Which is more popular, Docling or MinerU?

MinerU has more GitHub stars (80,986 vs 68,298).

Which is more actively developed, Docling or MinerU?

MinerU had more commits in the last 90 days (905 vs 356).

Compare their capabilities, limitations and "best for" notes above. Trying each on a small task is the fastest way to decide.

Side-by-side comparison of two AI agent tools

MinerU is growing faster: +3,746 GitHub stars in the last 30 days vs +1,855 for Docling.
Pick Docling for: get your documents ready for gen AI. Pick MinerU for: transforms complex documents like PDFs into LLM-ready markdown/JSON for your Agentic workflows.

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Doclingopen-source

Get your documents ready for gen AI

Transforms complex documents like PDFs into LLM-ready markdown/JSON for your Agentic workflows.

+Advanced PDF understanding with layout analysis, table structure recognition, and reading order detection
+Supports wide variety of document formats including office documents, images, audio, and markup languages
+Unified DoclingDocument representation simplifies integration with AI workflows and downstream processing

-Processing complex documents with advanced features may require significant computational resources

•Converting research papers and technical documents into AI-ready formats for RAG applications
•Extracting structured data from business documents like invoices, contracts, and reports for automation
•Preparing diverse document collections for training or fine-tuning language models

Which is more popular, Docling or MinerU?: MinerU has more GitHub stars (80,986 vs 68,298).
Which is more actively developed, Docling or MinerU?: MinerU had more commits in the last 90 days (905 vs 356).
Should I use Docling or MinerU?: Compare their capabilities, limitations and "best for" notes above. Trying each on a small task is the fastest way to decide.