tesseract ☆

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Description:
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) engine

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 5.5.1@1 | Tracked Since: Dec 26, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Ai ml

Tags: ocr text-recognition image-processing ai document

Install: brew install tesseract

About:
Tesseract is a highly accurate OCR engine capable of recognizing text in over 100 languages. It serves as a robust backend for many document conversion and text extraction tools. The engine supports various image formats and can be trained to recognize custom fonts and layouts.

Key Features:

Supports over 100 languages
LSTM neural network based OCR engine
Extensive format support (TIFF, PNG, JPEG, etc.)
Highly trainable for custom fonts and layouts

Use Cases:

Digitizing scanned documents and PDFs
Automated text extraction from images
Data entry automation and document indexing

Alternatives:

ocrmypdf – Wraps Tesseract to add OCR layers to existing PDFs without altering visuals
gImageReader – A graphical frontend for Tesseract on Linux and Windows

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 26, 2025 8:14pm	5.5.1	1	VERSION_BUMP	a7293399
Sep 14, 2025 9:40pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	255e0946
Nov 11, 2024 9:56am		0	VERSION_BUMP	8df0257b
Oct 31, 2024 3:09am		2	VERSION_BUMP	f0bf07ab
Jun 13, 2024 12:28pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	0c29f1b5
Jan 18, 2024 9:43pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	1639e90a
Jan 18, 2024 2:14pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	5c739a8c
Oct 9, 2023 5:03pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	003b6e62
Oct 9, 2023 1:40am		0	VERSION_BUMP	f6d6923e
Aug 9, 2023 12:30pm		1	VERSION_BUMP	dbf31481
Apr 2, 2023 7:32am		0	VERSION_BUMP	312f8464
Apr 2, 2023 1:49am		0	VERSION_BUMP	b5241b4b