Texitfy is a sleek and simple web app for extracting text from images using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Powered by Python, Flask, and Tesseract OCR, it features a drag-and-drop UI, image preview, dark/light theme toggle, and download functionality.

Check out the live version of Textify here:
👉 https://textify-nx1d.onrender.com/

• 🌓 Light/Dark mode toggle
• 🖼️ Image preview before upload
• 🧠 Fast OCR using Tesseract
• 🖱️ Drag & drop or file input
• 📥 Download extracted text
• 📱 Mobile-friendly and keyboard accessible

• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Backend: Flask (Python)
• OCR Engine: Tesseract OCR

git clone https://github.com/yeschirag/texitfy.git
cd texitfy

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # For Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

brew install tesseract

sudo apt update
sudo apt install tesseract-ocr

• Download the installer: https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract
• Add the Tesseract installation path (e.g. C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR) to your system's PATH environment variable.

python app.py

Then open your browser and visit:
http://localhost:5000

1. Upload or drag-and-drop an image file
2. Click Extract Text
3. View, copy, or download the extracted text

Supported file types: .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .webp, etc.

texitfy/
├── app.py
├── requirements.txt
├── README.md
│
├── templates/
│   └── index.html
│
├── static/
│   ├── css/
│   │   └── styles.css
│   ├── js/
│   │   └── script.js
│   └── uploads/

• Change styling in static/css/styles.css
• Modify JS interactions in static/js/script.js
• Edit Flask logic in app.py
• Add more OCR languages or pre-processing techniques via Tesseract options

This project is licensed under the MIT License.
See the LICENSE file for more information.

Pull requests are welcome!

To contribute:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new branch: git checkout -b feature/your-feature-name
3. Commit your changes: git commit -m 'Add your feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin feature/your-feature-name
5. Open a pull request

• Tesseract OCR
• Flask
• MDN Web Docs

Made with ❤️ for simplicity.