Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to CopyLasso, a free local screen OCR app for macOS
Hi HN, I made CopyLasso for text you can see but can't select: things like scanned PDFs, text in videos, and text in screenshots. I was surprised to find only a few solutions for this that were all paid, so I made a free and open source version. CopyLasso is a native Swift app built with ScreenCaptureKit and Apple Vision. It's MIT-licensed, signed, and notarized. To use it, just press your keybind and draw a bounding box around the text you want to copy. The text is recognized locally and copied to your clipboard. Other features include copying QR codes and barcodes, multi-language…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Get any text on your screen into your clipboard. Contribute to schappim/macOCR development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Capso▲269Free open-source screenshot & screen recorder for Mac
Apr 2026 · awesomemacapp.com · its alternatives →
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Download Copyfish for Firefox. Do you need to extract text from images, videos or PDF? If yes, then the Copyfish free OCR software is for you. Until now, your only option was to retype the text. Copyfish is so much faster and more fun. It can do desktop screenshots and OCR, too.
2017 · addons.mozilla.org · its alternatives →
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1. Click capture text 2. Select an area on screen with text 3. Paste the text anywhere Are there other solutions out there? Yes, the best one that I've found is Text Sniper, it $8 so I decided to learn SwiftUI and release Text Capture for $0.99. This one uses MacOS builtin Vision API under the hood so it should also improve with new macOS releases. Would love to hear your feedback!
2024 · textcapture.app · its alternatives →
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Effortless image to text conversion for Mac
2024 · getsnipit.com · its alternatives →
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Copied▲162Instant Text Access, Easy Copy-Paste, and Organized Snippets
2024 · copiedpro.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, As a Software Engineer, I frequently copy and paste content. The fact that macOS clipboard buffer can keep only one item is very frustrating. It’s very annoying to copy → switch app → paste → switch app → copy → switch app → paste, and so on. Losing items I copied hours ago and having to find and copy them again is a waste of time. I tried many third-party clipboard managers like Alfred, Raycast, Paste, Maccy, etc. While great, they didn't fully meet my needs. As a developer, my requirements are: 1. Keyboard-centric operation to avoid using the mouse. I don’t want to waste my time…
2024 · clipbook.app · its alternatives →
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SnapEdit▲81Native SwiftUI clipboard image editor; edit, share instantly
Apr 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Copy and paste text from youtube videos
Jun 2026 · screenshottext.com · its alternatives →
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Scan and extract text from images on iPhone, iPad & Mac
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Clipboard manager in your macOS menu bar
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Textify▲202macOS app to recognize text from your images/docs with OCR
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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iPaste▲95Lightweight and efficient clipboard tool for iOS & macOS.
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Copyclip▲108Simple, efficient clipboard manager for your Mac
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Smarter copy-paste for macOS. New version!
Mar 2026 · cuatro.studio · its alternatives →
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Initiater▲76Extract text from images and digital documents in seconds
2021 · blue-tail.com · its alternatives →
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Make anything selectable
May 2026 · selectable.so · its alternatives →
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