Recommendations on OCR software?

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/archlinux

Our great sponsors
  • InfluxDB - Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale
  • WorkOS - The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS
  • SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews
  • paperless-ngx

    A community-supported supercharged version of paperless: scan, index and archive all your physical documents

  • This is verging into /r/selfhosted territory, but maybe paperless ngx is an option?

  • OCRmyPDF

    OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched

  • I recently tried out a bunch of software and had the best success with ocrmypdf

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

    InfluxDB logo
  • normcap

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

  • Just for completeness: There's normcap, an OCR tool to copy text from the screen. It works right out of the box from what I tested, both from Flatpak and the AUR.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

Suggest a related project

Related posts