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alternative to ABBYY FineReader

Tesseract

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5.5.32026-07-24Fix typos
5.5.22025-12-26Simplify code for osdetect
5.5.12025-05-25Fix linear congruential random number generator
5.5.02024-11-10Fix TARGET_PDB_FILE error for static linking.
5.4.12024-06-11This release fixes a regression with legacy or mixed models (issue #4257).

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ABBYY FineReaderThe OCR engine and a command line, without a document editor.Partial

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Tesseract Open Source OCR Engine (main repository)

C++OCRApache-2.0

Owner: tesseract-ocr organisation
Stars: 77k
Forks: 11k
Latest: 5.5.3
Last push: 2026-09-28
Terms: Open source
Created: 2014, 12 years ago
Release cadence: about 203 days between releases
Active contributors: 12 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days
Platforms: Windows

Read from GitHub on 2026-10-06.Entry last edited on 2026-10-06.

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