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MoodlevsPaddleOCR

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

MoodlePaddleOCR
Score71/10085/100
Rank in category#1 of 14 in Learning Management System#1 of 4 in OCR
GitHub stars—91 949
Stars, last 30 days—+508
Stable releases, 12 months07
Latest release—v3.7.0 · 11 Jun 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main language—Python

Which one should you pick?

PaddleOCR scores 85/100 against 71/100 for Moodle, so it is the safer default.

PaddleOCR ships more often: 7 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Moodle.

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

PaddleOCR is growing faster right now (+508 stars in 30 days).

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