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NAPS2PDFify
Free

The open-source application is available without a license fee.

 Paid

Free to try without sign-up; full use is paid.

Windows, macOS, Linux macOS
  • Works with nearly any scanner protocol on Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Built-in OCR produces searchable PDFs with no extra step
  • OCR in over 100 languages with Apple Vision or Tesseract
  • PDF/A output for archiving
  • Deliberately simple; it is not a document management system
  • OCR language packs must be downloaded separately
  • macOS only
  • Full use requires payment after the trial
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Closed source
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Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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