getomni-ai/zerox
Uses vision LLMs for OCR instead of Tesseract; choose when you want LLM-based extraction or structured markdown rather than a PDF text layer.
OCR & Document Extraction using vision models
- 12.3k
- TypeScript
- MIT
slowing1.3y ago
ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF alternatives
document OCR / PDF text-layer insertion
OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, making them searchable and copy-pasteable using Tesseract.
Same job, different approach
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
oomol-lab/pdf-craft
Converts scanned PDFs into other formats via OCR; choose when you want editable conversions rather than PDF/A searchable output.
PDF craft can convert PDF files into various other formats. This project will focus on processing PDF files of scanned books.
- 6.2k
- Python
- MIT
active1d ago
End-user tools
Does the same job, but ships as an app. Useful to a person, not swappable into a codebase.
scribeocr/scribeocr
Web app for OCR and proofreading; choose when you need a human-in-the-loop workflow rather than batch CLI OCR.
Web interface for recognizing text, proofreading OCR, and creating fully-digitized documents.
- 806
- JavaScript
- AGPL-3.0
active26d ago
ciur/papermerge
Document management system with OCR; an end-user app for archives.
Open Source Document Management System for Digital Archives (Scanned Documents)
- 2.9k
- Python
- Apache-2.0
slowing9mo ago
clawsoftware/clawPDF
Windows virtual printer with OCR; end-user GUI tool.
Open Source Virtual (Network) Printer for Windows that allows you to create PDFs, OCR text, and print images, with advanced features usually available only in enterprise solutions.
- 1.9k
- C#
- AGPL-3.0
dormant3.3y ago
alisen39/TrWebOCR
Chinese OCR web service with UI/API; end-user tool, not a PDF text-layer library.
开源易用的中文离线OCR，识别率媲美大厂，并且提供了易用的web页面及web的接口，方便人类日常工作使用或者其他程序来调用~
- 2.9k
- Python
- Apache-2.0
dormant3.2y ago
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These projects were analysed and named OCRmyPDF among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how OCRmyPDF rates them is a separate judgement, made when OCRmyPDF is analysed in its own right.
oomol-lab/pdf-craft
calls OCRmyPDF “Adds a searchable text layer to scanned PDFs; pick when you only need searchable PDFs, not Markdown/EPUB conversion.”
PDF craft can convert PDF files into various other formats. This project will focus on processing PDF files of scanned books.
6.2kPythonactive
naptha/tesseract.js
calls OCRmyPDF “A command-line tool that overlays OCR text on PDFs; choose it for batch PDF searchability, not in-code OCR.”
Pure Javascript OCR for more than 100 Languages 📖🎉🖥
38.7kJavaScriptactive
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR
calls OCRmyPDF “choose for a CLI tool that adds a searchable OCR text layer to scanned PDFs.”
Contexts Optical Compression
23.8kPythonslowing
thiagoalessio/tesseract-ocr-for-php
calls OCRmyPDF “CLI tool to add OCR text layers to PDFs; end-user tool, not a library.”
A wrapper to work with Tesseract OCR inside PHP.
3.0kPHPslowing