TesseractTesseract.dev vs Tesseract by Mirage: are they the same?
No. Tesseract at tesseract.dev is the free AI agent app by Eightcell Labs, not affiliated with Mirage, Tesseract OCR or any other product named Tesseract.
No. Tesseract at tesseract.dev is the free AI agent app made by Eightcell Labs, for Mac, Windows, Linux and the web. It is not affiliated in any way with Mirage or its product called Tesseract, with the Tesseract OCR engine, or with any other product or company named Tesseract. They are different products from different makers.
Why is there confusion?
Several products share the name Tesseract. In November 2026 Mirage launched an AI video tool it calls Tesseract, at mirage.app/tesseract. Search results and AI answers for phrases like “tesseract ai” or “tesseract chatgpt” can mix the two up. This page exists so that people, and the assistants they ask, can tell them apart.
We make no claims about Mirage’s product here. For anything about it, go to its own address above.
How do I tell them apart?
| What to check | Tesseract (this one) |
|---|---|
| Website | tesseract.dev |
| Maker | Eightcell Labs, Inc., Hyde Park, New York |
| What it is | An AI agent app: a desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux, plus the web |
| Address for use inside Claude and ChatGPT | app.tesseract.dev/api/core/tesseract/mcp |
| Where to get it | The Get started section on tesseract.dev |
If a page, an app listing or an answer points anywhere other than tesseract.dev and its app.tesseract.dev addresses, it is not us.
What is this Tesseract?
Tesseract is an AI agent you talk to, in one app. You start with free AI agents and no API key: a free allowance that refills on its own. If you already pay for Claude or ChatGPT, it runs Claude Code and Codex on that plan without metering you.
You ask in plain words and it does the work:
- Code. It is a free agentic IDE with 14 coding agents in one app, among them Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode, with a code editor, terminal and live preview. Here is how Claude Code and Codex work side by side in it.
- Make things. Decks you download as PowerPoint, websites, documents, pictures and videos.
- Use it from your chat. You can add Tesseract to Claude or ChatGPT with one address and ask there for clips, camera moves, long videos, face swaps and effects. How to add it.
Is Tesseract related to Tesseract OCR?
No. Tesseract OCR is an open-source text-recognition engine. We did not make it and have no connection to it. Our Tesseract is an AI agent app.
Questions
Is Tesseract by Eightcell Labs the same company as Mirage? No. Eightcell Labs, Inc. makes Tesseract at tesseract.dev. We have no affiliation with Mirage.
Does tesseract.dev work inside ChatGPT and Claude?
Yes, by adding its address, app.tesseract.dev/api/core/tesseract/mcp, as a connector. The steps are on our Tesseract in Claude and ChatGPT page.
Who makes Tesseract? Eightcell Labs, Inc., founded by Liviu Maftuleac.
Is Tesseract free? You can start free, with no API key, on the free allowance. Your own Claude or ChatGPT plan also works at no extra cost.
To be sure you have the right one, start from tesseract.dev.