Garnele007 SwiftOCR by garnele007
Fast and simple OCR library written in Swift
ocrswiftocr-libraryoptical-character-recognitionocr-engineiosmacosswiftocrdeprecated
Verdict 62/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 6.0 years ago
Health score
62 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
4.6k
479 forks
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
activity
79
maturity
68
community
69
security
70
sustainability
53
adoption
33
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 4.6k | github.com/garnele007/SwiftOCR |
| GitHub forks | 479 | github.com/garnele007/SwiftOCR |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 10.0 years | since Apr 2016 |
| Last commit | 5.4 years ago | Dec 13, 2020 |
| Releases shipped | 4 | last: 6.0 years ago |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
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