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CLUSTER SCANNER-DESKTOP-DOCUMENTS · 8 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2019-11-29

Scanner and digitization apps

This cluster comprises desktop and client applications for acquiring and processing images from scanners and similar hardware, covering documents, photos, slides, and microscope control. Dated entries appear in 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2026, with the largest single-month count in April 2026, though the total volume before the index is modest. Traction leaders are Skanlite, Skanpage, and Epson Scan 2, each with 0 stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

NOV 2019: 1JAN 2021: 1NOV 2023: 1JUN 2026: 2AUG 2026: 1SEP 2026: 2
NOV 2019SEP 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 5 hand-coded · 3 unlabelled

Operator · 1 hobby · 6 open source · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 8 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01appscan1★1 mo—GUI and command-line app that scans documents and images through SANE-compatible scanners.
  2. 02scanner-diapo-silvercrest0★1 mo—hobbyDesktop app for Mac that scans 35mm slides and film negatives from a SilverCrest USB scanner, with color correction, noise reduction, and auto-scan.
  3. 03Skanlite0★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceImage scanning application that captures photos, documents, slides, and filmstrips from flatbed and network scanners and saves them with configurable options.
  4. 04Skanpage0★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceScanning application optimized for multi-page document scanning that reorders, rotates, and deletes pages and saves to PDF or image files.
  5. 05Image Scan0★5 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop application that acquires and processes images from compatible scanners for further computer processing and archiving.
  6. 06Epson Scan 20★11 mostalelivehand-codedopen sourceScanner application that lets users configure scanner settings, scan via USB or network, and save scanned images in multiple file formats.
  7. 07VueScan0★3 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceScanning application that connects to thousands of scanner models to digitize documents, photos, film, and slides across desktop operating systems.
  8. 08OpenFlexure Connect0★unknownliveopen sourceClient application that discovers nearby microscopes, manages image captures, and provides debugging control for lab microscope hardware.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.