PaddleOCR focuses on extracting text from images and documents using optical character recognition. It is catalogued under Computer vision, OCR & document AI on PulseGate.

Who is PaddleOCR for?

PaddleOCR is a consumer product built for students, researchers, and professionals needing OCR.

Does PaddleOCR have a free plan?

Yes — PaddleOCR is free to use.

What platforms does PaddleOCR run on?

PaddleOCR runs on the web. It can also be self-hosted.

Is PaddleOCR still maintained?

Unverified. PaddleOCR has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What projects are similar to PaddleOCR?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include PaddleOCR-VL-1.5 Online Demo, PaddleOCR-VL-1.6 Online Demo, and PaddleOCR VL.

PaddleOCR is developed by PaddlePaddle.

When did PaddleOCR launch?

PaddleOCR first shipped in 2023.

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PaddleOCR

Name: PaddleOCR
Author: PaddlePaddle

huggingface.coComputer vision, OCR & document AI

PaddleOCR is a web application that allows users to upload images and extract text using optical character recognition. It highlights detected text and supports multiple languages, making it useful for document scanning and data extraction.

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Overview

5 features

PaddleOCR sits in PulseGate's Computer vision, OCR & document AI category. It focuses on extracting text from images and documents using optical character recognition. It is built as a consumer product for students, researchers, and professionals needing OCR. PaddleOCR costs nothing to use. It ships for the web, and it can be self-hosted.

PaddlePaddle builds and maintains PaddleOCR, and it first shipped in 2023. Among its 5 catalogued features are image upload, text extraction, and language selection.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Image upload
Text extraction
Language selection
Highlight detected text
Download results

Built with & integrations

Hosting

AWS

AI providers

local_oss

Runs on

BrowserSelf-hostedCloud-managed

Detected from

AWS: x-amz-cf-id header · x-amz-cf-pop header · via header
local_oss: huggingface in the HTML

Trust & compliance

Verified signals

HTTPSFree tier

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed10 Jul · 21:20 UTC
PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR verified via Hugging Face Enumerator
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Frequently asked questions about PaddleOCR

What is PaddleOCR?: PaddleOCR focuses on extracting text from images and documents using optical character recognition. It is catalogued under Computer vision, OCR & document AI on PulseGate.
Who is PaddleOCR for?: PaddleOCR is a consumer product built for students, researchers, and professionals needing OCR.
Does PaddleOCR have a free plan?: Yes — PaddleOCR is free to use.
What platforms does PaddleOCR run on?: PaddleOCR runs on the web. It can also be self-hosted.
Is PaddleOCR still maintained?: Unverified. PaddleOCR has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What projects are similar to PaddleOCR?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include PaddleOCR-VL-1.5 Online Demo, PaddleOCR-VL-1.6 Online Demo, and PaddleOCR VL.PaddleOCR-VL-1.5 Online Demo PaddleOCR-VL-1.6 Online Demo PaddleOCR VL
Who makes PaddleOCR?: PaddleOCR is developed by PaddlePaddle.
When did PaddleOCR launch?: PaddleOCR first shipped in 2023.

At a glance

Platforms: Web
Languages: English
Built for: students, researchers, and professionals needing OCR
Model: B2C
Solves: Extracting text from images and documents using optical character recognition.

Registered as

Hugging Face Spaces: PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR

Developer

PaddlePaddle

Index record

Indexed: 10 Jul 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 10 Jul 2026

Identity audit (12)

Slug: paddlepaddle-paddleocr-huggingface-co
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 10 Jul 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Recorded source: taxonomy-pass-a.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Canonical URL: https://huggingface.co/spaces/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR

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