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RajSolai/TextSnatcher

How to Copy Text from Images ? Answer is TextSnatcher !. Perform OCR operations in seconds on Linux Desktop. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/RajSolai/TextSnatcher · homepage · Vala · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 1875
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 896
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1387 stars · 53 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

TextSnatcher is a Linux desktop application for quickly copying text from images using OCR. Built with Vala and GTK3 on top of Tesseract, it lets users drag over any image and paste the extracted text.

Use cases

  • copy text from images on linux
  • extract text from screenshots
  • ocr tool for linux desktop
  • grab text from a picture quickly
  • copy non-selectable text from an image
  • drag and select text over any image

When to choose

  • you need fast, ad-hoc OCR on a Linux desktop
  • you want a simple drag-to-copy GUI instead of CLI tesseract
  • you use elementary OS or install apps via Flatpak

When to avoid

  • you need OCR on Windows or macOS
  • you need batch or automated OCR pipelines
  • you need a maintained project with active updates

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

ocr image-processing computer-vision developer-tools operating-systems tesseract gtk3 vala flatpak elementary-os text-extraction screenshot-ocr linux desktop

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Member repositories

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