EasyOCR by JaidedAI
Ready-to-use OCR with 80+ supported languages and all popular writing scripts including Latin, Chinese, Arabic, Devanagari, Cyrillic and etc.
About EasyOCR
From the project's README at github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
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Ready-to-use OCR with 80+ supported languages and all popular writing scripts including: Latin, Chinese, Arabic, Devanagari, Cyrillic, etc.
Integrated into Huggingface Spaces using Gradio. Try out the Web Demo: [](https://huggingface.co/spaces/tomofi/EasyOCR) What's new 24 September 2024 - Version 1.7.2 Fix several compatibilities Read all release notes What's coming next Handwritten text support Examples Installation
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
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 | 29k | github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR |
| GitHub forks | 3.6k | github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR |
| PYPI downloads (last month) | 2737k | easyocr |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 6.2 years | since Mar 2020 |
| Last commit | 5 months ago | Dec 5, 2025 |
| Releases shipped | 23 | last: 1.6 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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Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
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