Docling
by Docling
At a glance
Open-source document conversion toolkit preserving layout, tables and reading order in structured output.
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- Platforms & Infrastructure
- Business model
- Open (open weights/source)
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Overview
Typical uses include Document ingestion for RAG; Extraction of structured document content. Documented capabilities: Convert PDFs, Office files, HTML and images; Recognize tables, formulas and document reading order; Local conversion with Markdown and structured document output.
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Key features
- Convert PDFs, Office files, HTML and images
- Recognize tables, formulas and document reading order
- Local conversion with Markdown and structured document output
Use cases
- Document ingestion for RAG
- Extraction of structured document content
Pricing
The open-source software can be run on your own infrastructure. Compute, storage and any external model API usage are separate costs; a managed service is not included.
Record details
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Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-11-03
- Documentation
- docling-project.github.io ↗
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/docling/
Selection profile
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Selection profile11 fields7 unknown
- Tasks it fits
- Questions over your own documents
Editorial classification of the documented features; not a product-performance test.
Suggest a correction - How you use it
- Library
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Suggest a correction - Where it runs
- Local machine Self-hosted
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Suggest a correction - Works offline
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Suggest a correction - Billing
- Open source Free allowance: Yes Subscription required: No
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Where each value comes from
- Tasks it fits
- Our inference
- How you use it
- Our inference
- Runs on
- Unknown
- Where it runs
- Our inference
- Works offline
- Unknown
- Official service region
- Unknown
- Public API
- Unknown
- Licence
- Unknown
- Commercial use
- Unknown
- Interface languages
- Unknown
Key facts and their evidence
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Capability: Convert PDFs, Office files, HTML and images Verified 2026-11-03 www.docling.ai ↗
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Docling fit in a workflow?
Open-source document conversion toolkit preserving layout, tables and reading order in structured output. Convert PDFs, Office files, HTML and images.
What costs and limits should I compare before choosing Docling?
The open-source software can be run on your own infrastructure. Compute, storage and any external model API usage are separate costs; a managed service is not included.
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Sources
This record was last reviewed on 2026-11-03.
Machine-readable record: /api/products/docling.json · Spot an error? Suggest a correction