PaddleOCR ARM/aarch64 support.

[mkd-enrique]

Hello fellow OCR developers/researchers!

I’m reaching out to ask whether there are any updates on a projected timeline for supporting aarch64/ARM architectures. I saw that the Paddle team recently announced support for the NVIDIA 50 Series, which is exciting, but I’m currently working on a server that uses an aarch64/ARM architecture with a GB10 (sm_121) GPU.

I’ve tested PaddleOCR on my own device and it works amazingly well. I was really hoping to use it in a project I’m currently developing, but due to the current incompatibility, that’s unfortunately not possible.

I’m very much looking forward to future support for aarch64 along with sm_120/sm_121 GPUs!

[FILALIHicham]

Hello @mkd-enrique !

I’m running into the exact same compatibility hurdles. Have you happened to find a stable workaround or a specific build configuration that works for you in the meantime?

Thanks in advance

[samilbeden]

Hi,

Same here — I’m hitting the same compatibility hurdles. So far, the only stable path I’ve managed is compiling and running the VL model in CPU-only mode; I couldn’t get a reliable GPU build working yet.

If you’ve found a specific flag set / build config that works (especially for GPU on ARM64), I’d really appreciate it if you can share it. I’ll also update you if I manage to get a stable GPU build in the meantime.

Thanks in advance,