11b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-gtk.nix
@@ -10,45 +10,36 @@
 , dbus
 , libnotify
 , wrapGAppsHook
+, fetchFromGitLab
+, which
+, gettext
+, gobject-introspection
 }:
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
-  inherit (python3Packages.paperwork-backend) version src;
+  inherit (import ./src.nix { inherit fetchFromGitLab; }) version src;
   pname = "paperwork";
 
   sourceRoot = "source/paperwork-gtk";
 
   # Patch out a few paths that assume that we're using the FHS:
   postPatch = ''
-    themeDir="$(echo "${gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme}/share/icons/"*)"
-    sed -i -e "s,/usr/share/icons/gnome,$themeDir," src/paperwork/deps.py
+    chmod a+w -R ..
+    patchShebangs ../tools
 
-    sed -i -e 's,sys\.prefix,"",g' \
-      src/paperwork/frontend/aboutdialog/__init__.py \
-      src/paperwork/frontend/mainwindow/__init__.py \
-      setup.py
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
 
-    sed -i -e '/^UI_FILES_DIRS = \[/,/^\]$/ {
-      c UI_FILES_DIRS = ["'"$out/share/paperwork"'"]
-    }' src/paperwork/frontend/util/__init__.py
-
-    sed -i -e '/^LOCALE_PATHS = \[/,/^\]$/ {
-      c LOCALE_PATHS = ["'"$out/share"'"]
-    }' src/paperwork/paperwork.py
-
-    sed -i -e 's/"icon"/"icon-name"/g' \
-      src/paperwork/frontend/mainwindow/mainwindow.glade
-
-    sed -i -e 's/"logo"/"logo-icon-name"/g' \
-      src/paperwork/frontend/aboutdialog/aboutdialog.glade
-
-    cat - ../AUTHORS.py > src/paperwork/_version.py <<EOF
+    cat - ../AUTHORS.py > src/paperwork_gtk/_version.py <<EOF
     # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
     version = "${version}"
     authors_code=""
     EOF
   '';
 
+  preBuild = ''
+    make l10n_compile
+  '';
+
   ASPELL_CONF = "dict-dir ${buildEnv {
     name = "aspell-all-dicts";
     paths = lib.collect lib.isDerivation aspellDicts;
@@ -56,37 +47,49 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   postInstall = ''
     # paperwork-shell needs to be re-wrapped with access to paperwork
-    cp ${python3Packages.paperwork-backend}/bin/.paperwork-shell-wrapped $out/bin/paperwork-shell
+    cp ${python3Packages.paperwork-shell}/bin/.paperwork-cli-wrapped $out/bin/paperwork-cli
     # install desktop files and icons
-    XDG_DATA_HOME=$out/share $out/bin/paperwork-shell install
+    XDG_DATA_HOME=$out/share $out/bin/paperwork-gtk install --user
   '';
 
-  checkInputs = [ xvfb_run dbus.daemon ] ++ (with python3Packages; [ paperwork-backend ]);
+  checkInputs = [ xvfb_run dbus.daemon ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     wrapGAppsHook
+    gobject-introspection
+    (lib.getBin gettext)
+    which
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme
     libnotify
     librsvg
+    gtk3
+    cairo
   ];
 
+  dontWrapGApps = true;
+
+  preFixup = ''
+    makeWrapperArgs+=("''${gappsWrapperArgs[@]}")
+  '';
+
   # A few parts of chkdeps need to have a display and a dbus session, so we not
   # only need to run a virtual X server + dbus but also have a large enough
   # resolution, because the Cairo test tries to draw a 200x200 window.
   preCheck = ''
     xvfb-run -s '-screen 0 800x600x24' dbus-run-session \
       --config-file=${dbus.daemon}/share/dbus-1/session.conf \
-      paperwork-shell chkdeps paperwork
+      $out/bin/paperwork-gtk chkdeps
   '';
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
     paperwork-backend
+    paperwork-shell
+    openpaperwork-gtk
+    openpaperwork-core
     pypillowfight
-    gtk3
-    cairo
     pyxdg
     dateutil
     setuptools
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-shell.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-shell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1be6f329e3cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, lib
+, fetchFromGitLab
+
+, isPy3k
+, isPyPy
+
+, openpaperwork-core
+, openpaperwork-gtk
+, paperwork-backend
+, fabulous
+, getkey
+
+, pkgs
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "paperwork-shell";
+  inherit (import ./src.nix { inherit fetchFromGitLab; }) version src;
+
+  sourceRoot = "source/paperwork-shell";
+
+  # Python 2.x is not supported.
+  disabled = !isPy3k && !isPyPy;
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    echo 'version = "${version}"' > src/paperwork_shell/_version.py
+    chmod a+w -R ..
+    patchShebangs ../tools
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    openpaperwork-core
+    paperwork-backend
+    fabulous
+    getkey
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    openpaperwork-gtk
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.gettext pkgs.which ];
+  preBuild = ''
+    make l10n_compile
+  '';
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+    "$out/bin/paperwork-cli" chkdeps
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "CLI for Paperwork";
+    homepage = "https://openpaper.work/";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ aszlig symphorien ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/src.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/src.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..70770676edde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/src.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{fetchFromGitLab}:
+rec {
+  version = "2.0.1";
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.gnome.org";
+    repo = "paperwork";
+    group = "World";
+    owner = "OpenPaperwork";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "16pc4drwpjl4937wdavs6wk0j1qs474b072wplhs8ywxfgqip1h4";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fabulous/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fabulous/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6079f22020a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fabulous/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pillow
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "fabulous";
+  version = "0.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jart";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0yxdaz6yayp1a57kdb2i8q7kwwdlwy4a3d0lr012h2ji9m89c8q7";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    ./relative_import.patch
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pillow
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    for i in tests/*.py; do
+      ${python.interpreter} $i
+    done
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Make the output of terminal applications look fabulous";
+    homepage = "https://jart.github.io/fabulous";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.symphorien ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fabulous/relative_import.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fabulous/relative_import.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b12e3d9a7863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fabulous/relative_import.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff --git a/fabulous/prompt.py b/fabulous/prompt.py
+index 531176f..e395ab4 100644
+--- a/fabulous/prompt.py
++++ b/fabulous/prompt.py
+@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
+ import sys
+ import os
+ import os.path
+-import term
+-from term import stdout, stderr, display
++from .term import stdout, stderr, display
+ 
+ __all__ = ["input_object","query","file_chooser"]
+ 
+diff --git a/fabulous/widget.py b/fabulous/widget.py
+index 31a2547..7ad889a 100644
+--- a/fabulous/widget.py
++++ b/fabulous/widget.py
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import os
+ import math
+ from datetime import datetime
+ # import textwrap
+-from term import stdout, display
++from .term import stdout, display
+ 
+ class ProgressBar(object):
+     """A 3-line progress bar, which looks like::
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/getkey/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/getkey/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c0cbec29145a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/getkey/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytestCheckHook
+, flake8
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "getkey";
+  version = "0.6.5";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0ng0ihfagh9g8hral0bq5nhjlp3csqghyv3z8b7ylkdkqc1cgiv8";
+  };
+
+  # disable coverage, because we don't care and python-coveralls is not in nixpkgs
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -e '/python-coveralls/d' -e '/pytest-cov/d' -i setup.py
+    rm setup.cfg
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    flake8
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Read single characters and key-strokes";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kcsaff/getkey";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.symphorien ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d520ab046d12..252877cf234a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6299,7 +6299,7 @@ in
 
   paperless = callPackage ../applications/office/paperless { };
 
-  paperwork = callPackage ../applications/office/paperwork { };
+  paperwork = callPackage ../applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-gtk.nix { };
 
   papertrail = callPackage ../tools/text/papertrail { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 540d5a8974ef..f2dcb3e7971b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1989,6 +1989,8 @@ in {
 
   Fabric = callPackage ../development/python-modules/Fabric { };
 
+  fabulous = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fabulous { };
+
   facebook-sdk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/facebook-sdk { };
 
   face = callPackage ../development/python-modules/face { };
@@ -2369,6 +2371,8 @@ in {
 
   getmac = callPackage ../development/python-modules/getmac { };
 
+  getkey = callPackage ../development/python-modules/getkey { };
+
   gevent = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gevent { };
 
   geventhttpclient = callPackage ../development/python-modules/geventhttpclient { };
@@ -4356,7 +4360,10 @@ in {
 
   paperspace = callPackage ../development/python-modules/paperspace { };
 
-  paperwork-backend = callPackage ../applications/office/paperwork/backend.nix { };
+  openpaperwork-core = callPackage ../applications/office/paperwork/openpaperwork-core.nix { };
+  openpaperwork-gtk = callPackage ../applications/office/paperwork/openpaperwork-gtk.nix { };
+  paperwork-backend = callPackage ../applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-backend.nix { };
+  paperwork-shell = callPackage ../applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-shell.nix { };
 
   papis = callPackage ../development/python-modules/papis { };