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Surya vs Rescribe: catalog facts
Surya	Rescribe
Free The code is free under Apache 2.0; model weights have a separate licence and Datalab sells…	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Layout analysis and reading order alongside OCR Table recognition with rows and columns	Tuned for historical printed books Outputs searchable PDF and plain text
Model weights are under a separate licence from the code Runs best with a capable GPU	macOS users may need to authorize the app in security settings Extra languages and scripts are a separate download
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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