Framework
Surya
Surya is an open-source AI framework, launched in 2024, made for developers.
An OCR toolkit for text detection, layout, reading order and tables in over 90 languages.
Main jobs: Document parsing, Text recognition (OCR). It is open source and free to use. You can use it on your own server, offline on your own machine and through an API.
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At a glance
- Type
- Framework
- Launched
- 2024
- Galaxy
- Models & APIs
- Open source
- Yes · Apache-2.0
- Source code
- github.com/datalab-to/surya
- GitHub stars
- 21,415
- How you run it
- Self-host · Runs offline · API
- Made for
- Developers
- Website
- datalab.to
What it can do
Document parsingmain jobunconfirmed
“Layout analysis (table, image, header, etc.) with reading order - Table recognition (rows + columns)”— github.com, 2026-09-24
Text recognition (OCR)main jobunconfirmed
“Surya is a 650M param OCR model with these features: - Accuracy - scores 83.3% on olmOCR-bench (top under 3B params)”— github.com, 2026-09-24
unconfirmedproposed by a machine, awaiting calibration
Alternatives
- MinerUOpen source, freeAlso does: Document parsing, Text recognition (OCR)
- PaddleOCROpen source, freeAlso does: Document parsing, Text recognition (OCR)
- DoclingOpen source, freeAlso does: Document parsing, Text recognition (OCR)
- MarkerOpen source, freeAlso does: Document parsing, Text recognition (OCR)
- MarkItDownOpen source, freeAlso does: Document parsing, Text recognition (OCR)
- UnstructuredOpen source, freeAlso does: Document parsing, Text recognition (OCR)
- LlamaIndexOpen source, freeAlso does: Document parsing, Text recognition (OCR)
- RAGFlowOpen source, freeAlso does: Document parsing
- PDF SkillAlso does: Document parsing
- FirecrawlOpen source, freeAlso does: Document parsing
- MistralOpen source, freeAlso does: Text recognition (OCR)
- QwenOpen source, freeAlso does: Text recognition (OCR); no code needed
Questions
What is Surya?
Surya is an open-source AI framework, launched in 2024, made for developers. An OCR toolkit for text detection, layout, reading order and tables in over 90 languages.
Is Surya free?
Yes. Surya is open source (Apache-2.0) and free to use.
Is Surya open source?
Yes, under the Apache-2.0 license. The source code is at https://github.com/datalab-to/surya.
Can Surya run locally?
Yes. Surya can run offline on your own machine. It can also be self-hosted on your own server.
What can Surya do?
Main jobs: Document parsing, Text recognition (OCR).
What are open-source alternatives to Surya?
Open-source ones: MinerU, PaddleOCR, Docling, Marker, MarkItDown, Unstructured, LlamaIndex and RAGFlow. Others: PDF Skill.
Sources
- github.com/datalab-to/suryachecked 2026-09-24
- www.datalab.to