[](https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.09869) [](https://pypi.org/project/docling/) [](https://pypi.org/project/docling/) [](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv) [](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff) [](https://pydantic.dev) [](https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit) [](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) [](https://pepy.tech/projects/docling) [](https://apify.com/vancura/docling) [](https://app.dosu.dev/097760a8-135e-4789-8234-90c8837d7f1c/ask?utm_source=github) [](https://www.bestpractices.dev/projects/10101) [](https://lfaidata.foundation/projects/) Docling simplifies document processing, parsing diverse formats — including advanced PDF understanding — and providing seamless integrations with the gen AI ecosystem. ## Features * 🗂️ Parsing of [multiple document formats][supported_formats] incl. PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, HTML, WAV, MP3, images (PNG, TIFF, JPEG, ...), and more * 📑 Advanced PDF understanding incl. page layout, reading order, table structure, code, formulas, image classification, and more * 🧬 Unified, expressive [DoclingDocument][docling_document] representation format * ↪️ Various [export formats][supported_formats] and options, including Markdown, HTML, [DocTags](https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.11576) and lossless JSON * 🔒 Local execution capabilities for sensitive data and air-gapped environments * 🤖 Plug-and-play [integrations][integrations] incl. LangChain, LlamaIndex, Crew AI & Haystack for agentic AI * 🔍 Extensive OCR support for scanned PDFs and images * 👓 Support of several Visual Language Models ([SmolDocling](https://huggingface.co/ds4sd/SmolDocling-256M-preview)) * 🎙️ Support for Audio with Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models * 💻 Simple and convenient CLI ### Coming soon * 📝 Metadata extraction, including title, authors, references & language * 📝 Chart understanding (Barchart, Piechart, LinePlot, etc) * 📝 Complex chemistry understanding (Molecular structures) ## Get started Check out our [getting started](./getting_started/index.md) page to get the ball rolling! ## 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/). [](https://app.dosu.dev/097760a8-135e-4789-8234-90c8837d7f1c/ask?utm_source=github) ## LF AI & Data Docling is hosted as a project in the [LF AI & Data Foundation](https://lfaidata.foundation/projects/). ### IBM ❤️ 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