Docling

Docling simplifies document processing by parsing diverse formats, including advanced PDF understanding, and providing seamless integrations with the generative AI ecosystem. Parsing of [multiple document formats][supportedformats] including PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, HTML, EPUB, WAV, MP3, WebVTT, Box Notes, email formats (EML, MSG), images (PNG, TIFF, JPEG,.), LaTeX, DocLang, plain text, and more Advanced PDF understanding incl. page layout, reading order, table structure, code, formulas, image classification, and more A unified, expressive [DoclingDocument][doclingdocument] representation format Various [export formats][supportedformats] and options, including Markdown, HTML, WebVTT, DocLang, DocTags and lossless JSON Support for several application-specific XML schemas including DocLang, USPTO patents, JATS articles, and XBRL financial reports. Local execution capabilities for sensitive data and air-gapped environments Plug-and-play [integrations][integrations] incl. LangChain, LlamaIndex, Crew AI & Haystack for agentic AI Extensive OCR support for scanned PDFs and images Support for several Visual Language Models, such as (GraniteDocling) Audio support with Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models Connect to any agent using the MCP server Run Docling as a service with the API server (docling-serve) Simple and convenient CLI Parsing of video files (MP4, AVI, MOV, MKV, and WebM) with an ASR transcript and representative keyframes Parsing of ODF (OpenDocument Format) files for text documents (.odt), spreadsheets (.ods), and presentations (.odp) Parsing of XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) documents for financial reports Parsing of email files (.eml,.msg) Parsing of EPUB (Electronic Publication) files for e-books Parsing of plain-text files (.txt,.text) and Markdown supersets (.qmd,.Rmd) Chart understanding (Barchart, Piechart, LinePlot): convert them into tables or code and add detailed descriptions Metadata extraction, including title, authors, references & language Complex chemistry understanding (Molecular structures)

Note: Python 3.9 support was dropped in docling version 2.70.0. Please use Python 3.10 or higher.

Works on macOS, Linux and Windows environments for both x8664 and arm64 architectures.

Curated by Navid Moazzez·Updated Oct 2, 2026·2 min read·Fact-checked