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Byakugan Scan
Your OCR Partner for mac
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Your OCR Partner for mac
2 followers
A lightweight, 100% offline macOS menu bar utility for instant in-memory screen text OCR, QR code decoding, and commercial barcode recognition powered by Apple Vision.
Free
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Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I’m Aritro, maker of Byakugan Scan.
I built Byakugan Scan because most macOS screen OCR tools have the same annoying flaws: they dump temporary image files onto your disk (triggering background indexing daemons), rely on sluggish web APIs, or cost expensive recurring subscriptions for a basic utility.
Byakugan Scan is an instant, privacy-first OCR & barcode scanner for macOS:
1. Hit your hotkey and drag-select any region of your screen.
2. Apple Neural Engine recognizes text, QR codes, or barcodes in <50ms.
3. Clean text is copied straight to your clipboard, with a floating HUD for instant actions (open URLs, dial numbers, email).
Why you’ll love it:
• Zero-Disk In-Memory Pipeline: Captures directly into RAM—no temp files, no disk writes, 100% on-device.
• Fast & Native: Built in pure Swift 6 + AppKit + Apple Vision Framework. Zero third-party dependencies.
• Multilingual & Barcode Support: 13+ languages, QR, Data Matrix, UPC/EAN, Code 128, and more.
• Raycast & Shortcuts Ready: Deep-link automation via byakugan:// URL scheme.
• 100% Free & Open Source.
Install via Homebrew:
brew install --cask halcyon-past/tap/byakugan-scan
GitHub: https://github.com/halcyon-past/byakugan-scan
Website: https://byakugan-scan.aritro.cloud
Would love to hear your thoughts and feedback! What shortcut or OCR feature should we add next? 🙌