NMAC427/SwiftOCR
Fast and simple OCR library written in Swift observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3785
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2089
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4632 stars · 475 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
SwiftOCR is a fast and simple OCR library written in Swift that uses a neural network for image recognition. It is optimized for recognizing short, one-line alphanumeric codes and supports iOS and macOS, but is now deprecated in favor of Apple's Vision framework.
Use cases
- recognize short alphanumeric codes like gift card codes from images
- perform OCR on iOS apps with minimal setup
- extract text from single-line images quickly
- train a custom OCR model for specific character sets
- replace Tesseract for fast alphanumeric recognition on Apple platforms
When to choose
- you need to recognize short, one-line alphanumeric codes on iOS or macOS
- you want a simple Swift-native OCR integration with just a few lines of code
- you need faster and more accurate results than Tesseract for gift-card-style codes
When to avoid
- you need to recognize long-form text like poems or articles (use Tesseract instead)
- you are starting a new project (the library is deprecated; use Apple's Vision framework)
- you need platforms other than iOS or macOS
- you need ongoing maintenance, bug fixes, or community support
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
ocr image-processing machine-learning computer-vision image-processing neural-network deprecated cocoapods carthage alphanumeric-recognition ios-tools ios macos swift
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/NMAC427/SwiftOCR · fetched 2026-08-28 · f7d4242d0c87
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
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| NMAC427/SwiftOCR | main | 23 |
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