Issues

• Python 3.15 support: blocked on pydantic-core wheels

  dependenciesthird party issue
  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1746 · Filter by author jbarlow83 opened on Sep 14, 2026

• Feature request: emit deskew transform parameters as a JSON sidecar (--deskew-transform)

  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1737 · Filter by author WSHAPER opened on Aug 27, 2026

• Deskew without ocr – feature regression or doc problem

  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1735 · Filter by author maugsburger opened on Aug 23, 2026

• [Feature]: standard plugin prefix

  enhancementtriage
  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1718 · Filter by author callegar opened on Jul 18, 2026
  

• [Feature]: integration of kraken as alternative to tesseract

  enhancementtriage
  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1712 · Filter by author leozachl opened on Jul 10, 2026
  

• [Feature]: Option to force grayscale output (contrast-preserving decolorization)

  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1699 · Filter by author jbarlow83 opened on Jun 11, 2026

• [Feature]: Option to downsample output image resolution (DPI)

  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1698 · Filter by author jbarlow83 opened on Jun 11, 2026

• Roadmap / wish list: consolidated feature requests and current positions

  enhancement
  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1696 · Filter by author jbarlow83 opened on Jun 9, 2026
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• [Feature]: and support PaddlePaddle OCR in the backend

  enhancement
  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1584 · Filter by author MyButtermilk opened on Oct 18, 2025
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• [Feature]: hide warning for "lots of diacritics" when scanning languages like 'spa' or 'fra'

  enhancement
  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1556 · Filter by author carafelix opened on Aug 6, 2025
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• [3rdparty]: Paperless-ngx fails on consuming a file

  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1495 · Filter by author GooRoo opened on Mar 17, 2025
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• The deskew option is not working/having any effect on the output file

  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1464 · Filter by author gordonBimig opened on Jan 26, 2025
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• OCR on pages 2+ is only recognized in browsers but not by poppler/etree unless done in two steps

  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1459 · Filter by author jribault opened on Jan 14, 2025

• [Feature]: Aggressive image optimization without color quantization

  enhancement
  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1447 · Filter by author user1823 opened on Dec 11, 2024
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• [Bug]: test_malformed_docinfo fails with spectacular INTERNALERROR

  third party issue
  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1423 · Filter by author mcepl opened on Nov 6, 2024
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• [Feature]: Change demo format to VHS

  enhancement
  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1299 · Filter by author jbarlow83 opened on Apr 25, 2024
  

• [Feature]: Choose between NFKC and NFC normalization for Unicode characters so copy-pasting works

  enhancement
  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1282 · Filter by author sfllaw opened on Mar 24, 2024
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• Add custom deskew and page rotation logic before OCR

  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1161 · Filter by author wadeflash12 opened on Oct 4, 2023
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• Support for PDF-A/4

  enhancementthird party issue
  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1106 · Filter by author rafaelfcmaria opened on May 29, 2023
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• Snap package shouldn't ship all of the Tesseract OCR language files

  help wanted
  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1090 · Filter by author brlin-tw opened on Apr 1, 2023
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• Only generate text files without generating PDF files

  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1086 · Filter by author rodrigo-morales-1 opened on Mar 25, 2023
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• Correct way to deskew PDF already processed by OCRmyPDF?

  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1081 · Filter by author pimlottc opened on Mar 18, 2023
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• Optimize images with SMask

  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1073 · Filter by author benbro opened on Feb 24, 2023
  3

• Draw/Blanking on wrong spot

  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1038 · Filter by author emre1e opened on Nov 24, 2022
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• --redo-ocr does all the work but doesn't save the new OCR text layer in the output pdf, leaving the old OCR text

  ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF#1036 · Filter by author Shoresh613 opened on Nov 21, 2022
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