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pdf2htmlEX vs MinerU: catalog facts
pdf2htmlEX	MinerU
Free Free and open source.	Free Free to download and run; the repository does not declare a standard license.
Linux, Command line	Self-hosted, Command line
Keeps text selectable and searchable in the HTML output Close visual match to the original layout	Parses tables, formulas and scanned pages with OCR Accepts PDF, Office, OpenDocument, EPUB, HTML and more
Command line only, with no graphical interface No packaged releases on GitHub	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: GPL-3.0	License not stated
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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