Free NAPS2 Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to NAPS2 for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Windows alternative is PDFTK Builder, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to NAPS2 and many of them are free and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Windows alternatives to NAPS2 are Scanner (Simon Knuth), HP Smart, WinScan2PDF and iCopy Free Photocopier.

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NAPS2 alternatives are mainly Document Scanners, but if you're looking for Image Scanners or PDF Editors you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows + Free, Mac, Free, Mac + Scan documents, Windows, Android Tablet 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. PDFTK Builder icon
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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.

    99 PDFTK Builder alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  2. An all-in-one scanner app built for the Universal Windows Platform.

    5 Scanner (Simon Knuth) alternatives

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    • Windows
     
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    Scanner (Simon Knuth) vs NAPS2 Comments
    imacthere4iam
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    Scanner interface is much cleaner than NAPS2 while supporting nearly all the same functions. However Scanner lacks OCR support and command line operation which NAPS2 includes.

    • Scanner (Simon Knuth) is Free and Open SourceNAPS2 is also Free and Open Source
  3. HP Smart icon
     4 likes

    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
     
  4. iCopy Free Photocopier is a free and open source application that lets you combine your scanner and printer into a powerful, easy to use photocopier by only pressing a button. You can use Automatic Document Feeders (ADF) too!

    8 iCopy Free Photocopier alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  5. XSane icon
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    XSane is a graphical scanning front-end for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy). It uses the SANE-library to talk to scanners. It is designed for acquiring images with scanners (there are other devices like cameras and videodevices supported by SANE and you will see that xsane may...

    19 XSane alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AmigaOS
     
  6. Epson Scan is image capture software designed to work with Epson scanners. It is multi-modal, has home and professional modes, and can support scanning transparencies as well as regular media, as long as the hardware supports it.

    4 Epson Scan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  7. MetaDMS Scan Software is a freeware application for Windows XP/2000 / Vista, designed for convenient scanning of paper documents from scanners that support TWAIN protocol.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Scan2pdf icon
     8 likes

    Super simple scanning tool, that works with majority of scanners out of the box. This software does one thing - you can quickly and simply scan to PDF.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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