OCR Buddy: local browser OCR for code, formulas (LaTeX) and tables
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HN · launched Jul 7, 2026 · 9 upvotes (top 49%) · 0 views
Niche: document processing and ocr software · 202 launches, 16 in the last 7 days ▼ -27% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- AI-native
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes Running local browser OCR for math and code is accomplished by bundling open-weight OCR/vision models (such as Nougat, Florence, or PaddleOCR via ONNX Runtime Web or WebGPU Transformers.js) in a simple web app.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 879 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #410 of 880 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 249 days after the earliest competitor.
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- CPU-only fast OCR for screenshots, images, PDFs, webpages · hn · 2026-05-31 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.58
- pdf-ocr-desktop · github · 2026-11-10 · 102 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- scan-sim · github · 2026-10-03 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- AsciiSketch a free browser-based ASCII art and diagram editor · hn · 2026-01-13 · 53 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- Çetele · hn · 2026-08-04 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- indra · github · 2026-10-13 · 550 upvotes · similarity 0.54
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