gImageReader

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Two barsScore 6.8

gImageReader is ranked #11 of 40 in OCR software on Freedom251. It runs on Linux, Windows. There is a free plan.

gImageReader plans and pricing

Free Free Gtk/Qt desktop OCR front-end · open-source GPL-3.0 github.com · 5 Oct 2026

Purpose: gImageReader is a Gtk/Qt front-end to tesseract-ocr.
Import sources: It imports PDF documents and images from disk, scanning devices, clipboard, and screenshots.
Batch processing: It can process multiple images and documents in one go.
Recognition areas: Recognition areas can be defined manually or automatically.
Output formats: It recognizes text to plain text or hOCR documents and can generate PDFs from hOCR documents.
Text tools: Recognized text appears next to the image and can be post-processed, including spellchecking.
Language support: The project lists international language support and links to Weblate for translations.
Platforms: The project lists Windows downloads and Linux distribution packages, including Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, openSUSE, and Arch Linux.
Windows dependency: The Windows installer bundles the necessary Tesseract files.
Language data: Tesseract language definitions can be selected through the integrated tessdata manager or installed manually.
Support: The project directs users to its issue tracker, maintainer email, and FAQ for help.
Security: GitHub reports that the project has no SECURITY.md policy and no published security advisories.
License: The repository identifies its license as GPL-3.0.
Price from: Free

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