PaddleOCR

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PaddleOCR is an open-source OCR toolkit that converts images and PDFs into structured, LLM-ready data. It supports over 100 languages and offers high accuracy for various document types.

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Pricing

Open Source

Free tier

Yes

API

Yes

Skill level

Technical

About

What is PaddleOCR?

PaddleOCR is a powerful, lightweight, and open-source OCR toolkit designed to transform PDF documents and images into structured data formats like JSON and Markdown. It boasts industry-leading accuracy, particularly with its PaddleOCR-VL-1.5 model, which excels in parsing complex documents across challenging real-world scenarios such as warping, scanning, and skewed documents. Beyond document parsing, PaddleOCR provides universal text recognition for over 100 languages, handling multilingual mixed documents and complex elements like IDs and street views. It offers a developer-centric ecosystem with seamless integration into AI agent platforms like Dify and RAGFlow, and supports one-click deployment across various hardware backends. Recent updates include flexible inference backends, DOCX export for parsed results, and an official browser inference SDK.

Best used for

Ideal for developers and data scientists who need to convert complex PDF and image documents into structured JSON or Markdown, integrate OCR into AI agent ecosystems, and perform high-speed, multilingual text recognition. Especially valuable for building intelligent RAG and Agentic applications with robust document parsing.

Common actions

extract text from images

convert PDF to structured data

integrate OCR with LLMs

recognize multilingual text

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Capabilities

Key features

Intelligent document parsing
100+ languages supported
Production-ready efficiency
Flexible inference backends
DOCX export
Browser inference SDK

Target Audience

developerdata scientist

Integrations

difyragflowpathwaycherry-studiohugging-face

Pricing & Plans

Open Source

Free

FAQs

What kind of documents can PaddleOCR process?

PaddleOCR can process a wide range of documents, including PDFs and images. It excels in handling complex real-world challenges like warped, scanned, screen-photographed, illuminated, and skewed documents, providing structured outputs in Markdown and JSON formats.

How many languages does PaddleOCR support for text recognition?

PaddleOCR supports over 100 languages for text recognition. Its PP-OCRv5 model can elegantly handle multilingual mixed documents, including Chinese, English, Japanese, Pinyin, and many other global languages and scripts.

Can PaddleOCR be integrated with other AI tools?

Yes, PaddleOCR is designed for seamless integration within the AI Agent ecosystem. It is deeply integrated with platforms like Dify, RAGFlow, Pathway, and Cherry Studio, making it a foundational tool for building intelligent RAG and Agentic applications.

What are the deployment options for PaddleOCR?

PaddleOCR supports various hardware backends for deployment, including NVIDIA GPU, Intel CPU, Kunlunxin XPU, and diverse AI Accelerators. It also offers flexible inference backends, allowing users to switch between Paddle static graph, Paddle dynamic graph, or Transformers.

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