NAPS2 Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to NAPS2 for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Simple Scan, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to NAPS2 and ten of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to NAPS2 are VueScan, gscan2pdf, Skanlite and Skanpage.

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NAPS2 alternatives are mainly Image Scanners, but if you're looking for Document Scanners or Document Managers 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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NAPS2 alternatives page was last updated Sep 16, 2024

Simple Scan
58 likes
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.
25 Simple Scan alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application types
Document Scanner
Image Scanner
Origin
Australia
Platforms
Linux
Flathub
GNOME
Is Simple Scan a good alternative to NAPS2?

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Simple Scan vs NAPS2 Comments

Guest
Negative commentFeb 14, 2016
-3
does not work with BenQ 5000
Review by a new / low-activity user.
Simple Scan is Free and Open SourceNAPS2 is also Free and Open Source
VueScan
41 likes
Scans documents, photos, and film on Windows, macOS, and Linux, with support for over 1200 scanners, PDF, JPEG, TIFF, and TXT output, advanced adjustments, batch processing, OCR, color correction, obsolete device support, and easy-to-use interface.
29 VueScan alternatives
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Application type
Image Scanner
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Flathub
Is VueScan a good alternative to NAPS2?
gscan2pdf
21 likes
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...
30 gscan2pdf alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Image Scanner
Origin
United Kingdom
Platforms
Linux
Is gscan2pdf a good alternative to NAPS2?

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gscan2pdf vs NAPS2 Comments

D33pSh33p
Positive commentSep 16, 2024
0
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.
gscan2pdf is Free and Open SourceNAPS2 is also Free and Open Source
Skanlite
10 likes
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.
21 Skanlite alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application types
Image Scanner
Document Scanner
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Linux
KDE Plasma
Flathub
Flatpak
Is Skanlite a good alternative to NAPS2?
Skanpage
3 likes
Skanpage is a simple scanning application designed for multi-page scanning and saving of documents and images.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Document Scanner
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Linux
Flathub
Is Skanpage a good alternative to NAPS2?
XSane
18 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
Application types
Image Scanner
Document Scanner
Origin
Germany
EU
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
AmigaOS
Is XSane a good alternative to NAPS2?
PaperScan
4 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
Is PaperScan a good alternative to NAPS2?

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1comment
PaperScan vs NAPS2 Comments

Guest
Positive commentOct 14, 2020
0
Erasing names, signatures etc is something NAPS2 doesn't offer(yet)
Review by a new / low-activity user.
PaperScan is Paid and ProprietaryNAPS2 is Free and Open Source
Opendias
1 like
The openDias project is an Open Source offering, to bring a professional document scanning and storage utility for the home user. OpenDias (Document Imaging Archive System) provides document storage and a document work-flow application to the home or small business user.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application type
Document Manager
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Linux
Is Opendias a good alternative to NAPS2?
EasyOCR
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Ready-to-use OCR with 80+ supported languages and all popular writing scripts including Latin, Chinese, Arabic, Devanagari, Cyrillic and etc.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application type
OCR Engine
Origin
Thailand
Platforms
Windows
Linux
Is EasyOCR a good alternative to NAPS2?
CopyFish
19 likes
Copy, paste and translate text from any image, video or PDF.
82 CopyFish alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Document Scanner
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Firefox
Is CopyFish a good alternative to NAPS2?

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2comments
CopyFish vs NAPS2 Comments

Jonathan Brickman
Negative commentJul 30, 2018
7
NAPS2 does scanning. This one does not.
Guest
Negative commentOct 29, 2020
2
This program does not perform scans, just capture web images
Review by a new / low-activity user.
CopyFish is Free and Open SourceNAPS2 is also Free and Open Source