Top 4 Open-Source OCR Models (with Code Examples & Setup Guides)

Oct 25, 2025

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I’ve been experimenting with several OCR models recently, and wow — a lot has evolved.
OCR isn’t just about reading text anymore. These new models can understand layouts, tables, and even math formulas. Some can reason about what’s in the image.

After testing several options, these four stood out to me: DeepSeek-OCR, Olmo-OCR 2, Qwen3-VL, and Dots.OCR.
The…

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