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document processing and ocr software

Recent window: last 5.4 months (2026-05-01 → 2026-10-11), compared with the prior 5.4 months.

horizontal · 110 members · Data as of 2026-10-14

Products in this niche convert scans, PDFs, and images into structured, machine-readable data using optical character recognition and automated parsing pipelines. They are used by software developers, finance teams, and administrative specialists looking to automate manual data entry and document classification. Unlike basic document editors or simple file converters, these tools specialize in programmatic text extraction, screen capture reading, and deep document understanding.

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Name Source Upvotes ▼ Launched
tax-doc-classifier GITHUB 390 2026-09-18
docjev GITHUB 384 2026-09-19
Invofox Self Serve PH 268 2026-10-05
dsh-libreoffice-kit GITHUB 136 2026-09-30
Ocrbase HN 99 2026-01-20
Letra PH 66 2026-10-10
Nikon F100 Film Camera Repair Notes HN 48 2026-08-15
Verso HN 36 2026-06-13
WeVisDoc GITHUB 34 2026-09-14
Interfaze - Deterministic AI for developer tasks: OCR, Object detection, Web scraping, STT, Classification and more YC 32 2026-04-20
doc-router GITHUB 26 2026-09-18
windows-offline-pdf-ocr-text-extractor GITHUB 24 2026-10-09
Local-first fast CPU image to text for screenshots, PDFs, webpages HN 19 2026-06-05
invoice-organizer-skill GITHUB 17 2026-09-11
DocsRouter HN 14 2025-12-18
Online OCR Free HN 14 2026-03-03
vuescan-pro-updated GITHUB 11 2026-10-04
medical-document-processing-pipeline GITHUB 10 2026-09-10
Invofox – Turn any document into structured, validated JSON YC 10 2026-10-05
LibreOffice-rs HN 10 2026-05-19
Picture_Capture GITHUB 10 2026-09-19
ParseHawk HN 9 2026-06-25
OCR Buddy: local browser OCR for code, formulas (LaTeX) and tables HN 9 2026-07-07
CopyLasso, a free local screen OCR app for macOS HN 9 2026-08-19
CPU-only fast OCR for screenshots, images, PDFs, webpages HN 9 2026-05-31
Unsiloed AI HN 9 2026-05-25
ScanPatra PH 9 2026-10-08
scan-sim GITHUB 8 2026-10-03
Mufungo Docs: PDF Scanner & CV PH 8 2026-10-13
genpark-multimodal-vision-table-structural-extractor-skill GITHUB 7 2026-09-10
Parse a PDF from your terminal with PaddleOCR-VL-1.6 HN 7 2026-07-29
Paper-docx HN 7 2026-09-25
Emboss HN 6 2026-07-30
I built a receipt processor for Paperless-ngx HN 6 2026-02-01
Smelt HN 6 2026-03-07
Parsewise - API for agentic multi-document processing YC 6 2026-05-26
TinyDOCX HN 6 2025-12-22
Fast handwritten LaTeX symbol recognition (Rust/WASM) HN 5 2026-01-16
StructOCR HN 5 2026-06-06
Hosted PaddleOCR-VL-1.6 API HN 5 2026-07-23
udoc. Dependency-free document extraction in Rust HN 5 2026-05-20
Open-Source LaTeX OCR, Alternative to Mathpix/SimpleTex HN 5 2025-11-12
Tamis PH 5 2026-10-06
Okra for Mac PH 4 2026-09-23
CardKit PH 3 2026-10-05
Mein Büro PH 3 2026-09-06
Oxofolio PH 2 2026-09-10
VadeKit PH 2 2026-09-11
RME PH 2 2026-09-29
PDFCraft PH 2 2026-09-13