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Rescribe vs Scans to PDF: catalog facts
Rescribe	Scans to PDF
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux, Command line
Tuned for historical printed books Outputs searchable PDF and plain text	Separate compression of text and background keeps scanned PDFs small Adds an invisible OCR layer so documents become searchable
macOS users may need to authorize the app in security settings Extra languages and scripts are a separate download	Color and grayscale scans need preparation in other tools for good results Linux only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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