SwingSane AlternativesImage & Document Scanners like SwingSane

SwingSane is described as 'Powerful, cross platform, open source Java client (frontend) for Scanner Access Now Easy (SANE) servers (backends). SwingSane provides access to scanners connected to SANE servers on a network on any platform that supports Java and Swing' and is a Image Scanner in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 10 alternatives to SwingSane for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Flathub, Mac and GNOME apps. The best SwingSane alternative is NAPS2, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SwingSane are Simple Scan, VueScan, Skanlite and Skanpage.

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  1. NAPS2 icon
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    NAPS2

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

    48 NAPS2 alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Top NAPS2 Features

    1.  Scan documents
    2.  Scan to PDF
    3.  OCR
    4.  Multiple Profiles
    5.  Split and merge PDF files
    6.  Export to PDF
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Works out of the box
    9.  PDF Page Merge
    10.  Portable
    11.  Built-in viewer
    12.  No registration required
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    • NAPS2 is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to SwingSane.

    • NAPS2 is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to SwingSane.

    • NAPS2 is Free and Open SourceSwingSane is also Free and Open Source
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    Simple Scan

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    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.

    26 Simple Scan alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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    Simple Scan Features

    1.  Scanner
    2.  Photo scan
    3.  Export to PDF
    4.  Scan to JPEG
    5.  Document Capture
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  4. VueScan icon
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    VueScan

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    Third-party software for film scanners and flatbed scanners.

    VueScan is a powerful, easy-to-use program that: -Scans documents, photos and film -Creates PDF, JPEG, TIFF and TXT files -Supports over 1200 scanners.

    31 VueScan alternatives
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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    VueScan Features

    1.  Photo color correction
    2.  Photo scan
    3.  Scanner
    4.  Scan to PDF
    5.  Multi Scan
    6.  Driver Emulation
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    • VueScan is the most popular commercial alternative to SwingSane.

    • VueScan is Paid and ProprietarySwingSane is Free and Open Source
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    Skanlite

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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.

    22 Skanlite alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Scanner
    2.  KDE
    3.  GNU/linux-libre
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  6. Skanpage icon
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    Skanpage

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    Skanpage is a simple scanning application designed for multi-page scanning and saving of documents and images.

    22 Skanpage alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Skanpage Features

    1.  Scanner
    2.  KDE
    3.  Scan to PDF
    Scanner options
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  7. PDFill icon
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    PDFill

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    With PDFill you can create, fill, delete and submit PDF form fields; insert new formatted text, check, image, hyperlink, whiteout, highlight, drawing, comment and annotation anywhere in the document; save, print or email the filled and password-protected PDF; save and resume...

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    The only free pdf-software able to split very big pdf-files over 200 pages

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Rotate PDF Pages, but only 90, 180 or 270°
    Split or Reorder PDF

    Top PDFill Features

    1.  Fill PDF Forms
    2.  Sign PDF files
    3.  Combine PDF
    4.  PDF annotation
    5.  Split PDF files
    6.  Convert images to PDF
    7.  Convert PDF to image
    8.  Support for Batch Mode
    9.  Swiss Army Knife Tool
    10.  Create PDF files
    11.  Scan to PDF
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  9. SilverFast icon
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    SilverFast

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    SilverFast is renowned as the worldwide standard when it comes to scanner and digital imaging software. SilverFast is able to bring out every device's maximum quality and considerably exceed the results of the manufacturer's own software.

    11 SilverFast alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    SilverFast Features

    1.  Scanner
    2.  Color management
    3.  Color correction
    4.  Image Processing
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  10. WinScan2PDF icon
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    WinScan2PDF

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

    23 WinScan2PDF alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    WinScan2PDF Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Scan to PDF
    3.  Multiple languages
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    XSane

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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...

    20 XSane alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AmigaOS

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Scanner
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 0.998, released in November 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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  12. Scanitto Pro icon
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    Scanitto Pro

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

    44 Scanitto Pro alternatives
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    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Scanitto Pro Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Scanner
    3.  Multiple languages
    4.  Scan to PDF
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    Discontinued

    The last update was at 12/13/2017.https://www.scanitto.com/download.html

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    Scan2pdf

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    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.

    30 Scan2pdf alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Scan2pdf Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Scan to PDF
    How many pages do you want to scan?
    "Expert" mode with some sample scanned documents
    Discontinued

    Development of KOMA Code apps stopped in January 2017. Last version of Scan2pdf can be still downloaded from the official website.

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    FreeKapture

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    FreeKapture give you the option to scan from your scanner, and then save the image: its a free Twain image capture application from TSoft that should work on any Windows (98 and on) Twain compliant system.

    23 FreeKapture alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    FreeKapture Features

    1.  Scanner
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