naps2 ☆
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Description:
Document scanning application
Type: Cask  |  Latest Version: 8.2.1@0  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Productivity
Tags: scanning pdf ocr document-management twain
Install: brew install --cask naps2
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.
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
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
Alternatives:
  • VueScan – Commercial software with extensive driver support, whereas NAPS2 is free and open-source.
  • Adobe Acrobat – A full-featured PDF suite, while NAPS2 focuses specifically on scanning and basic PDF manipulation.
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
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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