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Docling simplifies document processing, parsing diverse formats โ including advanced PDF understanding โ and providing seamless integrations with the gen AI ecosystem.
## Getting started
๐ฃ Ready to kick off your Docling journey? Let's dive right into it!
## Features
* ๐๏ธ Parsing of [multiple document formats][supported_formats] incl. PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, HTML, WAV, MP3, VTT, images (PNG, TIFF, JPEG, ...), and more
* ๐ Advanced PDF understanding incl. page layout, reading order, table structure, code, formulas, image classification, and more
* ๐งฌ Unified, expressive [DoclingDocument][docling_document] representation format
* โช๏ธ Various [export formats][supported_formats] and options, including Markdown, HTML, [DocTags](https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.11576) and lossless JSON
* ๐ Local execution capabilities for sensitive data and air-gapped environments
* ๐ค Plug-and-play [integrations][integrations] incl. LangChain, LlamaIndex, Crew AI & Haystack for agentic AI
* ๐ Extensive OCR support for scanned PDFs and images
* ๐ Support of several Visual Language Models ([GraniteDocling](https://huggingface.co/ibm-granite/granite-docling-258M))
* ๐๏ธ Support for Audio with Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models
* ๐ Connect to any agent using the [Docling MCP](https://docling-project.github.io/docling/usage/mcp/) server
* ๐ป Simple and convenient CLI
### What's new
* ๐ค Structured [information extraction][extraction] \[๐งช beta\]
* ๐ New layout model (**Heron**) by default, for faster PDF parsing
* ๐ [MCP server](https://docling-project.github.io/docling/usage/mcp/) for agentic applications
* ๐ฌ Parsing of Web Video Text Tracks (WebVTT) files
### Coming soon
* ๐ Metadata extraction, including title, authors, references & language
* ๐ Chart understanding (Barchart, Piechart, LinePlot, etc)
* ๐ Complex chemistry understanding (Molecular structures)
## What's next
๐ The journey has just begun! Join us and become a part of the growing Docling community.
- :fontawesome-brands-github: GitHub
- :fontawesome-brands-discord: Discord
- :fontawesome-brands-linkedin: LinkedIn
## Live assistant
Do you want to leverage the power of AI and get live support on Docling?
Try out the [Chat with Dosu](https://app.dosu.dev/097760a8-135e-4789-8234-90c8837d7f1c/ask?utm_source=github) functionalities provided by our friends at [Dosu](https://dosu.dev/).
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## LF AI & Data
Docling is hosted as a project in the [LF AI & Data Foundation](https://lfaidata.foundation/projects/).
### IBM โค๏ธ Open Source AI
The project was started by the AI for knowledge team at IBM Research Zurich.
[supported_formats]: ./usage/supported_formats.md
[docling_document]: ./concepts/docling_document.md
[integrations]: ./integrations/index.md