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 7 launches since first appearing in July 2026. Most recent detection: Expense Tracker, on July 12, 2026.
It's most commonly paired with HSTS, Cloudflare DNS, and Vercel.
Share of new launches using Tesseract.js
Each dot is one launch day. Line is the 7-day rolling average. Chart starts at first detection.
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⋮ 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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17.89% | 43.06% | |
| #2 |
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14.88% | 35.82% | |
| #3 |
|
7.41% | 17.84% | |
| #4 |
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3.16% | 7.62% | |
| #5 |
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2.36% | 5.69% | |
| … | ||||
| #50 |
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0.03% | 0.07% | |
Percentages show adoption among launches found via StackScope Discovery: the share of all such launches, and of those using any Javascript Library tool. All 181 in Javascript Library →