Tesseract OCR
7.9#2 in ocr softwareFree planFree planAndroidAPILinuxmacOS
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TextSnatcher
6.1#37 in ocr softwareFree planFree planLinux
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| Fact | Tesseract OCR | TextSnatcher |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Installation | The documentation describes installation through Linux distributions, macOS package managers, Windows installers, and source builds. | The README provides instructions to clone the repository, build with Meson and Ninja, and install the application. |
| Languages | The project says Tesseract supports UTF-8 and recognizes more than 100 languages out of the box. | The application supports multiple languages. |
| License | The code is licensed under Apache License 2.0 and is provided without warranties under the license terms. | The repository identifies its license as GPL-3.0. |
| Primary platform | desktop | desktop |
| Purpose | Tesseract is an OCR engine and command-line program for extracting printed text from images. | TextSnatcher performs OCR to copy text from images on a Linux desktop. |
| Searchable PDF | Yes | No |
| Support | 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. | The repository README includes a Support Me section but gives no support terms there. |
| Supported inputs | image | image |
Tesseract OCR plans
- Tesseract OCRFree
TextSnatcher plans
- TextSnatcherFree
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.
Pick TextSnatcher if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.