It’s a forked version of the original [`captcha_solver`](https://github.com/jimtje/captcha_solver) Python library, intended to fix bugs and improve basic image CAPTCHA solving.

Yes, it is completely open-source and free to download and use from GitHub.

Mostly basic image CAPTCHAs using OCR (Optical Character Recognition). It is not built for reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, or slider CAPTCHAs.

No. It shows **no active maintenance**, no release cycle, and unresolved issues. It currently has a **0/5 user rating** due to limited capability and reliability.

Not really. While it attempts to solve simple CAPTCHAs using Tesseract or custom OCR, **accuracy is poor**, especially for distorted or noisy images.

* Doesn’t support reCAPTCHA, audio, or slider CAPTCHAs

   * No native threading or queueing system

   * Struggles with rotated or obfuscated text

   * No proxy or session handling

   * Fails silently in many edge cases

Yes! Instead of relying on the weak built-in OCR, you can **send CAPTCHA images to CaptchaAI via API** and receive accurate, real-time solutions—**making this fork useful again**.

Replace the OCR logic with a POST request to `https://ocr.captchaai.com/in.php` using `method=base64` and your API key. CaptchaAI returns a high-accuracy result in seconds.

Basic Python skills are required to install dependencies, modify the code, and optionally integrate CaptchaAI or other services.

**Not without major modification.** Its OCR is outdated, lacks error handling, and does not support modern CAPTCHA types. It’s best used as a learning base or with third-party solvers like CaptchaAI.