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NAPS2 vs Rescribe: catalog facts
NAPS2	Rescribe
Free The open-source application is available without a license fee.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Works with nearly any scanner protocol on Windows, macOS and Linux Built-in OCR produces searchable PDFs with no extra step	Tuned for historical printed books Outputs searchable PDF and plain text
Deliberately simple; it is not a document management system OCR language packs must be downloaded separately	macOS users may need to authorize the app in security settings Extra languages and scripts are a separate download
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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