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Pot vs TRex

Side-by-side comparison for macOS

Pot

8.0
Productivity

Software for text translation and recognition

TRex

7.0
Productivity

Easy to use text extraction tool

Metric Pot TRex
Category Productivity Productivity
AI Score 8.0 7.0
30-day Installs 119 158
90-day Installs 283 688
365-day Installs 595 1.8K
Version 3.0.7 2.0.0
Auto-updates No No
Deprecated No No
GitHub Stars 17.3K 1.7K
GitHub Forks 828 55
Open Issues 439 4
License GPL-3.0 MIT
Language JavaScript Swift
Last GitHub Commit 3mo ago 2mo ago
First Seen Nov 7, 2025 Feb 7, 2022

Reviews

Pot

Pot is a cross-platform app for text translation and OCR, offering instant translation and a user-friendly interface. It benefits anyone needing quick translations, especially on macOS.

Pot is a cross-platform tool for text translation and OCR.

Pros

  • + Cross-platform functionality
  • + Instant translation capability
  • + User-friendly interface
  • + Active community and regular updates

Cons

  • - No auto-update feature
  • - Some platform-specific bugs

TRex

TRex is a user-friendly macOS app designed for efficient text extraction. It stands out with its simplicity and effectiveness, making it ideal for anyone needing quick text capture from the screen.

TRex allows users to easily extract and copy text from any part of their screen.

Pros

  • + User-friendly interface
  • + Active development and maintenance
  • + MIT license for open-source flexibility

Cons

  • - Lack of auto-update feature
  • - Potential naming confusion with other projects