Looking for something like OCRmyPDF? Here are 11 alternatives, ranked by how closely they match it on purpose, features and platforms. Of these, 1 are free or have a free plan and 9 are open source.
OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, making their text searchable, according to its project description.
| # | Alternative | Pricing | Open source | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stirling PDF | — | Not stated | — |
| 2 | PDFGrep | — | Not stated | Web |
| 3 | Alt Engines | — | Yes | Linux, Windows |
| 4 | Pdfcraft | Free | Yes | — |
| 5 | Signaturepdf | — | Yes | — |
| 6 | Marker | — | Yes | — |
| 7 | PDF Arranger | — | Yes | Linux, Windows |
| 8 | Percollate | — | Yes | — |
| 9 | Tideflow | — | Yes | — |
| 10 | Pdf4qt | — | Yes | Linux, Windows |
The Stirling PDF project describes an editing application that can run on infrastructure selected by the user.
Search PDF text from the command line with pdfgrep, which supports GNU grep-style options such as recursive and case-insensitive search.
This repository contains plugins for Umi-OCR, including components that add OCR engines.
PDFCraft describes a browser-based toolkit for editing, converting, merging, splitting, and securing PDF files.
Signaturepdf is open-source web software for signing PDFs, organizing pages, editing metadata, and compressing files.
Convert PDF files into Markdown and JSON with Marker, a Python project described by its maintainers as fast and accurate.
Merge or split PDF documents and rotate, crop, or rearrange pages using PDF Arranger, a Python GTK application.
Turn web pages into PDF, EPUB, HTML, or Markdown documents with Percollate, a command-line tool.
Turn Markdown into PDF with Tideflow, a desktop app described by its project as offline, portable, and powered by Typst.
An open-source toolkit for Windows and Linux, PDF4QT combines desktop apps, command-line tools, and a C++/Qt engine for PDF work.
Dangerzone converts potentially dangerous PDFs, office documents, and images into PDFs described by the project as safe.
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