# RajSolai/TextSnatcher

How to Copy Text from Images ? Answer is TextSnatcher !. Perform OCR operations in seconds on Linux Desktop.

Repository: https://github.com/RajSolai/TextSnatcher
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/textsnatcher
Homepage: https://textsnatcher.rf.gd/
Language: Vala
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: gtk3, ocr, linux-app, tesseract-ocr, meson, vala, elementary-apps, flatpak, libhandy
Last push: 2024-03-20T10:29:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1875, "days_push": 896, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1387, forks 53 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:35.150275+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ocr, image-processing
- domain: computer-vision, developer-tools, operating-systems
- platform: -
- tags: tesseract, gtk3, vala, flatpak, elementary-os, text-extraction, screenshot-ocr, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- RajSolai/TextSnatcher (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:35.150275+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 2026-08-30T04:39:48.866166+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/RajSolai/TextSnatcher (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:35.150275+00:00, sha 71851561d9fc)
  - homepage: https://textsnatcher.rf.gd/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:55:11.701419+00:00, sha 44136fa355b3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.