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I need to read PDFs and documents

Turn PDFs, scans and Office files into text, tables and structured data.

28 tools · 5 official

Picked from listings that mention pdf, ocr, document parsing or documents in their name, description, tags or skills; those in Research & Knowledge, Data & Analytics or Content & Media, or with API or MCP access, rank higher.

Best fits · 12

PaddleOCR
API · CLI · MCP
Converts documents, receipts, and images into structured data with OCR, layout analysis, and table recognition, exposed…
VerifiedOfficialFeaturedby PaddlePaddle · Content & Media, Data & Analytics · 4 skills · No auth
Why Text Recognition: Extracts printed and handwritten text from images and scanned PDFs across more than 80 languages.
MinerU
API · CLI
Converts PDFs, Office documents, and scanned pages into LLM-ready Markdown or JSON, preserving tables, formulas, and…
Verifiedby OpenDataLab · Data & Analytics, Research & Knowledge · 3 skills · API Key
Why Layout Parsing: Detects columns, headers, and figures to reconstruct correct reading order from complex multi-column documents.
LiteParse
CLI · API
Parses PDFs, Office files, and images locally into markdown, JSON with bounding boxes, or plain text for agents and RAG…
Verifiedby LlamaIndex · Data & Analytics, Code & DevTools · 5 skills · No auth
Why Selective OCR: Runs bundled Tesseract OCR only where native text is missing, or sends pages to an HTTP OCR server such as EasyOCR or PaddleOCR.
OXR (SoMark)
API · CLI
Parses PDFs and document images into Markdown or JSON with layout coordinates, tables, formulas and handwriting, via a…
Verifiedby SoMark · Data & Analytics, Research & Knowledge · 4 skills · No auth
Why Document parsing: Turns PDFs and document images into Markdown or JSON output, with layout coordinates included.
Chandra
CLI · API
Converts PDFs and images into Markdown, HTML or JSON with layout preserved, handling tables, forms, handwriting and 90+…
Verifiedby Datalab · Data & Analytics, Infrastructure & Ops · 3 skills · No auth
Why Layout-Preserving OCR: Converts images and PDFs into Markdown, HTML or JSON with detailed layout information, and extracts images and diagrams with…
Docling
API · CLI · MCP
Parses PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, HTML, audio, and image files into a unified DoclingDocument and exports Markdown, HTML…
Verifiedby IBM Research / LF AI & Data · Content & Media, Data & Analytics · 5 skills · No auth
Why PDF Layout Understanding: Resolves page layout, reading order, table structure, code blocks, and formulas in PDFs, with OCR for scanned pages and…
MarkItDown
CLI · MCP
Converts PDF, Office, HTML, image, audio, and ZIP files into structured Markdown for LLM pipelines, preserving…
VerifiedOfficialby Microsoft · Content & Media, Data & Analytics · 5 skills · No auth
Why Office Document Conversion: Converts PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, EPUB, and HTML files to Markdown while preserving headings, lists, tables, and…
AnyDoc
CLI · API
Converts Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OpenDocument, RTF, EPUB, CSV, and PDF files to GitHub-Flavored Markdown for LLMs, via…
Verifiedby Firecrawl · Infrastructure & Ops · 5 skills · No auth
Why Hosted OCR Fallback: Sends scanned or image-only PDFs to Firecrawl Parse for OCR when opted in with an API key, returning the same Markdown.
Markdownify MCP
MCP
MCP server that converts PDFs, images, audio files, and web pages into clean Markdown for efficient LLM ingestion and…
Verifiedby zcaceres · Research & Knowledge · 4 skills · No auth
Why PDF to Markdown: Convert PDF documents to clean Markdown preserving headings, tables, and text formatting
Presenton
API · MCP
Generates editable PPTX and PDF presentations from prompts, documents, or your own templates for teams and developers…
Verifiedby Presenton · Content & Media, Productivity & Work Management · 5 skills · API Key
Why PPTX and PDF Export: Exports fully editable PowerPoint (PPTX) and PDF decks.
MangaTranslate
API
Translates manga pages and PDFs through a credit-metered REST API: OCR, text removal, background repair and…
Verifiedby Ficory LLC · Language & Translation, Content & Media · 3 skills · API Key
Why Submit Translation: Submits a manga page or PDF to POST /api/v1/api/translate with a source and target language, returning a task for the translation…
Ragie
API
Retrieval API for AI applications. Ingest PDFs, web pages, and files, then query with semantic search. Built-in…
Verifiedby Ragie · Research & Knowledge · 5 skills · API Key
Why Ingest PDFs, DOCX, web pages, and 20+ file types into a managed retrieval pipeline

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I need to read PDFs and documents · 28 fit · 5 official · keywords: pdf, ocr, document parsing, documents · categories: research, data-analytics, content-media · access: api+mcp

Turn PDFs, scans and Office files into text, tables and structured data.

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paddleocrapi+cli+mcpText Recognition: Extracts printed and handwritten text from images and scanned PDFs across more than 80 languages.mineruapi+cliLayout Parsing: Detects columns, headers, and figures to reconstruct correct reading order from complex multi-column documents.liteparsecli+apiSelective OCR: Runs bundled Tesseract OCR only where native text is missing, or sends pages to an HTTP OCR server such as EasyOCR or PaddleOCR.somark-oxrapi+cliDocument parsing: Turns PDFs and document images into Markdown or JSON output, with layout coordinates included.chandra-ocrcli+apiLayout-Preserving OCR: Converts images and PDFs into Markdown, HTML or JSON with detailed layout information, and extracts images and diagrams with…doclingapi+cli+mcpPDF Layout Understanding: Resolves page layout, reading order, table structure, code blocks, and formulas in PDFs, with OCR for scanned pages and…markitdowncli+mcpOffice Document Conversion: Converts PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, EPUB, and HTML files to Markdown while preserving headings, lists, tables, and…anydoccli+apiHosted OCR Fallback: Sends scanned or image-only PDFs to Firecrawl Parse for OCR when opted in with an API key, returning the same Markdown.markdownify-mcpmcpPDF to Markdown: Convert PDF documents to clean Markdown preserving headings, tables, and text formatting presentonapi+mcpPPTX and PDF Export: Exports fully editable PowerPoint (PPTX) and PDF decks.mangatranslateapiSubmit Translation: Submits a manga page or PDF to POST /api/v1/api/translate with a source and target language, returning a task for the translation…ragieapiIngest PDFs, DOCX, web pages, and 20+ file types into a managed retrieval pipeline

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