# Text Grab (open-source PDF tool)

> Text Grab is a free, open-source PDF tool for Windows and macOS. Use OCR in Windows quickly and easily with Text Grab. It has 5,037 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. Its source code is on GitHub at TheJoeFin/Text-Grab.

Use Text Grab on Windows to capture text with OCR, clean it up quickly, and move it into the next step of your workflow.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/TheJoeFin/Text-Grab |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 5,037 |
| License | MIT (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | C# |
| Website | https://textgrab.net/ |
| Official | no |
| Category | PDF editors & tools |
| Latest release | v4.15.0 (Aug 1, 2026) |
| Last commit | Aug 22, 2026 |

## Install

### Chocolatey (Windows)

```sh
choco install text-grab
```

Package page: https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/text-grab

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