Software · Photo & graphics

Document Scanner

Make a digital copy of your photos and documents.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
License: GPL-3.0+ — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms)
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: not documented
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: The GNOME Project
Latest version: 50.0 (2 April 2026)
Latest activity: 2 May 2026
Source code: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/simple-scan

Overview

Features described in its Flathub listing and on its official website: PDF export.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“You can print your scans, export them to pdf, or save them in a range of image formats.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Document Scanner is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

A really easy way to scan both text and images. You can crop out the bad parts of an image and rotate it if it is the wrong way round. You can print your scans, export them to pdf, or save them in a range of image formats. This app uses the SANE framework to support most existing scanners.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 5 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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