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Rescribe vs PaddleOCR: catalog facts
Rescribe	PaddleOCR
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the Apache licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Tuned for historical printed books Outputs searchable PDF and plain text	Parses layout, tables and formulas, not just lines of text Outputs JSON and Markdown ready for downstream processing
macOS users may need to authorize the app in security settings Extra languages and scripts are a separate download	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: GPL-3.0	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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