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Pierre-Yves Nicolas

@pynicolas@mastodon.social
mastodon 4.6.0-nightly.2026-03-16

Indie dev behind #FairScan — an open source document scanner for Android. Exploring how software can be simple and respectful.

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Website:
https://fairscan.org
Blog:
https://fairscan.org/blog/

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Pierre-Yves Nicolas
@pynicolas@mastodon.social

Indie dev behind # FairScan — an open source document scanner for Android. Exploring how software can be simple and respectful.

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Pierre-Yves Nicolas
@pynicolas@mastodon.social

Indie dev behind # FairScan — an open source document scanner for Android. Exploring how software can be simple and respectful.

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@pynicolas@mastodon.social · Feb 18, 2026

RE: @jhpot@mastodon.social

Nice surprise to see FairScan featured by WIRED.

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Pierre-Yves Nicolas
@pynicolas@mastodon.social

Indie dev behind # FairScan — an open source document scanner for Android. Exploring how software can be simple and respectful.

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Pierre-Yves Nicolas
Pierre-Yves Nicolas
@pynicolas@mastodon.social

Indie dev behind # FairScan — an open source document scanner for Android. Exploring how software can be simple and respectful.

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@pynicolas@mastodon.social · Feb 15, 2026

FairScan 1.14.0 improves brightness handling for color documents, with more consistent results and fewer over-bright or under-exposed scans.

I also published a blog post about a closely related question:
"What's a good scan?"
https://fairscan.org/blog/what-s-a-good-scan/

#FairScan #OpenSource #ImageProcessing

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Pierre-Yves Nicolas
@pynicolas@mastodon.social

Indie dev behind # FairScan — an open source document scanner for Android. Exploring how software can be simple and respectful.

mastodon.social
Pierre-Yves Nicolas
Pierre-Yves Nicolas
@pynicolas@mastodon.social

Indie dev behind # FairScan — an open source document scanner for Android. Exploring how software can be simple and respectful.

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@pynicolas@mastodon.social · Feb 05, 2026

FairScan had a few releases over the past weeks.

1.12.0 focused on the camera screen experience:
- smoother document detection
- tap-to-focus
- flashlight state preserved

A quick 1.12.1 bugfix followed and added a Turkish translation.

1.13.0 improves the export screen:
- clearer layout and better feedback
- more reliable export handling
It also streamlines the scanning flow.

#FairScan is available on #FDroid and the Play Store.

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Pierre-Yves Nicolas
@pynicolas@mastodon.social

Indie dev behind # FairScan — an open source document scanner for Android. Exploring how software can be simple and respectful.

mastodon.social
Pierre-Yves Nicolas
Pierre-Yves Nicolas
@pynicolas@mastodon.social

Indie dev behind # FairScan — an open source document scanner for Android. Exploring how software can be simple and respectful.

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@pynicolas@mastodon.social · Jan 20, 2026

FairScan 1.11.0 is out.

It includes:
- a new setting to control export quality
- a new way to report issues with the last captured image

I've also published a short post about the second point: how FairScan can be improved by letting users choose to share scans that don't look good.

https://fairscan.org/blog/learning-from-failed-scans/

#FairScan #FOSS

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Pierre-Yves Nicolas
@pynicolas@mastodon.social

Indie dev behind # FairScan — an open source document scanner for Android. Exploring how software can be simple and respectful.

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Pierre-Yves Nicolas
Pierre-Yves Nicolas
@pynicolas@mastodon.social

Indie dev behind # FairScan — an open source document scanner for Android. Exploring how software can be simple and respectful.

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@pynicolas@mastodon.social · Jan 12, 2026

Je serai présent aux Rencontres Hivernales du Libre le 24 janvier à Saint-Cergue (Suisse).

J'y vais comme bénévole de l'APRIL (@aprilorg@pouet.april.org), pas pour présenter FairScan. Je devrais être disponible pour discuter sur place.

#rhl26

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Pierre-Yves Nicolas
@pynicolas@mastodon.social

Indie dev behind # FairScan — an open source document scanner for Android. Exploring how software can be simple and respectful.

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Pierre-Yves Nicolas
Pierre-Yves Nicolas
@pynicolas@mastodon.social

Indie dev behind # FairScan — an open source document scanner for Android. Exploring how software can be simple and respectful.

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@pynicolas@mastodon.social · Jan 07, 2026

@daniel@gultsch.social
Yes, the calling app has to explicitly support the intent.

At the moment, it probably makes more sense for apps that already work with documents or PDFs, rather than messaging apps. In most cases, scanning is still a separate step before sharing.

That said, the intent is there if some apps find it useful in the future.

@gnemmi@mastodon.sdf.org

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Pierre-Yves Nicolas
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Indie dev behind # FairScan — an open source document scanner for Android. Exploring how software can be simple and respectful.

mastodon.social
Pierre-Yves Nicolas
Pierre-Yves Nicolas
@pynicolas@mastodon.social

Indie dev behind # FairScan — an open source document scanner for Android. Exploring how software can be simple and respectful.

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@pynicolas@mastodon.social · Jan 04, 2026

New blog post: FairScan can now be called from other apps

FairScan now exposes a simple intent so other Android apps can trigger a scan-to-PDF flow.

Users of ODKCollect and KoboCollect apps can already use it.

https://fairscan.org/blog/fairscan-can-now-be-called-from-other-apps/

#Android #FairScan

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Pierre-Yves Nicolas
@pynicolas@mastodon.social

Indie dev behind # FairScan — an open source document scanner for Android. Exploring how software can be simple and respectful.

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Pierre-Yves Nicolas
Pierre-Yves Nicolas
@pynicolas@mastodon.social

Indie dev behind # FairScan — an open source document scanner for Android. Exploring how software can be simple and respectful.

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@pynicolas@mastodon.social · Jan 02, 2026

Hello Mastodon 👋

I'm an independent software engineer working on FairScan, an open source document scanner for Android.

I write occasionally about both the human and technical sides of the project, including image processing, datasets, and what "respectful software" can mean in practice. I try to keep these posts short and readable, focusing on the problems I face and how I approach them.

All posts are here:
https://fairscan.org/blog/

#FairScan #OpenSource

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