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EasyOCR

Ch 147.1of 40 OCR software
  1. 1Runs onLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
  2. 2CostsFree plan
  3. 3Handwriting OCRNo
3 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: github.com
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Overview

EasyOCR is ranked #14 of 40 in OCR software on Specifiction. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Windows. There is a free plan.

EasyOCR plans and pricing

All plans
EasyOCR Free Open-source OCR library · no paid plans listed github.com · 4 Oct 2026

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Handwriting OCR
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Facts

Supported languages
80github.com · 23 Sept 2026
Primary platform
desktopgithub.com · 23 Sept 2026
Supported inputs
imagegithub.com · 23 Sept 2026
Purpose
EasyOCR is a Python module for extracting text from images, including natural scene text and dense document text.jaided.ai · 4 Oct 2026
Languages
The project states that it supports more than 80 languages, and compatible languages can be read together.jaided.ai · 4 Oct 2026
Recognition output
The readtext method returns detected text with bounding box coordinates and confidence values, with an option for text-only output.jaided.ai · 4 Oct 2026
Input formats
Images can be supplied as a file path, NumPy array, bytes, or URL.jaided.ai · 4 Oct 2026
Compute options
The Reader can use a GPU when available or run in CPU-only mode.jaided.ai · 4 Oct 2026
Model downloads
Pretrained models download automatically when EasyOCR is used, and can also be downloaded manually for offline environments.jaided.ai · 4 Oct 2026
Customization
The API supports custom recognition networks and configurable detection, recognition, decoding, and text-box merging options.jaided.ai · 4 Oct 2026
Installation
The maker documents installation through pip, from source, or with Docker; Windows users may need to install PyTorch manually first.jaided.ai · 4 Oct 2026
Integrations
The repository says EasyOCR is integrated into Hugging Face Spaces using Gradio and provides a web demo.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
License
The public GitHub repository identifies EasyOCR as licensed under Apache-2.0.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
Security
The maker pages reviewed do not state a security certification or compliance claim for EasyOCR.jaided.ai · 4 Oct 2026
Support
The repository directs enterprise inquiries to Jaided AI for custom OCR/AI implementation, training or fine-tuning, and deployment services.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
Issue handling
The repository says that issues older than six months are automatically closed and can be reopened if critical.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
Notable limitation
The README lists handwritten text support as planned work.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
Maker
jDai Lab says it was founded in 2020 and describes itself as a small, independent AI research lab; the about page does not state its headquarters.jaided.ai · 4 Oct 2026

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