Naps2
Naps2 is a free, open-source PDF tool for Windows, macOS and Linux. Scan documents to PDF and more, as simply as possible. It has 4,597 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-2.0-or-later license, and people use it instead of Adobe Acrobat OCR and ABBYY FineReader.
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- macOS
- Windows
- PDF editors & tools
- Actively maintained
About Naps2
NAPS2 is a document scanning application with a focus on simplicity and ease of use. Scan your documents from WIA, TWAIN, SANE, and ESCL scanners, organize the pages as you like, and save them as PDF, TIFF, JPEG, or PNG. Optical character recognition (OCR) is available using Tesseract.
Replaces
Commercial software people commonly use Naps2 instead of.
- Adobe Acrobat OCR
- ABBYY FineReader
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What is Naps2?
Naps2 is a free, open-source PDF tool for Windows, macOS and Linux. Scan documents to PDF and more, as simply as possible. It has 4,597 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-2.0-or-later license, and people use it instead of Adobe Acrobat OCR and ABBYY FineReader.
Is Naps2 free and open source?
Yes. Naps2's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-2.0-or-later license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Naps2?
Download the installer for Windows, macOS and Linux from its GitHub Releases page (latest: v8.4.1) or the project website.
Can Naps2 replace Adobe Acrobat OCR?
Naps2 is commonly used as a free alternative to Adobe Acrobat OCR and ABBYY FineReader. Features differ, so check that it opens the file formats and covers the workflows you rely on before switching.