Free VueScan Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to VueScan for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Mac alternative is NAPS2, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to VueScan and five of them are free and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Mac alternatives to VueScan are XSane, Image Capture, SwingSane and ScanDrop.

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VueScan alternatives are mainly Image Scanners, but if you're looking for Document Scanners or iPhone File Managers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, Open Source, Linux, Mac, Windows + Free, Mac + Free and Image Scanner. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to VueScan.
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  1. NAPS2 icon

    NAPS2

     174 likes

    NAPS2 is a document scanning application with a focus on simplicity and ease of use.

    49 NAPS2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about NAPS2 as an Alternative to VueScan
    Guest
    Negative
    9

    It doesn't emulate the driver twain of old scanners

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    lian00
    Positive
    0

    As said before, my old Epson 10000 won’t work with Naps2. No problem with Vuescan.

    Guest
    Positive
    3

    Works flawless under Win 10, recognized the flatbed-scanner in one click. Now I can edit the scan before storing it. Brightness, contrast, size or a crop. A huge improvement over the deeply hidden default WIA scanner in W10. And all this luxury in a portable tool that’s just 5.3Mb. It recognized my default language without asking. Great stuff.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 4 comments
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    • NAPS2 is Free and Open SourceVueScan is Paid and Proprietary
    • NAPS2 is Lightweight and Privacy focusedVueScan is not according to our users
  2. XSane icon

    XSane

     18 likes

    XSane is a graphical scanning front-end for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy). It uses the SANE-library to talk to scanners. It is designed for acquiring images with scanners (there are other devices like cameras and videodevices supported by SANE and you will see that xsane may...

    20 XSane alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AmigaOS
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    SwingSane

     1 like

    SwingSane is a powerful, cross platform, open source Java client (frontend) for Scanner Access Now Easy (SANE) servers (backends). SwingSane provides access to scanners connected to SANE servers on a network on any platform that supports Java and Swing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Comments about SwingSane as an Alternative to VueScan
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    does not emulate old scanner driver

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • SwingSane is Free and Open SourceVueScan is Paid and Proprietary
  6. ScanDrop icon

    ScanDrop

     1 like

    Scanner to Online. ScanDrop (beta) is simple - one easy, free scanning software application that helps you scan and upload your paper into your favorite online storage provider: Google Docs, Evernote or OfficeDrop Online. Press Scan, then Upload and your paper is now available y.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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