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MinerU vs pdf2htmlEX: catalog facts
MinerU	pdf2htmlEX
Free Free to download and run; the repository does not declare a standard license.	Free Free and open source.
Self-hosted, Command line	Linux, Command line
Parses tables, formulas and scanned pages with OCR Accepts PDF, Office, OpenDocument, EPUB, HTML and more	Keeps text selectable and searchable in the HTML output Close visual match to the original layout
Setup and model downloads suit technical users Higher-quality parsing tiers need more compute	Command line only, with no graphical interface No packaged releases on GitHub
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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