ocr-cli

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

Commands

• ocr-cli <resource> <action> — Execute ocr-cli commands
• ocr clipboard extract — Extract text from image in clipboard using OCR

Installation

For detailed installation guidance, see the ocr-cli repository.

Quick install:

# Plugin is already available in supercli
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.)