--- title: tesseract-ocr/tesseract: Tesseract Open Source OCR... description: Tesseract is an open-source OCR (Optical Character Recognition) engine that can extract text from images. It supports over 100 languages, multiple image... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/1rmehp0mr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: tesseract-ocr/tesseract: Tesseract Open Source OCR Engine (main repository) | daily.dev og:description: Tesseract is an open-source OCR (Optical Character Recognition) engine that can extract text from images. It supports over 100 languages, multiple image... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/1rmehp0mr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1rmEHp0mr.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # tesseract-ocr/tesseract: Tesseract Open Source OCR Engine (main repository) **[Daily Open Source Tools](https://daily.dev/sources/dailyopensourcetools)** · [@serdarbuyukdereli](https://daily.dev/serdarbuyukdereli) · 52 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Tesseract is an open-source OCR (Optical Character Recognition) engine that can extract text from images. It supports over 100 languages, multiple image formats (PNG, JPEG, TIFF), and various output formats including plain text, PDF, and HTML. The current version 5 includes both a neural network-based LSTM engine for line recognition and a legacy character pattern recognition engine. Originally developed by HP and later maintained by Google, it's now community-maintained and provides both command-line tools and C/C++ APIs for developers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#machine-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/machine-learning), [#c](https://daily.dev/tags/c), [#hacktoberfest](https://daily.dev/tags/hacktoberfest), [#lstm](https://daily.dev/tags/lstm) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/1rmehp0mr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/1rmehp0mr","headline":"tesseract-ocr/tesseract: Tesseract Open Source OCR Engine (main repository)","text":"Shared: tesseract-ocr/tesseract: Tesseract Open Source OCR Engine (main repository)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/1rmehp0mr","datePublished":"2025-09-10T21:13:30.160Z","dateModified":"2025-09-10T21:14:00.071Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Serdarcan Buyukdereli","url":"https://daily.dev/serdarbuyukdereli","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tTV8hAPq--/f_auto/v1778701721/avatars/avatar_Su5HqluAE4wLRb1naHjtv?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","description":"Senior Devops and Cloud Engineer\n","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":21430}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--1KxV4ohY--/f_auto/v1722860400/public/Placeholder%2007","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":52},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/5LYgdkZhe"},"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/dailyopensourcetools","name":"Daily Open Source Tools"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Daily Open Source Tools","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/dailyopensourcetools"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"tesseract-ocr/tesseract: Tesseract Open Source OCR Engine (main repository)"}]} ```