EasyOCR
Ready-to-use OCR with 80+ supported languages and all popular writing scripts including Latin, Chinese, Arabic, Devanagari, Cyrillic and etc.
Our verdict
A notable project that carries real maintenance risk. This assessment is derived from GitHub's own repository metrics on 2026-08-30, not from hands-on testing.
Ready-to-use OCR with 80+ supported languages and all popular writing scripts including Latin, Chinese, Arabic, Devanagari, Cyrillic and etc. The project is written primarily in Python, released under Apache-2.0, and has 29,952 stars and 3,603 forks on GitHub. 129 contributors have committed to it, and the most recent push was 2025-12-05. The latest tagged release is v1.7.2 (2024-09-24). Figures come from the GitHub API on 2026-08-30 and are refreshed daily; the score below weighs adoption, maintenance, release discipline, contributor breadth, licence clarity and issue hygiene.
Repository
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Language
- Python
- Last push
- 2025-12-05
Releases
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v1.7.2v1.7.2 -
v1.7.1v1.7.1 -
v1.7.0v1.7.0 -
v1.6.2v1.6.2 -
v1.6.1v1.6.1 -
v1.6.0v1.6.0
Pros and cons
Pros
Cons
Pricing
- Free tierYes
- LicenceApache-2.0
- Self-hostYes, source is public
- Public price listNot published
EasyOCR does not publish a web price list. For consumer apps that usually means pricing appears inside the product; for enterprise tools it means talking to sales. Why we do this
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What users actually say
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Side by side
| Tool | Our score | From | Free tier | Best for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EasyOCR this page | 4.7 | - | Yes | ||
| Roboflow Supervision | 7.7 | - | Yes | ||
| Ultralytics | 7.7 | - | Yes | ||
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| Frigate | 7.5 | - | Yes | ||
| PaddleOCR | 7.5 | - | Yes |
Questions
Is EasyOCR free?
Yes. EasyOCR advertises a free tier on its own site.
How much does EasyOCR cost?
EasyOCR does not publish a web price list. For consumer apps that usually means pricing appears inside the product; for enterprise tools it means talking to sales.
Is EasyOCR open source?
Yes. EasyOCR is a public repository released under Apache-2.0. You can self-host or inspect the source directly.
How is EasyOCR scored here?
EasyOCR scores 4.7 out of 10. That comes from a desk review of public evidence, which is capped at 8.5 out of 10: public pricing, documentation, maintenance signals and how much we could actually verify. Affiliate relationships are excluded from scoring entirely. The full rubric is published on our methodology page.