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PaddleOCRvsSosse

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

PaddleOCRSosse
Score85/10052/100
Rank in category#1 of 4 in OCR#25 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars91 931408
Stars, last 30 days+490+0
Stable releases, 12 months70
Latest releasev3.7.0 · 11 Jun 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

PaddleOCR scores 85/100 against 52/100 for Sosse, so it is the safer default.

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

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

PaddleOCR is growing faster right now (+490 stars in 30 days).

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