# lookscanned/lookscanned.io

📚 LookScanned.io - Make your PDFs look scanned

Repository: https://github.com/lookscanned/lookscanned.io
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lookscannedio
Homepage: https://lookscanned.io
Language: Vue
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: pdf, scanner, website, imagemagick
Last push: 2025-03-18T21:09:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 38/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 12, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1597, "days_push": 533, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3590, forks 316 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:11.189210+00:00)

## What it is
LookScanned.io is a pure frontend web application that transforms PDFs (and other documents) so they look like scanned copies, with adjustable scan effects like noise, blur, rotation, and color. All processing happens locally in the browser with no backend, and it works offline as a PWA.

## Use cases
- make a pdf look scanned
- convert pdf to scanned copy without a scanner
- add realistic scan effects to documents in the browser
- process pdfs privately without uploading files
- add watermarks and stamps to pdfs
- batch convert documents to scanned-looking pdfs
- use a pdf scan tool offline

## When to choose
- you need documents to look scanned without a physical printer or scanner
- privacy matters and files must never leave the device
- you want a free, no-signup browser tool that works offline
- you need to tweak scan appearance like noise, blur, brightness, and paper size

## When to avoid
- you need actual OCR or text extraction from scans
- you require server-side or CLI batch processing at scale
- you need precise, lossless PDF editing rather than visual effects
- you rely on Pro features like bulk scanning or stamps but want fully open-source tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: image-processing, pdf, privacy
- domain: pdf, web-development, privacy, files
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: pdf-manipulation, scan-effect, pwa, client-side, vue, offline-capable, web-server

## Member repositories
- lookscanned/lookscanned.io (main) score 38

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:11.189210+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:33:51.945485+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lookscanned/lookscanned.io (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:11.189210+00:00, sha 9b1747c16851)
  - homepage: https://lookscanned.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:27:32.430300+00:00, sha c57fae877c8d)
  - site_page: https://lookscanned.io/scan/bulk (fetched 2026-08-29T09:27:32.433304+00:00, sha 20a5bb69520a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.