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Umi-OCR vs Surya: catalog facts
Umi-OCRSurya
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Free

The code is free under Apache 2.0; model weights have a separate licence and Datalab sells…

Windows, Linux, Command line Command line
  • Runs fully offline with a built-in OCR engine
  • Screenshot, batch image and PDF recognition
  • Layout analysis and reading order alongside OCR
  • Table recognition with rows and columns
  • No macOS build
  • Documentation is primarily in Chinese, with English and Japanese READMEs
  • Model weights are under a separate licence from the code
  • Runs best with a capable GPU
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: Apache-2.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 26, 2026

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