# Tesseract.js: what changed from 6 to 7

- Product: Tesseract.js (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tesseract-js)
- Vendor: naptha
- Range: changelog entries numbered after v6.0.1 up to and including v7.0.0, stable releases only
- Entries below: 1 release (newest first)
- Resolved: 6 is v6.0.1 and 7 is v7.0.0, the newest stable release of each major we track
- Carrying security changes: 0 · CVEs mentioned: 0 · Mentioning breaking changes: 0 · Removing or deprecating something: 1
- Page: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tesseract-js/compare/6...7

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## What changed (3 changes, grouped by kind)

### Added

#### v7.0.0 (2025-12-15)

- A new relaxedsimd build that takes advantage of the latest WASM and hardware capabilities

### Changed

#### v7.0.0 (2025-12-15)

- Significant improvements to recognition speed, with runtimes reduced by approximately 15-35% depending on device and use-case

### Removed

#### v7.0.0 (2025-12-15)

- Dropped support for Node.js v14

## Release notes

### v7.0.0

- Date: 2025-12-15
- Version: v7.0.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/naptha/tesseract.js/releases/tag/v7.0.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tesseract-js/releases/v7.0.0

- **added** — A new relaxedsimd build that takes advantage of the latest WASM and hardware capabilities
- **changed** — Significant improvements to recognition speed, with runtimes reduced by approximately 15-35% depending on device and use-case
- **removed** — Dropped support for Node.js v14

##### What's Changed
* Significant improvements to recognition speed (by @fanchenkong1 in https://github.com/naptha/tesseract.js/pull/1039)
   * A new `relaxedsimd` build takes advantage of the latest WASM and hardware capabilities.
   * Upgrading from v6 to v7 reduces runtimes by ~15-35% (depending on device and use-case).  The highest uplifts are currently seen on the latest Intel processors.
* Dropped support for Node.js v14.
* Various minor changes


##### New Contributors
* @hata6502 made their first contribution in https://github.com/naptha/tesseract.js/pull/1035
* @fanchenkong1 made their first contribution in https://github.com/naptha/tesseract.js/pull/1039

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/naptha/tesseract.js/compare/v6.0.1...v7.0.0