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lufinvsPaddleOCR

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lufinPaddleOCR
Score45/10085/100
Rank in category#62 of 86 in File Sharing#1 of 4 in OCR
GitHub stars23491 926
Stars, last 30 days+0+485
Stable releases, 12 months08
Latest release—v3.7.0 · 11 Jun 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

PaddleOCR scores 85/100 against 45/100 for lufin, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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