NAPS2 Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to NAPS2 is FairScan, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are ABBYY FineReader PDF, OpenScan, Open Scanner and Simple Scan. You're spoiled for choice with Document Scanners like NAPS2: we list more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone.

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  1. gscan2pdf icon
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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...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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

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  3. WinScan2PDF icon
     3 likes

    Save scanned documents into new or existing PDF ... by using installed scanner.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  4. PDF Doc Scan icon
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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.

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  5. Skanlite icon
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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.

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    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  6. Skanpage icon
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    Skanpage is a simple scanning application designed for multi-page scanning and saving of documents and images.

    21 Skanpage alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  7. fileee icon
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    With fileee you can scan, organize and access your documents anywhere, anytime. fileee analyzes your documents, automatically recognizes important content and sorts your documents accordingly. Thanks to fileee, you always have your documents at hand and can find what you need in...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  8. 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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  9. ClarifyDocuments is a free AI tool that converts PDFs, images, and slides into clean, editable text. It automatically cleans, organizes, and processes content in any language, helping students and educators focus on learning.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. XSane icon
     17 likes

    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

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AmigaOS
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  11. Scanitto Pro icon
     13 likes

    Scanitto Pro is Windows-based software application for image scanning, direct printing and copying, basic editing and text recognition (OCR).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  12. 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
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