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PaddleOCR vs Tesseract

Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.

PaddleOCR

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.

90.6K
Stars
+8.4K
Weekly
74/100
Health
Tesseract

Tesseract Open Source OCR Engine (main repository)

Best matched with other framework tools.

75.5K
Stars
+1.5K
Weekly
69/100
Health

Quick Take

Adoption

PaddleOCR has the larger GitHub footprint with 90.6K stars.

Momentum

PaddleOCR is currently growing faster at +8.4K stars this week.

Maintenance

PaddleOCR has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 74/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.

Side-by-side evidence

Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.

SignalPaddleOCRTesseract
Evidence statusVerified snapshot· 2026-10-04 09:19 UTCBasic listing· 2026-10-04 09:18 UTC
GitHub stars90.6K75.5K
Weekly growth+8.4K+1.5K
Health scoreHealthy74/100Healthy69/100
Contributors295236
Commits per week4.05.8
Open issues215479
LanguagePythonC++
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Last commit2026-09-16 03:31 UTC2026-07-22 15:29 UTC
Last releasev3.7.05.5.2

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