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fosscordvsPaddleOCR

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

fosscordPaddleOCR
Score62/10085/100
Rank in category#17 of 110 in Chat#1 of 4 in OCR
GitHub stars6 72091 926
Stars, last 30 days+9+485
Stable releases, 12 months08
Latest release—v3.7.0 · 11 Jun 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main language—Python

Which one should you pick?

PaddleOCR scores 85/100 against 62/100 for fosscord, so it is the safer default.

PaddleOCR ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for fosscord.

If you want the quickest setup, PaddleOCR is easier to run; fosscord needs more configuration.

PaddleOCR is growing faster right now (+485 stars in 30 days).

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