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Desktop App

NormCap

A screen capture tool that grabs text instead of images.

Visit NormCap4.5

  • Rating

    4.5 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Beginner

  • Works on

    Windows, macOS, Linux

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What is NormCap?

NormCap is a free, open-source screen capture tool that turns whatever you select into text. Drag over a screenshot, a video frame or a scanned page and NormCap runs OCR locally, cleans up line breaks and copies the result to your clipboard, so you can paste words straight into your notes.

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Pros: what NormCap does well

  • Turns any screen area into text
  • Runs OCR offline on your computer
  • Free and open source

Cons: where it falls short

  • Accuracy depends on image quality
  • Interface is very minimal

Who NormCap is for

Anyone who copies text from images, slides or videos.

Who can skip it

People who rarely need text from screenshots.

NormCap alternatives

Not sold on NormCap? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

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hyperfine

Focus: benchmark, speed test and command line. Shares open source and github with NormCap. Rated 4.6 (NormCap: 4.5).

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Miller

Focus: csv, json and data wrangling. Shares open source and github with NormCap. Rated 4.6 (NormCap: 4.5).

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pgcli

Focus: postgres, sql and terminal. Shares open source and github with NormCap. Rated 4.6 (NormCap: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
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Free alternatives to NormCap

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

qsv

Focus: csv, data cleaning and data analysis. Shares open source and github with NormCap. Same 4.5 rating.

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit

fzf

Focus: fuzzy finder, command line and shell. Shares open source and github with NormCap. Rated 4.8 (NormCap: 4.5).

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lazygit

Focus: git client, terminal ui and developer tool. Shares open source and github with NormCap. Rated 4.8 (NormCap: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.8Visit

ripgrep

Focus: search tool, command line and developer tool. Shares open source and github with NormCap. Rated 4.8 (NormCap: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.8Visit

Atuin

Focus: shell history, terminal and command line. Shares open source and github with NormCap. Rated 4.7 (NormCap: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.7Visit

bat

Focus: file viewer, command line and developer tool. Shares open source and github with NormCap. Rated 4.7 (NormCap: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
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