# Beaver: PDF Scanner & OCR

> Private Scans, Merge & Split. An open-source, private PDF scanner and toolkit by Eldar Tutnjic for Mac, iPhone and iPad.

Scan, merge, split, and export. Everything stays on your device.
The App Store build costs $1.99 USD one time. No subscription. The listing link is not available yet.
The source is free to inspect and build on your own Mac using the repository instructions.
Platforms: macOS 14+, iOS/iPadOS 17+.
All processing, including OCR and filters, runs on device. Files never leave the device. Imported originals are never changed.
No account. No ads. No analytics. No tracking.

Features: image-to-PDF; iPhone/iPad camera scanning or flattening an existing photo; merge PDFs; split PDFs; export selected pages as a new PDF; export pages as PNG or JPEG; on-device OCR; page review with corners, rotate, reorder, retake and rename; Original, Enhanced, Grayscale and Black & White filters.
Beaver is an alternative to CamScanner for people who want an open-source, on-device toolkit without accounts, ads or subscriptions.
Both the paid packaged build and free self-built version use local processing.

## Source of truth

- [Source code and build instructions](https://github.com/31d4r/Beaver): Product documentation, supported features and free self-build instructions.
- [Product README](https://github.com/31d4r/Beaver#readme): Product reference in the source repository.
- [Eldar Tutnjic](https://github.com/31d4r): Author.