diff --git a/pages/docs/configuration/librechat_yaml/object_structure/ocr.mdx b/pages/docs/configuration/librechat_yaml/object_structure/ocr.mdx
index 4c2466b64..6ffb970aa 100644
--- a/pages/docs/configuration/librechat_yaml/object_structure/ocr.mdx
+++ b/pages/docs/configuration/librechat_yaml/object_structure/ocr.mdx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ There are 4 main fields under `ocr`:
     - You only need the following environment variables to get started: `OCR_API_KEY` and `OCR_BASEURL`.
 - OCR functionality allows the application to extract text from images, which can then be processed by AI models.
 - The default strategy is `mistral_ocr`, which uses Mistral's OCR capabilities.
+- Using the 'tika_ocr' strategy requires a baseURL, but not an API key
 - You can also configure a custom OCR service by setting the strategy to `custom_ocr`.
 - If using the default Mistral OCR, you may optionally specify a specific Mistral model to use.
 - Environment variable parsing is supported for `apiKey`, `baseURL`, and `mistralModel` parameters.
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ ocr:
 
 <OptionTable
   options={[
-    ['strategy', 'String', 'The OCR strategy to use.', 'Determines which OCR service to use. Options are "mistral_ocr" or "custom_ocr". Defaults to "mistral_ocr".'],
+    ['strategy', 'String', 'The OCR strategy to use.', 'Determines which OCR service to use. Options are "mistral_ocr", "tika_ocr" or "custom_ocr". Defaults to "mistral_ocr".'],
   ]}
 />
 
@@ -95,4 +96,5 @@ ocr:
 **Available Strategies:**
 
 - `mistral_ocr`: Uses Mistral's OCR capabilities.
+- `tika_ocr`: Uses Apache Tika & Tesseract
 - `custom_ocr`: Uses a custom OCR service specified by the baseURL.
diff --git a/pages/docs/features/ocr.mdx b/pages/docs/features/ocr.mdx
index 8c9a37c83..813649fbb 100644
--- a/pages/docs/features/ocr.mdx
+++ b/pages/docs/features/ocr.mdx
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ Currently, OCR is **only available as an agent capability**. This means you must
 
 OCR can be enabled in the LibreChat configuration file (`librechat.yaml`). The OCR configuration supports two strategies:
 
-1. **Mistral OCR** (Default and currently the only available option)
-2. **Custom OCR** (Planned for future releases)
+1. **Mistral OCR** (Default)
+2.  **Tesseract OCR** (Using Apache Tika)
+3. **Custom OCR** (Planned for future releases)
 
 ### Basic Configuration Example
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ ocr:
   mistralModel: "mistral-ocr-latest"  # Optional: Specify Mistral model, defaults to "mistral-ocr-latest"
   apiKey: "your-mistral-api-key"        # Optional: Defaults to OCR_API_KEY env variable
   baseURL: "https://api.mistral.ai/v1"  # Optional: Defaults to OCR_BASEURL env variable, or Mistral's API if no variable set
-  strategy: "mistral_ocr"               # Optional: Defaults to "mistral_ocr" (only option currently available)
+  strategy: "mistral_ocr"               # Optional: Defaults to "mistral_ocr", or can be set to "tika_ocr"
 ```
 
 ## Mistral OCR
@@ -69,6 +70,16 @@ Currently, LibreChat uses Mistral's OCR API as the default and only available OC
   - Maximum file size: 50 MB
   - Maximum document length: 1,000 pages
 
+## Tika OCR
+
+Using Apache Tika & Tesseract allows self-hosted OCR
+
+### Key Features of Tika OCR
+
+- **Locally Hostable**: Use OCR without paying for an API
+- **Tesseract 4**: Uses a neural net to recognize characters
+- **Image Handling**: Extract text from image formats
+
 ### Future Plans
 
 - Mistral plans to make their OCR API available through their cloud partners, such as GCP and AWS, and enterprise self-hosting for organizations with stringent data privacy requirements ([source](https://mistral.ai/fr/news/mistral-ocr)).