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Best OCR Open Source Projects
This hub collects the best open source projects in OCR and ranks them by both momentum and authority.
Data window: Last 7 days (with 24h tie-breakers for Trending now)
Last updated: Sep 11, 2026
Projects
20
GitHub stars
31K
Hugging Face likes
2.7K
Replicate runs
11.5K
Trending now
Fastest-growing projects in OCR over the last 7 days, with 24h change as a tie-breaker.
DeepSeek-OCR-2
Extract text from images and documents with advanced OCR capabilities.
GLM-OCR
Accurate document understanding and OCR capabilities for various industries and use cases.
datalab-to/chandra-ocr-2
Extract text and layout from images and PDFs with high accuracy.
Hidden gems
Smaller projects with unusually strong momentum. We look for lower total metrics plus positive 7-day growth.
prithivMLmods/GLM-OCR-Demo
Extract text, formulas, and tables from images with high accuracy.
datalab-to/chandra-ocr-2
Extract text and layout from images and PDFs with high accuracy.
lightonai/LightOnOCR-2-1B-Demo
Extract text from images and PDFs using AI-powered OCR technology.
PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR-VL-1.6
Document parsing and analysis model for automating document processing tasks.
merterbak/DeepSeek-OCR-Demo
Extract text from images and PDFs to markdown format.