Project comparison
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
LlamaIndex is the leading document agent and OCR platform
Best matched with other framework tools.
Turn any PDF or image document into structured data for your AI. A powerful, lightweight OCR toolkit that bridges the gap between images/PDFs and LLMs. Supports 100+ languages.
Best matched with other framework tools.
PaddleOCR has the larger GitHub footprint with 86.0K stars.
PaddleOCR is currently growing faster at +8.4K stars this week.
LlamaIndex has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 85/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.
Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.
| Signal | LlamaIndex | PaddleOCR |
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| Evidence status | Basic listing· 1d ago | Recently verified· 1d ago |
| GitHub stars | 49.3K | 86.0K |
| Weekly growth | +197 | +8.4K |
| Health score | Strong85/100 |
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| Contributors | 1.9K | 295 |
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| Commits per week | 22.0 | 4.0 |
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| Open issues | 342 | 215 |
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| Language | Python | Python |
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| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
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| Last commit | 2mo ago | 2d ago |
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| Last release | v0.14.21 | v3.7.0 |
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