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OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched
34K starsJun 12, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDFAlternatives
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Pure Javascript OCR for more than 100 Languages 📖🎉🖥
38K starsMay 17, 2026 pushdocument-processingJavaScriptOCR
$ npx skills add naptha/tesseract.js#3
超轻量级中文ocr，支持竖排文字识别, 支持ncnn、mnn、tnn推理 ( dbnet(1.8M) + crnn(2.5M) + anglenet(378KB)) 总模型仅4.7M
12K starsMay 18, 2026 pushdocument-processingC++OCR
$ npx skills add DayBreak-u/chineseocr_lite#4
视觉小说翻译器 / Visual Novel Translator
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$ npx skills add HIllya51/LunaTranslator#5
OCR model that handles complex tables, forms, handwriting with full layout.
11K starsApr 22, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonOCR
$ npx skills add datalab-to/chandra#6
A ready-to-go translation ocr tool developed with WPF/WPF 开发的一款即用即走的翻译、OCR工具
7.2K starsJun 19, 2026 pushdocument-processingC#OCR
$ npx skills add STranslate/STranslate#7
Transforms complex documents like PDFs and Office docs into LLM-ready markdown/JSON for your Agentic workflows.
68K starsJun 17, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add opendatalab/MinerU#8
📄 Create PDF files using React
17K starsJun 9, 2026 pushdocument-processingTypeScriptPDF
$ npx skills add diegomura/react-pdf#9
📚 Biblioteca de livros essenciais da área da programação. (Confira o meu novo projeto `SendScriptWhatsapp`)
14K starsMay 3, 2026 pushdocument-processingPDFClaude Code
$ npx skills add KAYOKG/BibliotecaDev#10
SumatraPDF reader
17K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdocument-processingCPDF
$ npx skills add sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf#11
Turn any PDF or image document into structured data for your AI. A powerful, lightweight OCR toolkit that bridges the gap between images/PDFs and LLMs. Supports 100+ languages.
83K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonOCR
$ npx skills add PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR#12
PyMuPDF is a high performance Python library for data extraction, analysis, conversion & manipulation of PDF (and other) documents.
10K starsJun 29, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add pymupdf/PyMuPDF#13
Display PDFs in your React app as easily as if they were images.
11K starsJun 11, 2026 pushdocument-processingTypeScriptPDF
$ npx skills add wojtekmaj/react-pdf#14
ShareX is a free and open-source application that enables users to capture or record any area of their screen with a single keystroke. It also supports uploading images, text, and various file types to a wide range of destinations.
38K starsJun 19, 2026 pushdocument-processingC#OCR
$ npx skills add ShareX/ShareX#15
Tesseract Open Source OCR Engine (main repository)
75K starsJun 13, 2026 pushdocument-processingC++OCR
$ npx skills add tesseract-ocr/tesseract#16
A fast, helpful, and open-source document parser
10K starsJun 19, 2026 pushdocument-processingRustPDF
$ npx skills add run-llama/liteparseHow to choose
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