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  1. ShareX icon
     761 likes

    Free and open-source tool for screen capture and recording; enables file uploads, annotation, dark mode, 4K support, and customizable themes.

    Main window
    Best alternatives are OBS Studio iconOBS StudioandFlameshot iconFlameshot243 alternatives
  2. Evernote icon
     2480 likes

    Cross-platform app for creating and organizing notes from text, web pages, images, and voice memos. Offers security features and integrates with various tools.

    • Note-taking Tool
    • FreemiumProprietary
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Kindle Fire
    Evernote screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Joplin iconJoplinandMicrosoft OneNote iconMicrosoft OneNote68 alternatives
  3. Greenshot icon
     712 likes

    Efficient screenshot tool providing OCR, exports to Office apps, supports image editing and sharing, occupying minimal space with 32 languages.

    image editor (no stamp with greenshot)
    Best alternatives are ShareX iconShareXandFlameshot iconFlameshot202 alternatives
  4. An efficient PDF viewer and editor with advanced features like direct content editing, OCR by ABBYY, form filling, annotation, and offline access.

    • PDF Editor
    • FreemiumProprietary
    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
    Version 10 (2024)
    Best alternatives are PDF Arranger iconPDF ArrangerandPDFgear iconPDFgear139 alternatives
  5. The OSS Document Scanner is an Open Source app to scan all your documents. You either scan using your camera or by importing an image. The app will automatically detect you document within the photo and will crop the image.

    OSS Document Scanner screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Tesseract iconTesseractandGoogle Lens iconGoogle Lens63 alternatives
  6. NAPS2 icon
     166 likes

    NAPS2 is a document scanning application with a focus on simplicity and ease of use.

    NAPS2 screenshot 1
  7. Stirling-PDF icon
     35 likes

    locally hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files.

    • PDF Editor
    • FreemiumOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker Hub
    Stirling-PDF screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are PDF Arranger iconPDF Arranger55 alternatives
  8. PDFgear icon
     44 likes

    Read, edit, convert, merge, and sign PDF files across devices, for completely free and without signing up.

    • PDF Editor
    • FreeProprietary
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    PDFgear screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Foxit PDF Reader iconFoxit PDF Reader32 alternatives
  9. Ksnip icon
     62 likes

    Ksnip is a Qt based cross-platform screenshot tool that provides many annotation features for your screenshots.

    Annotations
    Best alternatives are ShareX iconShareXandGreenshot iconGreenshot53 alternatives
  10. View, annotate, and collaborate on PDFs, utilize cloud storage and freehand tools. Upgrade for editing and converting to other formats.

    • PDF Reader
    • FreemiumProprietary
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Adobe Acrobat Reader screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are SumatraPDF iconSumatraPDF105 alternatives
  11. Snipping Tool icon
     229 likes

    Snipping Tool is a screen capture utility that allows users to take screenshots of specific objects or full screens, annotate them, and save or share the captured images or videos.

    Snipping Tool screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are ShareX iconShareXandGreenshot iconGreenshot144 alternatives
  12. PDF-XChange Viewer is an alternative viewer for PDF files that enables you to view and annotate PDF files. You can add text, sticky notes, and other annotations and save them to the file, which will be compatible with the standard Adobe Acrobat Reader.

    Discontinued
    • PDF Reader
    • FreemiumProprietary
    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    PDF-XChange Viewer screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are SumatraPDF iconSumatraPDFandOkular iconOkular62 alternatives
  13. Tesseract icon
     106 likes

    Tesseract.js is a javascript library that gets words in almost any language out of images.

    Tesseract screenshot 1
  14. Snagit icon
     199 likes

    Capture and edit any image or video from the screen, add callouts and effects, and easily organize and share visual content across various applications.

    Snagit screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are ShareX iconShareXandGreenshot iconGreenshot193 alternatives
  15. OCR software with unmatched text recognition accuracy, converting scanned documents into editable formats like Word and Excel, supporting 190 languages.

    • OCR Engine
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    ABBYY FineReader PDF screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Tesseract iconTesseract85 alternatives