VueScan AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Document Scanners

The best Document Scanner alternative to VueScan is NAPS2, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to VueScan and 14 are Document Scanners so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Document Scanner alternatives to VueScan are Simple Scan, XSane, Scanner (Simon Knuth) and iCopy Free Photocopier.

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  1. NAPS2 icon
     181 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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  2. Simple Scan icon
     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.

    26 Simple Scan alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
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  3. XSane icon
     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...

    20 XSane alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AmigaOS
     
  4. 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!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Skanlite icon
     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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  6. ScanBridge icon
     3 likes

    FOSS Android app for using network-enabled scanners supporting the eSCL protocol (AirScan).

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  7. Scanitto Pro icon
     14 likes

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

    45 Scanitto Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    1
  8. Skanpage icon
     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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
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    1
  9. SwingSane icon
     1 like

    SwingSane is a 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    1
  10. Mopria Scan icon
     2 likes

    Mopria Scan makes it possible for Android users to scan documents using any compatible scanner or multi-function printer on the same WiFi network. Digital scans can be then organized, renamed and shared as PDF or JPEG files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
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