Tesseract

free optical character recognition engine
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Tesseract

Summary

Tesseract is an OCR software[1]. Tesseract draws 827 Wikipedia views per month (ocr_software category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tesseract's instance of is recorded as OCR software[3].
  • Tesseract's instance of is recorded as free and open-source software[4].
  • Tesseract's instance of is recorded as software[5].
  • Tesseract's developer is recorded as University of Nevada, Las Vegas[6].
  • Tesseract's developer is recorded as free software community[7].
  • Tesseract's collection is recorded as Social Sciences and Humanities Open Marketplace[8].
  • Tesseract's collection is recorded as Text Analysis Portal for Research[9].
  • Tesseract's copyright license is recorded as Apache Software License 2.0[10].
  • Tesseract's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[11].
  • Tesseract's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[12].
  • Tesseract's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[13].
  • Tesseract's operating system is recorded as macOS[14].
  • Tesseract's operating system is recorded as BSD[15].
  • Tesseract's operating system is recorded as GNU/Hurd[16].
  • Tesseract's operating system is recorded as Android[17].
  • Tesseract's operating system is recorded as iOS[18].
  • Tesseract's operating system is recorded as cross-platform[19].
  • Tesseract's software version identifier is recorded as 3.02.02[20].
  • Tesseract's software version identifier is recorded as 3.04[21].
  • Tesseract's software version identifier is recorded as 3.04.01[22].
  • Tesseract's software version identifier is recorded as 3.04.00[23].
  • Tesseract's software version identifier is recorded as 3.05.00[24].
  • Tesseract's software version identifier is recorded as 3.05.01[25].
  • Tesseract's software version identifier is recorded as 3.05.02[26].
  • Tesseract's software version identifier is recorded as 4.0.0[27].

Why It Matters

Tesseract draws 827 Wikipedia views per month (ocr_software category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] Tesseract has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Tesseract is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . isri.unlv.edu. isri.unlv.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . tapor.ca. tapor.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . isri.unlv.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20h ago · MichielN · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website https://github.com/tesseract-ocr
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    Programmed in Q2407
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