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PaddleOCR vs olmOCR: catalog facts
PaddleOCR	olmOCR
Free Free and open source under the Apache licence.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence; you supply the GPU.
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 tables, equations and handwriting Keeps reading order in complex layouts
Built on the PaddlePaddle framework, which is a large dependency Much of the documentation and community is in Chinese	Requires a capable GPU Command-line pipeline with no desktop interface
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: Apache-2.0
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 September 24, 2026

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