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Umi-OCR vs eSearch: catalog facts
Umi-OCReSearch
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Free

Free and open source under the GPL 3.0.

Windows, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Runs fully offline with a built-in OCR engine
  • Screenshot, batch image and PDF recognition
  • OCR runs offline on the local machine
  • Screenshot, recording and scrolling capture in one tool
  • No macOS build
  • Documentation is primarily in Chinese, with English and Japanese READMEs
  • Search and translation features depend on online services
  • Much of the project material is in Chinese
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: GPL-3.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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