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olmOCR vs PaddleOCR: catalog facts
olmOCR	PaddleOCR
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence; you supply the GPU.	Free Free and open source under the Apache licence.
Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Handles tables, equations and handwriting Keeps reading order in complex layouts	Parses layout, tables and formulas, not just lines of text Outputs JSON and Markdown ready for downstream processing
Requires a capable GPU Command-line pipeline with no desktop interface	Built on the PaddlePaddle framework, which is a large dependency Much of the documentation and community is in Chinese
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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