Text Grab
Text Grab is a free, open-source PDF tool for Windows and macOS. Use OCR in Windows quickly and easily with Text Grab. It has 5,059 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. Its source code is on GitHub at TheJoeFin/Text-Grab.
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About Text Grab
Use Text Grab on Windows to capture text with OCR, clean it up quickly, and move it into the next step of your workflow.
Install Text Grab
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Is Text Grab free and open source?
Yes. Text Grab's source code is public on GitHub under the MIT license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Text Grab?
Chocolatey: choco install text-grab. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: v4.16.0).
Is Text Grab still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 27, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.