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Byakugan Scan · Office #52,760

Your OCR Partner for mac

In the Mac and Windows desktop utilities neighborhood (Desktop and utilities). In town since 27 Oct 2026.

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What Tablif read on Byakugan Scan's site

Byakugan Scan describes itself as: “Byakugan Scan — Free & Open-Source Screen OCR, QR & Barcode Scanner for macOS”

What it is

Calls itself “menu bar utility”.

  • Calls itself: menu bar utility
“A lightweight, 100% offline macOS menu bar utility for instant in-memory screen text OCR, QR code decoding, and commercial barcode recognition”

Where it puts itself

Claims “All-Seeing”. Rules out “background recordings, screenshots, or logs”.

  • Superlative claim: All-Seeing
  • Says it will not: background recordings, screenshots, or logs
“Byakugan Scan 白眼 // All-Seeing Vision”
“No background recordings, screenshots, or logs are ever stored.”

What it costs

A free tier, free forever.

  • Free plan: free forever
“Free to download, transparent, and completely offline.”
“Open Source Mac Utility // MIT License Activate your vision.”

Who it sells to

Sells to developers. Made for designers, developers and researchers. Available in 5 languages.

  • Sells to: developers
  • Made for: designers · developers · researchers
  • Languages: 5 languages
“A bespoke macOS menu bar utility built for developers, designers, and researchers.”
“High-precision multi-script OCR covering Latin, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Cyrillic, and Arabic.”

How it runs

A desktop app for macOS. Runs locally and works offline. Distributed through the Homebrew. No API. Open source. AI is the core of the product.

  • Kind: desktop
  • Runs on: macOS
  • Runs where: on the device, offline
  • Distributed via: Homebrew
  • API: no
  • Open source: yes
  • AI role: core to the product
“A lightweight, 100% offline macOS menu bar utility for instant in-memory screen text OCR”
“Native OCR & Barcode Utility • macOS 14+ Sonoma & Sequoia”

What it works with

Integrates with Slack and Zoom. Built on Swift 6. Names Apple Vision and Homebrew Cask on its pages.

  • Integrates with: Slack · Zoom
  • Built on: Swift 6
  • Names: Apple Vision · Homebrew Cask
“Apple Vision”
“Byakugan Scan”

What it offers as proof

Live, no waitlist. Try it without signing up.

  • Instant signup: yes
  • Trial asks for: nothing
“Get For Mac”
“Free to download, transparent, and completely offline.”

Sources

Tablif read these pages, last on 27 Oct 2026. Everything above is what the product says about itself; Tablif does not verify every claim.

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