Flatsonar

Recollect

by lainefox

Search for text inside your images using OCR

Broad permissions Unverified publisher GPL-3.0 v1.2.0
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About

Recollect scans images with Tesseract OCR, indexes extracted text in a local database, and provides a fast search UI.

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • full access to your home folder
    --filesystem=home
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • network
    --share=network
  • portal FileChooser
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.portal.FileChooser
  • portal OpenURI
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.portal.OpenURI
  • talks to org.freedesktop.FileManager1
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.FileManager1
  • sets environment variable TESSDATA_PREFIX
    --env=TESSDATA_PREFIX=/app/share/tessdata

Who publishes this

Nobody has confirmed that the publisher controls this app id. Flatsonar warns before installing.

  • org.laine.Recollect claims the domain laine.org; only its owner can prove that
    publisher:namespace
  • the build has network access: it can download things the manifest does not list
    build-options:--share=network

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.