NAPS2 is a document scanning application with a focus on simplicity and ease of use.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
United StatesPlatforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
+5
The Best Free VueScan AlternativesTop Image Scanners and other similar apps like VueScan
The best free alternative to VueScan is NAPS2, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to VueScan and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to VueScan are Simple Scan, XSane, Skanlite and iCopy Free Photocopier.
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Alternatives list
49 NAPS2 alternatives
25 Simple Scan alternativesSimple Scan is an easy-to-use application, designed to let users connect their scanner and quickly have the image/document in an appropriate format.
19 XSane alternativesXSane 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...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- AmigaOS
21 Skanlite alternativesSkanlite 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.
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!
4 Scanner (Simon Knuth) alternativesAn all-in-one scanner app built for the Universal Windows Platform.
FOSS Android app for using network-enabled scanners supporting the eSCL protocol (AirScan).
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
+9
Skanpage is a simple scanning application designed for multi-page scanning and saving of documents and images.
30 gscan2pdf alternativesgscan2pdf 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...
9 Image Capture alternativesImage Capture enables users to upload pictures from digital cameras or scanners which are either connected directly to the computer or the network.
22 Windows Scan alternativesIf you have a scanner, this app makes it easy to scan documents and pictures and save them where you'd like.
ScanPapyrus is a Windows desktop application for quick scanning of documents, books, or printed photos. Learn more about the features of ScanPapyrus.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
Australia
Germany
EU
United Kingdom
It doesn't emulate the driver twain of old scanners