gImageReader
6.5#31 in ocr softwareFree planFree planLinuxWindows
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Tesseract OCR
7.9#2 in ocr softwareFree planFree planAndroidAPILinuxmacOS
VisitWhat both publish
| Fact | gImageReader | Tesseract OCR |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Language data | Tesseract language definitions can be selected through the integrated tessdata manager or installed manually. | The engine and language traineddata are separate installation components, and the documentation lists packages for over 130 languages and over 35 scripts. |
| License | The repository identifies its license as GPL-3.0. | The code is licensed under Apache License 2.0 and is provided without warranties under the license terms. |
| Output formats | It recognizes text to plain text or hOCR documents and can generate PDFs from hOCR documents. | Supported output formats include plain text, hOCR, PDF, invisible-text-only PDF, TSV, ALTO, and PAGE. |
| Primary platform | desktop | desktop |
| Purpose | gImageReader is a Gtk/Qt front-end to tesseract-ocr. | Tesseract is an OCR engine and command-line program for extracting printed text from images. |
| Searchable PDF | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The project directs users to its issue tracker, maintainer email, and FAQ for help. | The README directs users to documentation, FAQs, user and developer forums, past issues, and mailing lists, and says issues should be used for bug reports rather than questions. |
| Supported inputs | both | image |
gImageReader plans
- FreeFree
Tesseract OCR plans
- Tesseract OCRFree
Pick gImageReader if…
It suits Linux and Windows desktop users who need OCR from documents, images, scans, screenshots, or clipboard content. Batch processing and adjustable recognition areas help with varied input.
Pick Tesseract OCR if…
Tesseract OCR suits developers building image-text recognition into applications, as well as desktop users who need searchable PDFs. It is not suited to handwriting OCR.