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

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