gocr ☆
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Description:
Optical Character Recognition (OCR), converts images back to text
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Other
Tags: ocr image-processing cli text-recognition scanner
Install: brew install gocr
About:
Gocr is an open-source optical character recognition (OCR) command-line tool and library. It analyzes scanned images to identify and extract text characters, making printed documents searchable and editable. Its main value is providing a lightweight, scriptable solution for digitizing text from images without requiring complex setup.
Key Features:
  • Command-line interface for batch processing
  • Supports multiple image formats including PBM, PGM, and PPM
  • Includes a library for integration into other applications
  • Configurable recognition parameters and character sets
  • Cross-platform compatibility
Use Cases:
  • Converting scanned documents or PDFs into machine-readable text
  • Automating text extraction from images in scripts and pipelines
  • Digitizing printed archives for search and indexing
  • Processing license plates or simple machine-readable codes
Alternatives:
  • Tesseract – More accurate and feature-rich, but heavier dependency and larger footprint
  • OCRmyPDF – Specialized for PDFs, wraps Tesseract for document workflows
Version History
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Sep 13, 2024 11:51am 2 VERSION_BUMP 7b24a1f4
Oct 2, 2023 5:21am 2 VERSION_BUMP 0d89d71f
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