Description:
Document scanning application
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Type: Cask
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Latest Version: 8.4.0@0
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Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
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Links:
Homepage |
formulae.brew.sh
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Category: Productivity
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Tags:
scanning
pdf
ocr
document-management
twain
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Install:
brew install --cask naps2
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About:
NAPS2 is a free, open-source document scanning application for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It supports scanning from a wide variety of scanners and importing existing PDFs or images. Its main value is providing a simple yet powerful interface for multi-page OCR, PDF editing, and direct scanning to email or cloud services.
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Key Features:
- Supports WIA, TWAIN, and SANE drivers for broad hardware compatibility
- Integrated OCR (Optical Character Recognition) for creating searchable PDFs
- Non-destructive PDF editing, including page reordering, rotation, and cropping
- Directly scan to email, upload to cloud storage, or print to a PDF printer
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Use Cases:
- Digitizing paper documents into searchable, archivable PDFs
- Batch scanning multi-page documents for office workflows
- Editing and combining existing PDF files from various sources
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Alternatives:
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VueScan
– Commercial software with extensive driver support, whereas NAPS2 is free and open-source.
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Adobe Acrobat
– A full-featured PDF suite, while NAPS2 focuses specifically on scanning and basic PDF manipulation.
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| Oct 1, 2026 10:18pm |
8.4.0 |
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VERSION_BUMP |
ba14f568 |
| Jul 22, 2026 10:34pm |
8.3.2 |
0 |
VERSION_BUMP |
96d09b80 |
| Jul 21, 2026 7:57am |
8.3.1 |
0 |
VERSION_BUMP |
83c17181 |
| Jul 21, 2026 1:36am |
8.3.0 |
0 |
VERSION_BUMP |
d752e586 |
| Sep 15, 2025 12:43pm |
8.2.1 |
0 |
VERSION_BUMP |
66b70747 |
| Aug 31, 2025 7:14am |
8.2.1 |
0 |
VERSION_BUMP |
8e5a49a5 |
| Aug 13, 2024 8:00pm |
7.5.1 |
0 |
VERSION_BUMP |
79ec9a6d |
| Aug 11, 2024 11:47am |
7.5.0 |
0 |
VERSION_BUMP |
36595a81 |
| Jul 7, 2024 10:52am |
7.4.3 |
0 |
VERSION_BUMP |
5861abdd |
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