zerox
The premium Open Source alternative to Amazon Textract
🎯 Best for:Developers needing high-fidelity document-to-markdown conversion using LLMs.
What is zerox?
A specialized OCR tool that leverages vision-based LLMs to convert complex documents into structured markdown. It bypasses traditional OCR limitations by using model-native visual understanding for layout preservation.
Tech Stack
TypeScriptAI, ML & Data
Why zerox?
- • High accuracy on complex layouts
- • Markdown-native output
- • Supports multiple vision backends
Limitations
- • High GPU requirements
- • Inference latency
- • Model dependency
3/5/2026
Last Update
833
Forks
85
Issues
MIT
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Amazon Textract)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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