| name | ocr-cli |
| description | Extract text from images using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) |
ocr-cli Plugin
Extract text from images using OCR (Optical Character Recognition). Powered by rapidocr-onnxruntime for accurate, local text extraction without API keys.
Repository: https://github.com/javimosch/ocr-cli
Installation
For detailed installation guidance, see the ocr-cli repository.
Quick install:
sc plugins install ocr-cli
Requirements:
- Python 3.10+
- uv package manager
- xclip for clipboard support:
sudo apt install xclip
Features
- Extract text from clipboard images (Linux/X11)
- Extract text from image files (PNG, JPG, etc.)
- Local processing - no API keys required
- High accuracy using rapidocr-onnxruntime
Usage
Extract text from clipboard
ocr clipboard extract
Extract text from file (direct CLI)
~/ai/supercli-clis/ocr-cli/bin/ocr-cli --file /path/to/image.png
Notes
- First run may take a few seconds to download OCR models (~100MB)
- Works best with clear, high-contrast images
- Supports common image formats (PNG, JPG, etc.)