XSane Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to XSane for Mac and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is NAPS2, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to XSane and four of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to XSane are VueScan, SilverFast and SwingSane.

XSane alternatives are mainly Document Scanners but may also be Image Scanners or PDF Editors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of XSane.

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XSane

Free • Open Source
Image Scanner

XSane is a graphical scanning front-end for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy). It uses the SANE-library to talk to scanners....

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NAPS2
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Free • Open Source
Document Scanner
Image Scanner
Mac
Windows
Linux
44 NAPS2 alternatives
NAPS2 is a document scanning application with a focus on simplicity and ease of use.
- - NAPS2 is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to XSane.
- - NAPS2 is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to XSane.
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NAPS2 Features
1. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
2. Ad-freeNAPS2 doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. PortableNAPS2 can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
4. Works OfflineNAPS2 can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
5. LightweightNAPS2 consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
6. Command line interfaceNAPS2 either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
7. Built-in viewerNAPS2 shows you a quick preview of an image, page or file in supported formats.
Scan to PDF
Multiple Profiles
Split and merge PDF files
Export to PDF
PDF Page Merge
Works out of the box
Support for Batch Mode
PDF OCR
Multiple languages
Reorder pages
Comments about NAPS2 as a Alternative to XSane
Most users think NAPS2 is a great XSane alternative.
PaulFinkelshtein
Contrary to what Bruno Finger said, it works perfectly for me with my HP printer over WiFi. The interface is nice, much more comfortable and less buggy (or more predictable) than XSane
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Bruno Finger
NAPS2 is not a SANE front-end, it supports only Windows scanning protocols (SANE and TWAIN), thus network scanners can't be connected.
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VueScan
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Paid • Proprietary
Image Scanner
Mac
Windows
Linux
29 VueScan alternatives
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.
- - VueScan is the most popular commercial alternative to XSane.
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VueScan Features
Scanner
Scan to PDF
Multi Scan
Photo color correction
Photo scan
Driver Emulation
SilverFast
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Paid • Proprietary
Image Scanner
Mac
Windows
11 SilverFast alternatives
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.
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SilverFast Features
Scanner
Color management
Color correction
Image Processing
Comments about SilverFast as a Alternative to XSane
pros, cons and recent comments
Guest
Its too marketed but lack of features, do not support files ober 2 Gb needed for painting scanning and have bad marketing you need to pay separate 500 for every separate scanner support
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SwingSane
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Free • Open Source
Image Scanner
Document Scanner
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
18 SwingSane alternatives
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.
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SwingSane Features
1. PortableSwingSane can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Scanner
Discontinued
Last update is from 2015.