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Docling

Open-source library and CLI (MIT) that converts PDFs and office files to Markdown or JSON, with optional VLM pipelines.

  • Docling Project (LF AI & Data)
  • Local only
  • Free, open source

Official site · Source code

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    Documents & OCR
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Facts

Vendor
Docling Project (LF AI & Data)
Approach
Parsers & APIs
Where it runs
Runs only on your own hardware
Interface
Command line, API
Skill level
Advanced: command line, node graphs or self-hosting
Price
Free, open source
Pricing notes
Free open-source software (MIT); model licenses apply per model.
Source code
Open source (MIT)
GitHub stars
69.1k (18 Oct 2026)
Last verified
18 Oct 2026

Price from github.com, 18 Oct 2026.

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