# dynobo/normcap

OCR powered screen-capture tool to capture information instead of images

Repository: https://github.com/dynobo/normcap
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/normcap
Homepage: https://dynobo.github.io/normcap/
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: screenshot, tool, multiplatform, ocr, tesserocr, python
Last push: 2026-08-09T06:45:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 68/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 13, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2576, "days_push": 24, "days_rel": 367, "gap_med": 293, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2695, forks 125 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:11.128961+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: ocr, image-processing, gui
- domain: computer-vision, developer-tools, cross-platform, desktop-applications
- platform: windows, python
- tags: screen-capture, tesseract, screenshot-tool, text-extraction, qr-code, privacy-first, clipboard, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- dynobo/normcap (main) score 68

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:11.128961+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 2026-08-30T02:16:19.956581+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dynobo/normcap (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:11.128961+00:00, sha 01661d2b8a59)
  - homepage: https://dynobo.github.io/normcap/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:59:23.842874+00:00, sha ba3370bcf59f)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/normcap/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:59:23.871077+00:00, sha 3c986201277f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.