Dolphin vs Graphify

Side-by-side comparison of two AI agent tools

Short answer

  • Dolphin has had no commit in 6 months; Graphify is actively maintained (1,056 commits in the last 90 days).
  • Graphify is growing faster: +6,540 GitHub stars in the last 30 days vs +28 for Dolphin.
  • Dolphin is free; Graphify is freemium.
  • Pick Dolphin for: the official repo for “Dolphin: Document Image Parsing via Heterogeneous Anchor Prompting”, ACL, 2025. Pick Graphify for: local tool that parses code, docs, SQL schemas, configs, and PDFs into a queryable knowledge graph.

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The official repo for “Dolphin: Document Image Parsing via Heterogeneous Anchor Prompting”, ACL, 2025.

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Graphifyfreemium

Local tool that parses code, docs, SQL schemas, configs, and PDFs into a queryable knowledge graph

Metrics

DolphinGraphify
Stars9.1k123.4k
Star velocity /mo28.263157894736846.5k
Commits (90d)01.1k
Releases (6m)010
Overall score0.21710121741767380.9044125608136018

Pros

  • +Universal document parsing capability that handles both digital and photographed documents seamlessly
  • +Advanced two-stage architecture with document-type-aware parsing strategies optimized for different document formats
  • +Comprehensive 21-element detection including complex elements like formulas, code blocks, and tables with attribute field extraction

    Cons

    • -Research-focused tool that may require significant technical expertise to implement and integrate
    • -Relatively new release with limited production use cases and community feedback
    • -Large model size (3B parameters) may require substantial computational resources for deployment

      Use Cases

      • •Academic research document digitization and content extraction from PDFs and scanned papers
      • •Enterprise document processing for complex reports, invoices, and forms with mixed content types
      • •Automated parsing of technical documentation containing code snippets, mathematical formulas, and diagrams

        FAQ

        Which is more popular, Dolphin or Graphify?
        Graphify has more GitHub stars (123,420 vs 9,059).
        Which is more actively developed, Dolphin or Graphify?
        Graphify had more commits in the last 90 days (1,056 vs 0).
        Should I use Dolphin or Graphify?
        Compare their capabilities, limitations and "best for" notes above. Trying each on a small task is the fastest way to decide.