Simple Scan Alternatives for Linux

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

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  1. NAPS2 icon
     186 likes

    NAPS2 is a document scanning application with a focus on simplicity and ease of use.

    51 NAPS2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    NAPS2 vs Simple Scan Comments
    Translator5
    Positive
    1

    Works fast, easy setup, works out of the box, is openSource

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    i use is and it's very good

    • NAPS2 is Free and Open SourceSimple Scan is also Free and Open Source
    • NAPS2 is Lightweight and Privacy focusedSimple Scan is not according to our users
  2. VueScan icon
     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.

    32 VueScan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  3. gscan2pdf icon
     20 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...

    33 gscan2pdf alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Skanlite icon
     9 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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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    Skanlite vs Simple Scan Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    1

    Does not save in PDF format.

    • Skanlite is Free and Open SourceSimple Scan is also Free and Open Source
    • Skanlite is an Image Scanner Simple Scan is a Scan documents
    • Skanlite is LightweightSimple Scan is not according to our users
  5. 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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AmigaOS
     
  6. PaperScan icon
     3 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.

    29 PaperScan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Skanpage icon
     3 likes

    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
     
  8. Scanned Image Extractor is a tool for efficiently extracting rectangular photographs from album or (multiple) photograph scans.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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