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NormCapeSearch
Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL 3.0.

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Captures text rather than an image, straight to the clipboard
  • Tesseract recognition with support for many languages
  • OCR runs offline on the local machine
  • Screenshot, recording and scrolling capture in one tool
  • The macOS application is unsigned and must be allowed manually on first start
  • The Linux AppImage is deprecated in favour of Flathub
  • Search and translation features depend on online services
  • Much of the project material is in Chinese
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0 License: GPL-3.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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