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  1. liteparse

    A fast, helpful, and open-source document parser

    Project mention: LiteParse: A Fast, Local Document Parser for Developers | dev.to | 2026-06-06

    LiteParse is a fast, local document parser for extracting text from clean, well-structured files. It handles PDFs, DOCX, HTML, and more, with minimal setup and no API calls. Everything runs locally, so your documents never leave your environment.

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  3. RuVector

    RuVector is a High Performance, Real-Time, Self-Learning Ai, Vector GNN, Memory DB built in Rust.

    Project mention: High Performance, Real-Time, Self-Learning, Vector GNN and DB Built in Rust | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-26

  4. deepseek-ocr.rs

    Rust multi‑backend OCR/VLM engine (DeepSeek‑OCR-1/2, PaddleOCR‑VL, DotsOCR) with DSQ quantization and an OpenAI‑compatible server & CLI – run locally without Python.

    Project mention: DeepSeek-ocr.rs: Rust implementation of DeepSeek-OCR | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-10-29

  5. ocrs

    Rust library and CLI tool for OCR (extracting text from images)

    Project mention: Ocrs: Rust library and CLI tool for OCR (extracting text from images) | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-09-29

  6. extractous

    Fast and efficient unstructured data extraction. Written in Rust with bindings for many languages.

    Project mention: Show HN: Vectorless RAG | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-27

    I will try it out. Is this the correct library? - https://github.com/yobix-ai/extractous

    I have used Gemini for OCR and it was indeed good. I also used GPT 3.5 and liked that too.

  7. rememex

    semantic search for your local files find by meaning, not keywords. 120+ file types, OCR, MCP server for AI agents. 100% private.

    Project mention: Show HN: Rememex – Semantic file search that runs 100% locally (Rust/Tauri) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-19

  8. doc2dataset

    3DCF / doc2dataset: token-efficient document layer with NumGuard numeric integrity and multi-framework exports for RAG & fine-tuning.

    Project mention: I Built an Open-Source Pipeline to Convert Documents into LLM Training Data | dev.to | 2025-12-07

    See the GitHub repo link

  9. macocr

    A CLI OCR tool using Apple’s Vision framework for macOS 13.0+ (by riddleling)

    Project mention: Llama-Scan: Convert PDFs to Text W Local LLMs | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-17

    I don't know re: handwriting so only barely relevant but here is a new contender for a CLI "OCR Tool using Apple's Vision Framework API": https://github.com/riddleling/macocr

  10. OmniGlass

    AI that acts on your screen, not just reads it. Snip → execute. MCP plugins, sandboxed, local LLM.

    Project mention: Show HN: OmniGlass – Executable AI screen snips with kernel-level sandboxing | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-02

  11. Fruity

    Grand Piece Online Roblox Game Discord Bot For Devil Fruit Spawn Notifications (by retroheim)

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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  • LiteParse: A Fast, Local Document Parser for Developers

    1 project | dev.to | 6 Jun 2026

  • Show HN: LiteParse v2, now in Rust 100x faster

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 28 May 2026

  • Ocrs: Rust library and CLI tool for OCR (extracting text from images)

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Sep 2025

  • Ocrs: Rust library and CLI tool for extracting text from images

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 31 Mar 2024

  • Soldiers, im trying to find the best way to storage pdfs and be possible to search for words in all of them at the same time. Is there any app for that (windows) ?

    2 projects | /r/software | 14 Nov 2022
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Index

What are some of the best open-source OCR projects in Rust? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 liteparse 9,929
2 RuVector 4,235
3 deepseek-ocr.rs 2,166
4 ocrs 1,832
5 extractous 1,703
6 rememex 63
7 doc2dataset 57
8 macocr 57
9 OmniGlass 6
10 Fruity 0

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