pdf-inspector
A layout-aware native parser that returns Markdown with page markers.
markdown · no OCR · MIT
The parser roster
Seven approaches to the same PDF
Text extraction, Markdown conversion and hosted OCR solve different problems. Compare the configured adapters and inspect their output before choosing.
LiteParse
LlamaIndex's parser, exposed here through its Markdown output and page metadata.
markdown · OCR capable · Apache-2.0
OpenDataLoader PDF
A JVM-based PDF parser with structured output, running in the parsing engine.
markdown · OCR capable · Apache-2.0
@opendocsg/pdf2md
A JavaScript PDF-to-Markdown converter available directly in the web application.
markdown · no OCR · MIT
unpdf
A JavaScript text extractor that provides a plain-text baseline for PDF workflows.
text · no OCR · MIT
pdf-parse
A JavaScript PDF parser used here as a text-extraction baseline.
text · no OCR · MIT
Hyperbots
A hosted, finance-specialised OCR service for document extraction.
text · OCR capable · LicenseRef-Proprietary