OCR it!

OCR it on macOS with DeepSeek-OCR.

OCRit is a small macOS utility written in Swift that uses DeepSeek-OCR to recognize text from photos and make it available for copying, searching, or further processing. It's designed to be lightweight and simple to use.

Features

• Drag a photo and run OCR on it
• Fast OCR using DeepSeek-OCR integration
• Recognize photo text content as Markdown with LaTeX support
• Copy recognized text to the clipboard
• Simple macOS-native UI written in Swift

Screenshots

Installation

Download it straight from the release page.

Requirements

• macOS 26.0+ (Tahoe or later)
• Xcode 26 or newer for building from source — see project code for details

Building from source

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/aeilot/OCRit.git

3. Open OCRit.xcodeproj (or OCRit.xcworkspace if using CocoaPods/Carthage/SwiftPM resources) in Xcode.
4. Select a macOS target and a valid signing team in the project settings.
5. Build and run (Cmd+R).

Contributing

Contributions and bug reports are welcome. If you'd like to contribute:

1. Open an issue describing the problem or feature.
2. Fork the repo and create a branch for your change.
3. Open a pull request describing your changes.

Acknowledgements

• DeepSeek-OCR — thank you to the authors of the OCR model and tooling.
• Silicon Flow - thank you for providing the model API.

Contact

If you have questions or need help, open an issue on the repository: https://github.com/aeilot/OCRit/issues

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Made with ❤️ by Louis Deng