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PaddleOCR vs Nougat: catalog facts
PaddleOCR	Nougat
Free Free and open source under the Apache licence.	Free Free; code under MIT, model weights under a separate licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux, Command line
Parses layout, tables and formulas, not just lines of text Outputs JSON and Markdown ready for downstream processing	Handles mathematical formulas Runs locally
Built on the PaddlePaddle framework, which is a large dependency Much of the documentation and community is in Chinese	Model weights are under a non-commercial style licence Little recent development
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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