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

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