Command-line tool

ocrmypdf

brew/ocrmypdf

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

pipx install ocrmypdf

macOS

brew install ocrmypdf
pipx install ocrmypdf

Linux

brew install ocrmypdf
pipx install ocrmypdf

Create a new searchable PDF/A file from a scanned PDF or image file

ocrmypdf path/to/input path/to/output.pdf

Skip pages of a mixed-format input PDF file that already contain text

ocrmypdf --skip-text path/to/input.pdf path/to/output.pdf

Clean, de-skew, and rotate pages of a poor scan

ocrmypdf --clean --deskew --rotate-pages path/to/input.pdf path/to/output.pdf

Browse

• PDF tools
• OCR (text from images)

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