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MarkItDown vs MinerU: catalog facts
MarkItDown	MinerU
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free to download and run; the repository does not declare a standard license.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Self-hosted, Command line
Converts many formats, including Office files and PDF Preserves document structure such as tables and headings	Parses tables, formulas and scanned pages with OCR Accepts PDF, Office, OpenDocument, EPUB, HTML and more
Output is aimed at LLMs, not high-fidelity conversion Accesses whatever the running process can reach, so inputs need care	Setup and model downloads suit technical users Higher-quality parsing tiers need more compute
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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