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NAPS2 vs Paperwork: catalog facts
NAPS2	Paperwork
Free The open-source application is available without a license fee.	Free Free software with no paid tier.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, Linux
Works with nearly any scanner protocol on Windows, macOS and Linux Built-in OCR produces searchable PDFs with no extra step	Full-text search across scans and PDFs Learns and applies labels automatically
Deliberately simple; it is not a document management system OCR language packs must be downloaded separately	No macOS or mobile version Scanning depends on a supported scanner being available
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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