Pure-JavaScript port of the Tesseract OCR engine, used to recognise text in images directly in the browser.
Found via: Product Hunt 22 · Hacker News 2 · StackScope Discovery (Indie) 7 · StackScope Wider Web 7
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Tesseract.js has been detected on 31 launches we've crawled, with 16 of those in July 2026 (0.0% of the month's launches so far). The 7-day rolling share is 0.1%, roughly steady week on week. Most recent detection: PDF to OCR, 4 days ago.
It's most commonly paired with HSTS, Google Search Console, and Google Fonts. By product type, the launches using it are most often Productivity (58%), AI (11%), and Developer Tools (11%).
What kind of products ship with Tesseract.js
19 launches
Countries that use Tesseract.js
Estimated origin for 11 of 31 launches
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India 45.45%
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United States 18.18%
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France 9.09%
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United Kingdom 9.09%
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South Korea 9.09%
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Romania 9.09%
Share of new launches using Tesseract.js
Each dot is one launch day. Line is the 7-day rolling average.
How StackScope detects technologies
⋮ Jun 22, 2026: Improved detection coverage for this technology.
⋮ Jul 1, 2026: Adoption figures now count launches from launch platforms. Use the source view to include StackScope Discovery.
Javascript Library leaders
| Tool | % of launches | % of category | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
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7.02% | 32.47% | |
| #2 |
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6.89% | 31.88% | |
| #3 |
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2.85% | 13.18% | |
| #4 |
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2.81% | 12.99% | |
| #5 |
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1.42% | 6.56% | |
| … | ||||
| #41 |
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0.04% | 0.16% | |
Percentages show adoption among launches found via All sources: the share of all such launches, and of those using any Javascript Library tool. All 288 in Javascript Library →
Most recent of 31 launches using Tesseract.js found via All sources
PDF to OCR
Productivity
TTSFree
OCR PDF
Productivity
NullPoint
Workspace
Productivity
Showing the most recent 12 of 31 found via All sources.