Open Receipt OCR

What it does

API

A REST API supports uploading one or more files, checking job status and results, listing jobs, and deleting jobs or files.checked 11 Oct 2026

API limitations

Rate limiting and webhooks are not implemented; the documentation says to poll the job endpoint for status updates.checked 11 Oct 2026

Deployment

The project documents deployment with Docker Compose and requires Redis for background job processing.checked 11 Oct 2026

Deployment requirements

The documented setup requires Node.js 18 or higher and Redis; Docker and Docker Compose are optional for containerized deployment.checked 4 Oct 2026

Jobs and exports

Users can upload receipt images, choose an OCR provider, view extracted text, and download or copy results.checked 4 Oct 2026

License

The site describes the project as open source and directs readers to the repository for license details.checked 4 Oct 2026

Local processing

PaddleOCR Local and Tesseract.js can process OCR without API keys; PaddleOCR Local downloads about 300 MB of model files on first use.checked 11 Oct 2026

OCR providers

It supports more than 10 local and cloud OCR engines, including PaddleOCR, Tesseract.js, Gemini, OpenAI, Mistral, and AWS Textract.checked 4 Oct 2026

Operational limits

Rate limiting and webhooks are not implemented; the documentation recommends polling job status.checked 4 Oct 2026

Provider choice

The project lists local PaddleOCR, Tesseract.js and llama.cpp, plus cloud providers including TabScanner, Gemini, OpenAI, Mistral, xAI Grok, AWS Textract and PaddleOCR API.checked 11 Oct 2026

Purpose

Open Receipt OCR is an OCR platform designed for receipts and documents, with local and cloud OCR providers.checked 11 Oct 2026

Secret management

Secrets can be read from environment variables or managed through Infisical, which the guide lists as supporting audit logs, rotation and team collaboration.checked 11 Oct 2026

Security limitation

The API currently requires no authentication, and its documentation recommends adding API key authentication for production deployments.checked 11 Oct 2026

Storage integration

Uploaded files can be stored locally or in OneDrive through Microsoft Graph.checked 4 Oct 2026

Storage integrations

Files can be stored locally by default or in OneDrive through Microsoft Graph.checked 11 Oct 2026

Support

The project directs users to GitHub Issues and its documentation for questions and common issues.checked 11 Oct 2026

Workflow

Users can upload receipt images, choose a configured OCR provider, view extracted text, and download or copy results.checked 11 Oct 2026