Free NAPS2 AlternativesTop Document & Image Scanners like NAPS2

The best free alternative to NAPS2 is Simple Scan, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to NAPS2 and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to NAPS2 are OpenScan, Open Scanner, PDFTK Builder and Genius Scan.

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NAPS2 alternatives are mainly Document Scanners, but if you're looking for Image Scanners or OCR Engines you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Android Tablet, Windows + Free, Mac, Free, Mac + Scan documents, Windows and Linux. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to NAPS2.
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  1. Simple Scan icon

    Simple Scan

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    Simple Scan is an easy-to-use application, designed to let users connect their scanner and quickly have the image/document in an appropriate format.

    26 Simple Scan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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    Guest
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    does not work with BenQ 5000

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Simple Scan is a great NAPS2 alternative.

    • Simple Scan is the most popular Linux alternative to NAPS2.

    • Simple Scan is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to NAPS2.

    • Simple Scan is Free and Open SourceNAPS2 is also Free and Open Source
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    OpenScan

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    OpenScan is an open source app that enables users to scan hardcopies of documents or notes and convert it to PDF or JPEG files. Its motto is "No ads. No data collection. We respect your privacy.".

    109 OpenScan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
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    flux
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    Alternativeto: Why the flip are you 'hiding' the flipping link to ie. app until one mouses-over the name of ie. app? Worse; not a direct link; but have to copy & paste link!! What the flip is going on with your site?@??? I give up! GET IT SORTED! I'll check-back perhaps in a year!

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    • OpenScan is the most popular Android alternative to NAPS2.

    • OpenScan is Free and Open SourceNAPS2 is also Free and Open Source
    • OpenScan is Privacy focusedNAPS2 is not according to our users
  4. Open Scanner icon

    Open Scanner

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    Open Scanner is a fast and simple-to-use paper-scanning app with AI features to speed up your scanning workflow:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
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    PDFTK Builder

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    PDFTK Builder is a free graphical interface to for PDFtk, making it much easier to use. It is a easy to use tool to collate (merge), split, encrypt, decrypt, stamp and rotate (only 90°, 180° or 270°) pdf documents.

    88 PDFTK Builder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Genius Scan icon

    Genius Scan

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    Genius Scan is a scanner in your pocket. Quickly scan your documents on the go and export them as JPEG or multi-page PDF files.

    60 Genius Scan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
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    gscan2pdf

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    gscan2pdf can scan, clean the scan and do OCR on the scan or imported images (incl. existing PDFs, DjVus or other file types), and make PDF and DjVu-files with embedded OCR-text. It works together with tesseract, ocropus, cuneiform an...

    29 gscan2pdf alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    gscan2pdf is nicer to work with, seems to have more features. OCR in NAPS2 seem to be limited to only making PDFs searchable while gscan2pdf converted scans into text quite well.

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    • gscan2pdf is Free and Open SourceNAPS2 is also Free and Open Source
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    HP Smart

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    HP Smart (formerly known as HP All-in-One Printer Remote) helps you to set up, scan, print, share, and manage your HP printer.

    21 HP Smart alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Windows
    • Android
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    PDF Doc Scan

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    Main point of this app is to scan or select existing PDF documents simply using intent or chooser. Other apps require payment to access their api/sdk or simply don't have a possible way to do it. So they rely on switching between an app ,file chooser and a scanner.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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    Skanlite

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    Skanlite is a simple image scanning application to scan and save images. Skanlite is based on libksane, an interface for SANE library to control image scanners.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Skanpage

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    Skanpage is a simple scanning application designed for multi-page scanning and saving of documents and images.

    22 Skanpage alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
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