Handwritten Text Recognition ML Frameworks

End-to-end systems for recognizing handwritten text in images using deep learning (CRNN, CNN-RNN architectures with CTC loss). Includes HTR/OCR for multiple scripts and languages. Does NOT include character classification without sequence recognition, general OCR without handwriting focus, or datasets alone.

There are 121 handwritten text recognition frameworks tracked. 15 score above 50 (established tier). The highest-rated is JaidedAI/EasyOCR at 67/100 with 29,079 stars. 1 of the top 10 are actively maintained.

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#	Framework	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	JaidedAI/EasyOCR Ready-to-use OCR with 80+ supported languages and all popular writing...	67	Established	29,079	Python
2	breezedeus/CnSTD CnSTD: 基于 PyTorch/MXNet 的中文/英文场景文字检测（Scene Text...	66	Established	785	Python
3	githubharald/SimpleHTR Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) system implemented with TensorFlow.	61	Established	2,145	Python
4	felixdittrich92/OnnxTR OnnxTR a docTR (Document Text Recognition) library Onnx pipeline wrapper -...	60	Established	176	Python
5	mindee/doctr docTR (Document Text Recognition) - a seamless, high-performing & accessible...	59	Established	5,956	Python
6	parlance/ctcdecode PyTorch CTC Decoder bindings	51	Established	856	C++
7	0x454447415244/HandwritingRecognitionSystem Handwriting Recognition System based on a deep Convolutional Recurrent...	51	Established	457	Python
8	gitanat/simple-ocr-opencv A simple python OCR engine using opencv	51	Established	532	Python
9	Bartzi/see Code for the AAAI 2018 publication "SEE: Towards Semi-Supervised End-to-End...	51	Established	576	Python
10	hwalsuklee/awesome-deep-text-detection-recognition A curated list of resources for text detection/recognition (optical...	51	Established	2,536	—
11	bgshih/crnn Convolutional Recurrent Neural Network (CRNN) for image-based sequence recognition.	51	Established	2,100	Lua
12	clovaai/deep-text-recognition-benchmark Text recognition (optical character recognition) with deep learning methods,...	51	Established	3,926	Jupyter Notebook
13	emedvedev/attention-ocr A Tensorflow model for text recognition (CNN + seq2seq with visual...	51	Established	1,085	Python
14	Bartzi/stn-ocr Code for the paper STN-OCR: A single Neural Network for Text Detection and...	51	Established	503	Python
15	Breta01/handwriting-ocr OCR software for recognition of handwritten text	51	Established	829	Jupyter Notebook
16	kotaro-kinoshita/yomitoku YomiTokuはAIを活用した日本語文書解析エンジンを提供するPythonパッケージです。 Yomitoku is an AI-powered...	49	Emerging	1,356	Python
17	phatware/WritePadSDK WritePad Handwriting Recognition SDK	49	Emerging	183	C
18	Green-Wood/BTTR Official implementation for ICDAR 2021 best poster paper "Handwritten...	48	Emerging	129	Python
19	TomHuynhSG/Vietnamese-Handwriting-Recognition-OCR Handwriting OCR for Vietnamese Address using state-of-the-art CRNN model...	46	Emerging	95	Jupyter Notebook
20	him4318/Transformer-ocr Handwritten text recognition using transformers.	45	Emerging	160	Jupyter Notebook
21	GabrielDornelles/pytorch-ocr Simple Pytorch framework to train OCRs. Supports CRNNs, Attention, CTC and...	44	Emerging	83	Python
22	ku21fan/STR-Fewer-Labels Scene Text Recognition (STR) methods trained with fewer real labels (CVPR 2021)	44	Emerging	184	Jupyter Notebook
23	githubharald/WordDetectorNN Detect handwritten words (neural network based).	44	Emerging	73	Python
24	pavlo-melnyk/offline-HCCR The official implementation of the "A high-performance CNN method for...	44	Emerging	45	Python
25	whitelok/image-text-localization-recognition A general list of resources to image text localization and recognition ...	43	Emerging	959	—
26	Sierkinhane/CRNN_Chinese_Characters_Rec (CRNN) Chinese Characters Recognition.	43	Emerging	1,872	Python
27	Yuliang-Liu/Curve-Text-Detector This repository provides train＆test code, dataset, det.&rec. annotation,...	43	Emerging	652	Jupyter Notebook
28	robbyzhaox/myocr A highly extensible and customizable framework for building OCR systems.	42	Emerging	287	Python
29	abdur75648/UTRNet-High-Resolution-Urdu-Text-Recognition UTRNet: High-Resolution Urdu Text Recognition In Printed Documents (ICDAR'23)	42	Emerging	64	Python
30	felixdittrich92/docling-OCR-OnnxTR OnnxTR OCR plugin for Docling	41	Emerging	17	Python
31	amazon-science/semimtr-text-recognition Multimodal Semi-Supervised Learning for Text Recognition (SemiMTR)	40	Emerging	83	Python
32	githubharald/HTRPipeline Detect and read handwritten words on scanned pages.	39	Emerging	138	Python
33	ZumingHuang/awesome-ocr-resources A collection of resources (including the papers and datasets) of OCR...	39	Emerging	430	—
34	armansinghh/handwriting-crnn Building end-to-end handwritten text recognition pipeline using CRNN...	38	Emerging	2	Python
35	bhattbhavesh91/DocTR-OCR-tutorial This repository contains a notebook to demonstrate the power of Document...	37	Emerging	15	Jupyter Notebook
36	Top-Python-Projects/Convert-Text-to-Handwriting So your teacher asked you to upload written assignments? Hate writing...	37	Emerging	21	Python
37	PellelNitram/OnlineHTR Online Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) system implemented with PyTorch....	37	Emerging	21	Jupyter Notebook
38	bhattbhavesh91/keras-ocr-demo Tutorial on Keras-OCR which is a packaged and flexible version of the CRAFT...	36	Emerging	11	Jupyter Notebook
39	SeldonHZ/TorchfreeEasyOCR This package is EasyOCR-based optical character recognition. Unlike EasyOCR,...	36	Emerging	13	Python
40	mindee/doctr-tfjs-demo Javascript demo of docTR, powered by TensorFlowJS	36	Emerging	106	TypeScript
41	Green-Wood/CoMER Official implementation for ECCV 2022 paper "CoMER: Modeling Coverage for...	35	Emerging	131	Python
42	uchicago-digitalculture-webdev/deepscribe Code and sample images described in the paper "DeepScribe: Localization and...	35	Emerging	14	Jupyter Notebook
43	mftnakrsu/Comparison-of-OCR Comparison-of-OCR (KerasOCR, PyTesseract,EasyOCR)	35	Emerging	63	Python
44	jideilori/ocr-ml A custom OCR built with HOG and logistic regression	35	Emerging	9	Jupyter Notebook
45	lithium0003/findtextCenterNet Japanese OCR with CenterNet	35	Emerging	57	Python
46	Bodhi42/Occular-ocr Fast and accurate OCR for Russian documents	35	Emerging	5	Jupyter Notebook
47	CaptainDario/DaKanji-Single-Kanji-Recognition A machine learning model to recognize Japanese characters (Kanji, Katakana, Hiragana)	34	Emerging	51	Jupyter Notebook
48	jarobyte91/post_ocr_correction Source code for the paper "Post-OCR Document Correction with Large Ensembles...	34	Emerging	39	Jupyter Notebook
49	KadenMc/PreprocessingHTR Pre-processing a handwritten page into word images for Handwritten Text...	34	Emerging	31	Python
50	ysig/learnable-typewriter The Learnable Typewriter: A Generative Approach to Text Line Analysis	34	Emerging	34	Python
51	frobertpixto/hand-drawn-shapes-dataset Hand-drawn Shapes (HDS) Dataset. Images like Rectangles, Ellipses and Triangles	33	Emerging	27	Jupyter Notebook
52	housecricket/How-did-I-write-an-own-OCR-program-using-Keras-and-TensorFlow-in-Python How did I write an own OCR program using Keras and TensorFlow in Python	33	Emerging	27	Python
53	niklashenning/hwd-1000-dataset Dataset containing 1000 images of handwritten digits (0-9) in various widths...	33	Emerging	3	—
54	FardinRastakhiz/QuickCharNet QuickCharNet is a deep learning project that leverages an efficient...	32	Emerging	6	Jupyter Notebook
55	MariyamSiddiqui/OCR-using-Pytesseract Implemented an Optical Character Recognition system in Python using...	31	Emerging	8	Jupyter Notebook
56	0khacha/Tifinagh-Recognizer Tifinagh Character Classifier is a Python-based application that uses a...	31	Emerging	2	Python
57	Qengineering/OpenCV_OCR_DNN Text recognition with OpenCV and deep learning	31	Emerging	4	C++
58	Sagar-modelling/Handwriting_Recognition_CRNN_LSTM In this notebook, we'll go through the steps to train a CRNN (CNN+RNN) model...	30	Emerging	17	Jupyter Notebook
59	godofecht/Neural-Network-based-OCR Takes a training set of images with drawn characters. Eventually is able to...	30	Emerging	1	C
60	bcaitech1/p4-fr-sorry-math-but-love-you a math-formula image recognition project which placed at the first place in...	30	Emerging	10	Python
61	jmdvinodjmd/HCR-Net Official code for paper "HCR-Net: A deep learning based script independent...	29	Experimental	9	Jupyter Notebook
62	rajdhal/trOCR Handwritten Text Recognition	29	Experimental	12	Python
63	coder-backend/OCR-and-language-translation Completed!!!	29	Experimental	11	Jupyter Notebook
64	TomMakesThings/Sinhala-Optical-Character-Recognition An AI project in which I created a basic optical character recognition...	29	Experimental	16	Jupyter Notebook
65	Minorislove/Manazir-OCR 📝 Extract high-quality Arabic text from PDFs and images with Manazir OCR, a...	28	Experimental	2	Python
66	ssghule/Optical-Character-Recognition-using-Hidden-Markov-Models This project aims to recognize text from images using Hidden Markov Models...	28	Experimental	14	Python
67	WwwwwyDev/pen-stroke-segmentation 基于深度学习中全卷积网络的字体笔划分割（汉字笔画分割）解决方案 A Solution for Font Stroke Segmentation...	28	Experimental	10	Python
68	wathmal/sinhala-ocr A CNN using caffe to identify Sinhala characters	27	Experimental	11	JavaScript
69	oladimeji-kazeem/Handwriting-Transcription-using-Deep-Learning Handwriting Transcription using Deep Learning is a project aimed at...	27	Experimental	6	Jupyter Notebook
70	GioiaZheng/handwritten-ocr-system Deep learning-based handwritten OCR system using PyTorch and OpenCV for text...	26	Experimental	6	Python
71	prnvbaraiya/Air-Writing-and-Character-Recognition Basically it's open cv python project where user can draw any alphabets or...	25	Experimental	21	HTML
72	vanya-robot/U-Net_OCR OCR system built with U-Net models and CRNN.	24	Experimental	15	Jupyter Notebook
73	H0NEYP0T-466/URDU-OCR-CNN 🧠 URDU-OCR-CNN – an AI-powered handwritten Urdu recognition system (Urdu...	24	Experimental	3	Python
74	Youssef-Kharroubi/Dev-Elites This project, Medical Handwriting Recognition and Retrieval System, was...	24	Experimental	2	Python
75	Arnav1145/Handwritten-Character-Recognition Codes and Data for Building Handwritten Character (A-Z) Recognition Deep...	23	Experimental	4	Jupyter Notebook
76	olaflaitinen/Thulium Thulium is a production-ready Python library for offline handwritten text...	23	Experimental	8	Python
77	AlexBandurin/Menu_Reader This is a web application that converts restaurant menus into text using...	23	Experimental	17	Jupyter Notebook
78	sanket-ghodake/handwritten-character-recognition Handwritten text recognition using Tensorflow	22	Experimental	6	Jupyter Notebook
79	cem-sirin/mlx_ocr OCR Library using Apple MLX Framework	22	Experimental	21	Python
80	RaviduSenavirathna/Sinhala-Word-Recognizer End-to-end Sinhala handwriting recognition pipeline with OpenCV-based...	22	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
81	aBacoding/kazakh-htr Kazakh HTR is a full-stack handwritten text recognition app with a FastAPI...	22	Experimental	1	TypeScript
82	amrfarouqa/Egyptian-Hieroglyph-Recognition Egyptian Hieroglyphic Recognition: Transliteration Technique Versus Neural...	22	Experimental	2	Jupyter Notebook
83	mfs-iplab/fhda-challenge Repository for the Forensic Handwritten Document Analysis (FHDA) Challenge,...	21	Experimental	—	HTML
84	Saeed-Biabani/Scene-Text-Recognition Text recognition (optical character recognition) with deep learning methods in farsi.	21	Experimental	11	Python
85	matlab-deep-learning/Text-Detection-using-Deep-Learning Text Detection using Pretrained CRAFT model in MATLAB	21	Experimental	14	—
86	pstwh/docuwarp Docuwarp is a Python library for unwarping documents	21	Experimental	7	Python
87	BryanTheLai/ocr-inference-gpu Fast GPU-powered OCR inference with deep learning models. Modular, scalable,...	21	Experimental	1	Jupyter Notebook
88	YasinShafiei/Handwritten-text-recognition Handwritten text recognition with TensorFlow	21	Experimental	9	Jupyter Notebook
89	ajaykumarvarma/Doctor-Handwriting-Recognition doctor_prescription_recognization_using_DeepLearning project for epics	21	Experimental	9	Jupyter Notebook
90	AhsanAkhlaq/HandWrittenTextRecognition A lightweight Python GUI application for handwriting recognition using...	20	Experimental	3	Jupyter Notebook
91	agSwift/whiteboard-captioning An approach to handwriting recognition using individual Bézier curves.	20	Experimental	5	Jupyter Notebook
92	agoor97/CNN_Arabic_Handwritten_Characters This Repository provides a NoteBook for CNN Arabic Handwritten Recognition,...	20	Experimental	7	Jupyter Notebook
93	yxshee/handwritten-text-recognition deep learning-based approach to recognizing handwritten text from images	20	Experimental	2	Jupyter Notebook
94	shervinnd/Persian_Alphabet_Detection 🧠 Persian_Alphabet_Detection is a deep learning project for recognizing...	20	Experimental	4	Jupyter Notebook
95	mehrdad-dev/persis Official github repository, Persis: A persian font recognition pipeline...	20	Experimental	10	—
96	premkjain/Optical-Character-Recognition This OCR project leverages ML models like Random Forest, KNN, SVM, and GMM...	20	Experimental	7	Jupyter Notebook
97	shahin-ro/Alphabet-Recognition Python script for Persian alphabet recognition using two neural networks....	20	Experimental	3	Jupyter Notebook
98	t4f1d/iamonsense IAMonSense: Multi-level Handwriting Classification using Spatio-temporal...	19	Experimental	3	Jupyter Notebook
99	ambientWave/Handwritten-Prescription-Text-Recognition-Deep-CNN-Tensorflow Medical prescription handwritten text recognition using machine learning	19	Experimental	1	Jupyter Notebook
100	quocnhut134/CRNN_Vietnamese-Handwriting-Sequence_OCR A PyTorch implementation of a CRNN model for Vietnamese Handwritten Text...	19	Experimental	2	Jupyter Notebook
101	sjsilvabr/Handwriting In this repository we explore the resources of convolutional neural networks...	18	Experimental	2	Jupyter Notebook
102	Depth-Semantic-Aware-Image-Generation/TBrain_China-Steel-AI-Challenge Participants must develop an AI algorithm to recognize printed or...	18	Experimental	2	Python
103	simoncampos1022/DL-OCR-YOLOandCRNN Deep learning-based Scene Text Recognition (OCR) pipeline using YOLO and...	18	Experimental	1	Jupyter Notebook
104	Qengineering/OpenCV_OCR_Detect_Text Detect text in an image with OpenCV	18	Experimental	2	C++
105	AryanJamal/KChar KChar is a web-based application built with React and Django for recognizing...	17	Experimental	1	JavaScript
106	RivoLink/text-recognition A lightweight neural network project for recognizing handwritten text using...	17	Experimental	—	Java
107	ZekeyFreakyy/Chandas-identification 🕉️ Identify Sanskrit poetic meters using machine learning with explainable...	14	Experimental	—	Python
108	MainakVerse/Handwriting-To-Text Convert the most illegible handwriting to comfortably readable text	14	Experimental	15	Python
109	dinraj910/CRNN-OCR-Sequence-Recognition A production-ready OCR sequence recognition system built using CRNN (CNN +...	14	Experimental	1	Jupyter Notebook
110	VisionWrks/Accurate_Arabic_OCR This is a repo for building world-class arabic OCR	13	Experimental	—	Python
111	yubocai-poly/Chinese-character-OCR-with-CNN-and-EfficientNet CSE204 Machine Learning Final project at Ecole Polytechnique	12	Experimental	7	HTML
112	Mnj-ToTheTop/English-Handwritten-Characters-Recognizer A handwritten english character recognizer [0-9, A-Z, a-z] made by using a...	11	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
113	Nexdata-AI/5000-Images-Handwriting-OCR-Data-of-Traditional-Chinese-Characters-Taiwan-China Handwriting Data of Traditional Chinese Characters	11	Experimental	3	—
114	ib0b/kenya-elections-ocr Kenya Elections tallied by AI and Crowdsourcing	11	Experimental	3	—
115	martin-fabbri/ctc-tensorflow Applications of Connectionist Temporal Classification (CTC) in TensorFlow	11	Experimental	—	Java
116	aaseper/ocr-system-python Fundamental implementation of an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) system...	11	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
117	idylicaro/T_H_Predction Precepton code example, differentiating a matrix that contains a drawing of T and H.	11	Experimental	—	Python
118	davidedellagiustina/text-recognition Code for the Computer Science marathon (edition 2019) organized the the...	11	Experimental	—	TeX
119	emirbaycan/ocr_digital_screen_reader OCR tool for extracting numbers from digital screens in images or videos,...	11	Experimental	—	Python
120	Mitradatta/Telugu-Character-Recognition This project implements a machine learning model designed for recognizing...	11	Experimental	4	—
121	Nexdata-AI/100-People-Handwriting-OCR-Data-of-Japanese-and-Korean Handwriting OCR Data of Japanese and Korean	10	Experimental	2	—

Comparisons in this category

awesome-deep-text-detection-recognition and deep-text-recognition-benchmark (51 vs 51) OnnxTR and doctr (60 vs 59) SimpleHTR and handwriting-ocr (61 vs 51) SimpleHTR and HandwritingRecognitionSystem (61 vs 51)