pytesseract
Python wrapper for Tesseract OCR to extract text from images and PDFs.
Files, images and media PyPI Apache License 2.0
Used in agent projects
39
0.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in files, images and media
#28 of 52
by use in those projects
Downloads
4.4M
PyPI, last 7 days, pytesseract
GitHub stars
6,393
last push Oct 5, 2026
How pytesseract is used
pytesseract is a dependency in 39 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.3%), #28 of 52 in files, images and media. The most used alternative there is Sharp. Projects that use it most often also use Pillow (79.5%), python-dotenv (71.8%), Uvicorn (66.7%).
Often used with pytesseract
| Pillow | 79.5% of pytesseract projects · 34.6× more than average |
|---|---|
| python-dotenv | 71.8% of pytesseract projects · 11.0× more than average |
| Uvicorn | 66.7% of pytesseract projects · 15.6× more than average |
| FastAPI | 64.1% of pytesseract projects · 15.2× more than average |
| NumPy | 56.4% of pytesseract projects · 14.7× more than average |
| pandas | 51.3% of pytesseract projects · 17.0× more than average |
| Pydantic | 51.3% of pytesseract projects · 10.0× more than average |
| SQLAlchemy | 51.3% of pytesseract projects · 26.0× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list pytesseract as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install pytesseract |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (37), Next.js (2) |
| Example projects | Josh-XT/AGiXT, theWDY/office-editor-mcp, kr8tiv-ai/Jarvis, loblawbob873-svg/posterchanai, atiilla/whiterabbit-mcp |
Alternatives to pytesseract
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp npm High-speed image processing for resizing, converting JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF formats. |
390 (3.1%) | 115M | 32.7K | Apache-2.0 |
| Pillow pypi Python imaging library for image processing, manipulation and conversion. |
292 (2.3%) | 138M | 13.9K | — |
| Nodemailer npm Send emails from Node.js applications with support for multiple transport methods. |
232 (1.8%) | 25.2M | 17.7K | MIT-0 |
| jsPDF npm Generate PDF documents directly from JavaScript in browsers and Node.js. |
184 (1.4%) | 15.6M | 31.3K | MIT |
| qrcode (JavaScript) npm Generate QR codes on server and client using canvas with Node.js and browser support. |
163 (1.3%) | 29.7M | 8,178 | MIT |
| SheetJS npm Parse and generate spreadsheets (Excel, CSV) in Node.js and browsers. |
146 (1.1%) | 12.7M | 36.3K | Apache-2.0 |
| html2canvas npm JavaScript library for taking screenshots of web pages and rendering HTML to canvas. |
115 (0.9%) | 18.5M | 31.9K | MIT |
| JSZip npm JavaScript library for creating, reading and editing ZIP archives in the browser. |
96 (0.8%) | 47.5M | 10.4K | (MIT OR GPL-3.0-or-later) |