Open Source Microsoft Lens AlternativesTop Document & Image Scanners like Microsoft Lens

The best open source alternative to Microsoft Lens is OSS Document Scanner. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Microsoft Lens and 19 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Microsoft Lens are GImageReader, NormCap, FairScan and Crow Translate.

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  1. The OSS Document Scanner is an Open Source app to scan all your documents. You either scan using your camera or by importing an image. The app will automatically detect you document within the photo and will crop the image.

    70 OSS Document Scanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • F-Droid
     
  2. Crow Translate icon
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    Crow Translate is a simple and lightweight translator programmed in C++ / Qt that allows to translate and speak text using Google, Yandex and Bing translate API.

    79 Crow Translate alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  3. OpenScan icon
     26 likes

    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.".

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  4. PDF Doc Scan icon
     3 likes

    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

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  5. This little application provides a way on scanning handwritten notes and printed documents.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
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    Comments about Open Note Scanner as an Alternative to Microsoft Lens
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    Doesn't crash, easy install, easy to use, free, no ads.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Open Note Scanner is Free and Open SourceMicrosoft Lens is Free and Proprietary
    • Open Note Scanner is LightweightMicrosoft Lens is not according to our users
  6. Text Grab icon
     6 likes

    Text Grab is a minimal optical character recognition (OCR) utility for Windows 10/11 which makes all visible text available to be copied.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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