# FairScan (open-source utility app)

> FairScan is a free, open-source utility app for Android. Scan a document and get a clean PDF you can save or share instantly. It has 920 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.

FairScan is a document scanner designed to be truly simple and respectful. With FairScan, it takes only a few seconds to get a clean PDF you can share or save. • Fast capture, optional review, instant export • Clear, distraction-free interface • Live automatic document detection • Automatic crop, perspective correction, and enhancement • Export to shareable PDFs All document scanning and processing happen locally on your device. Minimal permissions required: • Camera • Internet: used only for optional OCR language downloads • On Android 9 and below: storage (to save PDFs to Downloads)

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/pynicolas/FairScan |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Kotlin |
| GitHub stars | 920 |
| License | GPL-3.0-only (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fairscan.app/ (package org.fairscan.app) |
| F-Droid anti-features | none flagged |
| Google Play | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.fairscan.app |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | https://fairscan.org/ |
| Official | no |
| Category | Utilities |
| Latest release | v2.3.0 (Sep 20, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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