Skill comparison
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Decision summary
Strongest overall
Tesseract
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Fastest prototype
Tesseract
Best first install candidate based on install readiness and adoption.
Freshest repo
Tesseract
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | BasicOCR BasicOCR是一个致力于解决自然场景文字识别算法研究的项目。该项目由长城数字大数据应用技术研究院佟派AI团队发起和维护。 | OCRmyPDF OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched | Tesseract.Js Pure Javascript OCR for more than 100 Languages 📖🎉🖥 | Tesseract Tesseract Open Source OCR Engine (main repository) |
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| Quality | 52/100 Needs review | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent |
| Decision verdict | 42/100 Needs manual review Do a manual repository review before adding this to an agent workflow. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. |
| Adoption | 346 stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page | 34K stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page | 38K stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page |
| 75K stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page |
| Freshness | Oct 13, 2020 | Jun 12, 2026 | May 17, 2026 | Jun 13, 2026 |
| Use-case fit |
| Workflow fit |
| Platform hints | Python, OCR, Claude Code | Python, PDF, Claude Code | JavaScript, OCR, Claude Code | C++, OCR, Claude Code |
| Warnings | Repository looks stale · No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet |
| Best for | Document processing workflows · Claude Code teams · builders willing to evaluate younger projects | Document processing workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Document processing workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Document processing workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals |
| Not ideal for | teams that require actively maintained dependencies · production agents without a repository review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review |
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| Install | $ npx skills add tongpi/basicOCR | $ npx skills add ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF | $ npx skills add naptha/tesseract.js | $ npx skills add tesseract-ocr/tesseract |