ABBYY FineReader PDF Alternatives for Linux

ABBYY FineReader PDF is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Tesseract, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to ABBYY FineReader PDF and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to ABBYY FineReader PDF are NAPS2, GImageReader, OCRmyPDF and Paperwork.

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  1. Tesseract icon
     111 likes

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

    40 Tesseract alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Tesseract vs ABBYY FineReader PDF Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    -4

    quality of OCR is very so-so. FineReader 14 also includes many PDF features

    • Tesseract is Free and Open SourceABBYY FineReader PDF is Paid and Proprietary
  2. NAPS2 icon
     186 likes

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

    52 NAPS2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    NAPS2 vs ABBYY FineReader PDF Comments
    roshad87a9
    Negative
    0

    cannot convert to doc file

    Guest
    Positive
    -1

    I tested several options--some free and some paid--and this is the best option for ease of use, install footprint, and features.

    • NAPS2 is Free and Open SourceABBYY FineReader PDF is Paid and Proprietary
    • NAPS2 is a Scan documents ABBYY FineReader PDF is an OCR Engine
    • NAPS2 is Privacy focusedABBYY FineReader PDF is not according to our users
  3. OCRmyPDF icon
     18 likes

    OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched - jbarlow83/OCRmyPDF

    25 OCRmyPDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. OCRFeeder icon
     8 likes

    OCRFeeder is a document layout analysis and optical character recognition system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. CopyFish icon
     19 likes

    Copy, paste and translate text from any image, video or PDF.

    83 CopyFish alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  6. RapidOCR icon
     2 likes

    📄 Awesome OCR multiple programing languages toolkits based on ONNX Runtime, OpenVINO, MNN, PaddlePaddle, TensorRT and PyTorch.

    24 RapidOCR alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. PaperScan icon
     3 likes

    PaperScan Scanner Software is a powerful TWAIN and WIA scanning application with an OCR engine centered on one idea: making document acquisition an unparalleled easy task for anyone.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8.  1 like

    Adlib PDF delivers enterprise-class, document-to-PDF conversion software. It offers the highest fidelity PDF rendering engine on the market, with accurate OCR capabilities and intelligent document assembly.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
     
  9. Chandra icon
     2 likes

    Chandra is a highly accurate OCR model that converts images and PDFs into structured HTML/Markdown/JSON while preserving layout information.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
  10. OCRopus icon
     5 likes

    OCRopus(tm) is a state-of-the-art document analysis and OCR system, featuring pluggable layout analysis, pluggable character recognition, statistical natural language modeling, and multilingual capabilities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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