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PaddleOCRvswlgblock

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

PaddleOCRwlgblock
Score85/10034/100
Rank in category#1 of 4 in OCR#72 of 78 in Security
GitHub stars91 859177
Stars, last 30 days+418—
Stable releases, 12 months80
Latest releasev3.7.0 · 11 Jun 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languagePythonC

Which one should you pick?

PaddleOCR scores 85/100 against 34/100 for wlgblock, so it is the safer default.

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

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

PaddleOCR is growing faster right now (+418 stars in 30 days).

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