Flatsonar

Document Scanner

by The GNOME Project

Make a digital copy of your photos and documents

Dangerous permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0+ v50.0
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About

A really easy way to scan both text and images. You can crop out the bad parts of an image and rotate it if it is the wrong way round. You can print your scans, export them to pdf, or save them in a range of image formats.

This app uses the SANE framework to support most existing scanners.

Permissions

3 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
    --device=all
  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • talks to system service org.freedesktop.Avahi
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.Avahi
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11

Who publishes this

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  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

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