Which is more popular, MegaParse or MinerU?

MinerU has more GitHub stars (80,986 vs 7,415).

Which is more actively developed, MegaParse or MinerU?

MinerU had more commits in the last 90 days (905 vs 0).

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

MegaParse has had no commit in 19 months; MinerU is actively maintained (905 commits in the last 90 days).
MinerU is growing faster: +3,746 GitHub stars in the last 30 days vs +11 for MegaParse.
Pick MegaParse for: file Parser optimised for LLM Ingestion with no loss Parse PDFs, Docx, PPTx in a format that is ideal for LLMs. Pick MinerU for: transforms complex documents like PDFs into LLM-ready markdown/JSON for your Agentic workflows.

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MegaParseopen-source

File Parser optimised for LLM Ingestion with no loss 🧠 Parse PDFs, Docx, PPTx in a format that is ideal for LLMs.

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

+Zero information loss during parsing with specific focus on preserving complex document elements like tables, headers, and images
+Superior performance with 0.87 similarity ratio in benchmarks, significantly outperforming competing parsers
+Dual parsing modes including MegaParse Vision that leverages advanced multimodal AI models for enhanced document understanding

-Requires multiple external dependencies (poppler, tesseract, libmagic on Mac) which can complicate installation
-Needs OpenAI or Anthropic API keys for operation, adding ongoing costs for usage
-Minimum Python 3.11 requirement may limit compatibility with older environments

•Preparing documents for RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems where preserving all context and formatting is critical
•Converting complex academic or business documents with tables and images into LLM-ready format for analysis
•Building document processing pipelines that need to maintain fidelity across diverse file formats (PDF, Word, PowerPoint)

Which is more popular, MegaParse or MinerU?: MinerU has more GitHub stars (80,986 vs 7,415).
Which is more actively developed, MegaParse or MinerU?: MinerU had more commits in the last 90 days (905 vs 0).
Should I use MegaParse or MinerU?: Compare their capabilities, limitations and "best for" notes above. Trying each on a small task is the fastest way to decide.