Tesseract OCR

Open source

Open-source OCR engine, originally developed at HP, that recognizes text in more than 100 languages.

by Tesseract open-source projectOfficial site ↗Source code ↗

Pricing: free
License: open-source
Open source: Yes

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Identity · Taxonomy

Documentation(HTTPS URL): https://tesseract-ocr.github.ioVerified
Tags(open-source;cloud-native): OCR, open source, command line, machine learning, text recognitionVerification pending

Platform · Deployment

Delivery model(SaaS;self-hosted;desktop;mobile;embedded;managed-cloud;appliance): self-hostedVerification pending

Pricing · Licensing

License model(proprietary;open-source;source-available;dual-license): open-sourceVerification pending
Pricing model(free;subscription;usage;seat;asset;transaction;revenue-share;perpetual;custom): freeVerification pending
Source repository(HTTPS URL): https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseractVerified
SPDX license IDs(Apache-2.0;MIT): Apache-2.0Verified

Features · Product · Fit

Core capabilities(authoring;automation;analytics): OCR engine libtesseract plus the tesseract command line program, LSTM neural network based OCR engine for line recognition, recognizes more than 100 languages out of the box, output formats include plain text, hOCR, PDF, invisible-text-only PDF, TSV, ALTO, and PAGE, trainable to recognize additional languages, supports PNG, JPEG, and TIFF input imagesVerification pending

Api · Integrations · Ecosystem

API available(true/false): trueVerification pending
CLI(true/false): trueVerification pending

Audience · Use · Case

Best for(Neutral editorial summary): Developers embedding OCR and 100+ language text recognition into applications via CLI or the libtesseract C/C++ APIVerification pending
Primary use cases(build;monitor;automate): text recognition embedded in developer applications, bulk document OCR pipelines, training custom language recognition modelsVerification pending
Skill level(beginner;intermediate;advanced;specialist): specialistVerification pending

Lifecycle · Versioning

Current version(1.12.3): 5.5.4Verified
Maintenance status(active;maintenance;deprecated;EOL;archived): activeVerification pending

Vendor · Maintainer

Vendor type(commercial;foundation;community;government;consortium;individual): communityVerified

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