Scribe.js

Scribe.js is a JavaScript library that provides Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and text extraction capabilities for both images and PDF documents, aimed at developers who want to build OCR features directly into their applications. The library can take image files (such as PNG or JPEG) and recognize the text they contain, and it can also extract text from PDF files that either already contain text or are image-based scans, using modern web standards and WebAssembly under the hood. In addition to simple text extraction, Scribe.js supports writing or injecting a high-quality invisible text layer back into PDFs, effectively making them searchable and improving usability for indexing or accessibility. It is written in modern ECMAScript Modules (ESM), so it can be imported in both browser and Node.js environments without a build step, though browser usage requires same-origin hosting of the files.

Features

Recognize text from images and scanned files
Extract or pull existing text from PDF documents
Insert searchable invisible text layers into PDF files
Supports usage in both browser (ESM) and Node.js environments
Example templates for popular frameworks
Designed for developer integration

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Affero GNU Public License

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Programming Language

JavaScript

Related Categories

JavaScript OCR Software

Registered

2026-02-13

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