ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF

OCRmyPDF

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OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched

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Python · MPL-2.0 · Last push 2026-10-25

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pythonocrpdfimage-processingtesseract

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git clone https://github.com/ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF.git

Cloning downloads the source. For dependencies and installation, follow the project README.

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