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OCR desktop tool

Tree Hole OCR is a cross-platform desktop OCR tool (Java/JavaFX) that performs local screenshot, image, and PDF text recognition using PaddleOCR models.

3.1kJavaLGPL-3.0dormant · last push 2.3y agoGitHub

Drop-in peers

Same problem, same approach. Swapping one for another is a config change, not a rewrite.

hiroi-sora/Umi-OCR

Direct offline OCR desktop app with screenshot, batch, and PDF support, similar feature set to the seed.

OCR software, free and offline. 开源、免费的离线OCR软件。支持截屏/批量导入图片,PDF文档识别,排除水印/页眉页脚,扫描/生成二维码。内置多国语言库。

46.7k
Python
MIT
slowing9mo ago
xushengfeng/eSearch

Alternative cross-platform screenshot OCR tool with additional search, translate, and image search features.

截屏 离线OCR 搜索翻译 以图搜图 贴图 录屏 万向滚动截屏 屏幕翻译 Screenshot Offline OCR Search Translate Search for picture Paste the picture on the screen Screen recorder Omnidirectional scrolling screenshot Screen translator 支持Windows Linux macOS

7.0k
TypeScript
GPL-3.0
active5d ago
pot-app/pot-desktop

Cross-platform OCR and translation app, a good replacement if you also need translation alongside text recognition.

🌈一个跨平台的划词翻译和OCR软件 | A cross-platform software for text translation and recognition.

19.3k
JavaScript
GPL-3.0
active2mo ago
amebalabs/TRex

macOS-only screen OCR utility for copying on-screen text, ideal for Mac users wanting a lightweight alternative.

Copy any text on your screen, stop retyping.

1.9k
Swift
MIT
active13d ago
dynobo/normcap

Cross-platform OCR-powered screen capture tool, a direct alternative for capturing text from screen regions.

OCR powered screen-capture tool to capture information instead of images

2.7k
Python
NOASSERTION
active14d ago

Same job, different approach

Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.

otiai10/gosseract

Go library wrapping Tesseract, choose when integrating OCR into a Go application rather than using a desktop app.

Go package for OCR (Optical Character Recognition), by using Tesseract C++ library

3.1k
Go
MIT
slowing7mo ago
mindee/doctr

Python deep-learning OCR library for document text recognition, choose when building OCR into Python applications.

docTR (Document Text Recognition) - a seamless, high-performing & accessible library for OCR-related tasks powered by Deep Learning. Ongoing development and maintenance by t2k.

6.3k
Python
Apache-2.0
active2d ago
datalab-to/surya

Python OCR library with layout analysis and 90+ languages, choose for modern multilingual Python OCR.

OCR, layout analysis, reading order, table recognition in 90+ languages

21.3k
Python
Apache-2.0
active2d ago
open-mmlab/mmocr

Python toolbox for text detection, recognition, and understanding, choose for research or custom OCR pipelines.

OpenMMLab Text Detection, Recognition and Understanding Toolbox

4.8k
Python
Apache-2.0
dormant1.7y ago
clovaai/deep-text-recognition-benchmark

Deep learning text recognition model repository, choose for custom training or benchmarking text recognition.

Text recognition (optical character recognition) with deep learning methods, ICCV 2019

3.9k
Jupyter Notebook
Apache-2.0
dormant2.5y ago

Older generation, or narrower

An earlier or more limited way to do the job. Still the right call when you need something small, proven, or CPU-only.

ianzhao/textshot

Simpler Python/Tesseract screenshot OCR script for basic text grabbing, less featureful but lightweight.

Python tool for grabbing text via screenshot

1.8k
Python
MIT
dormant1.7y ago
kha-white/manga-ocr

Specialized OCR model for Japanese manga text, useful only for that narrow domain.

Optical character recognition for Japanese text, with the main focus being Japanese manga

2.8k
Python
Apache-2.0
active1mo ago
xiaofengShi/CHINESE-OCR

Legacy Chinese scene-text OCR pipeline (CTPN/CRNN), for users needing an older Chinese-specific solution.

End-to-end Chinese scene-text detection and recognition with CTPN, CRNN, and CTC (legacy project).

3.0k
Python
none
active2d ago

Listed as an alternative to

These projects were analysed and named tools-ocr among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how tools-ocr rates them is a separate judgement, made when tools-ocr is analysed in its own right.

hiroi-sora/Umi-OCR

calls tools-ocrwhen you want a lightweight cross-platform desktop OCR GUI (Java) with similar offline functionality.

OCR software, free and offline. 开源、免费的离线OCR软件。支持截屏/批量导入图片,PDF文档识别,排除水印/页眉页脚,扫描/生成二维码。内置多国语言库。

46.7kPythonslowing
miaomiaosoft/PandaOCR

calls tools-ocrcross-platform OCR desktop tool; choose for a simple GUI without extra services

PandaOCR - 多功能OCR图文识别+翻译+朗读+弹窗+公式+表格+图床+搜图+二维码

5.3kdormant
TheJoeFin/Text-Grab

calls tools-ocrChoose it for a Java-based cross-platform OCR tool if you need Linux/macOS support.

Use OCR in Windows quickly and easily with Text Grab. With optional background process and notifications.

5.0kC#active
pot-app/pot-desktop

calls tools-ocrCross-platform OCR-only tool; choose for simple standalone OCR without translation.

🌈一个跨平台的划词翻译和OCR软件 | A cross-platform software for text translation and recognition.

19.3kJavaScriptactive
ripperhe/Bob

calls tools-ocrChoose it for a lightweight cross-platform OCR-only tool.

Bob 是一款 macOS 平台的翻译和 OCR 软件。

9.7kslowing
STranslate/STranslate

calls tools-ocrCross-platform OCR-only tool, narrower than STranslate's translate+OCR.

A ready-to-go translation ocr tool developed with WPF/WPF 开发的一款即用即走的翻译、OCR工具

7.8kC#active
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR

calls tools-ocrchoose for a cross-platform desktop OCR tool (树洞OCR).

Contexts Optical Compression

23.8kPythonslowing
datalab-to/surya

calls tools-ocrend-user cross-platform GUI tool, not an embeddable library.

OCR, layout analysis, reading order, table recognition in 90+ languages

21.3kPythonactive
datalab-to/chandra

calls tools-ocrcross-platform OCR desktop tool for manual text capture.

OCR model that handles complex tables, forms, handwriting with full layout.

12.1kPythonactive
Ucas-HaoranWei/GOT-OCR2.0

calls tools-ocrcross-platform GUI OCR app, cannot be embedded as a library

Official code implementation of General OCR Theory: Towards OCR-2.0 via a Unified End-to-end Model

8.2kPythondormant