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PaddleOCRvsprivtracker

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

PaddleOCRprivtracker
Score85/10050/100
Rank in category#1 of 4 in OCR#47 of 86 in File Sharing
GitHub stars91 869827
Stars, last 30 days+428—
Stable releases, 12 months80
Latest releasev3.7.0 · 11 Jun 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

PaddleOCR scores 85/100 against 50/100 for privtracker, so it is the safer default.

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

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

PaddleOCR is growing faster right now (+428 stars in 30 days).

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