dynobo/normcap
OCR powered screen-capture tool to capture information instead of images observed · 2026-10-13
Health v2 · maintenance only
67/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 293
- age_days: 2624
- days_rel: 415
- days_push: 13
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
2751 stars · 127 forks observed · 2026-10-13
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
NormCap is an OCR-powered screen-capture application that lets users select a region of the screen and extracts its text to the clipboard instead of saving an image. It is a cross-platform desktop tool built with Python and Tesseract, supporting multi-monitor setups, QR/barcode scanning, and heuristic parsing of URLs and email addresses.
Use cases
- extract text from a screenshot to clipboard
- copy text from non-selectable ui elements
- ocr a region of my screen
- grab a url or email address shown on screen
- scan a qr code displayed on my monitor
- capture text from images instead of saving screenshots
When to choose
- you frequently need to copy text that cannot be selected, such as in images, videos, or remote desktops
- you want a privacy-first, offline OCR tool with no telemetry
- you need a cross-platform screenshot-to-text utility for Linux, macOS, or Windows
When to avoid
- you need to OCR large batches of documents or PDF files rather than screen regions
- you require a headless or server-side OCR pipeline
- you need handwriting recognition or OCR accuracy beyond what Tesseract provides
Facets
application · maturity active
ocr image-processing gui computer-vision developer-tools cross-platform desktop-applications windows python screen-capture tesseract screenshot-tool text-extraction qr-code privacy-first clipboard linux macos desktop
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/dynobo/normcap · fetched 2026-10-13 · 01661d2b8a59
- homepage: https://dynobo.github.io/normcap/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · ba3370bcf59f
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/normcap/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3c986201277f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| dynobo/normcap | main | 67 |
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