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MinerU

Open document parser for LLM-ready Markdown and structured outputs

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PricingFree
Starting price$0
Free planYes
Free trialYes
APIYes
Open sourceYes
DeploymentSelf Hosted
Last verifiedAugust 1, 2026
Overview

Tool overview

MinerU is listed under AI Infrastructure & MLOps AI tools.

Summary

What is MinerU?

MinerU converts PDFs, images, DOCX, PPTX, and XLSX files into Markdown and structured data for retrieval and agent workflows. It handles OCR, layout, tables, formulas, images, and multilingual documents.

Best fit

Best for

Developers preparing complex documents for search and AI workflows

Audience

Who is it for?

AI developersDocument-processing teamsResearchersKnowledge engineers
Recommendation

Decision note

Rebuilt from the original export under the complete V411 factual-source-verification workflow. Preview only. Apply remains blocked until Failures = 0, Warnings = 0, Unmapped = 0, Missing = 0, all explicit clears are reviewed, image import is disabled or V380 accepts the logo asset, one representative WordPress edit screen is compared with the export and proposed row, and a post-Apply zero-change Preview is completed.

Capabilities

Key features

PDF and office-document parsing

Markdown and JSON outputs

Multilingual OCR and layout analysis

Local command-line and Python workflows

Workflows

Use cases

Prepare documents for RAG

Extract complex tables

Convert reports to Markdown

Process multilingual scans

Strengths

Pros

  • Open-source and locally runnable
  • Current release supports multiple office formats
  • Multilingual OCR is documented
Considerations

Limitations

OCR, reading order, formulas, tables, and cross-page structures can be parsed incorrectly.

Commercial adopters must review the MinerU Open Source License and model-specific terms before deployment.

Cost

Pricing details

Pricing modelFree
Starting price$0
Free planYes
Free trialYes
Pricing context

Billing options

Free open-source useSelf-hosted infrastructure
Pricing context

Pricing note

MinerU is free to use under the MinerU Open Source License. Operating costs come from local or cloud compute and storage.

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Compatibility

Supported languages

  • Multilingual document OCR
Connectivity

Integrations

MCP Server

LangChain

LlamaIndex

RAGFlow

Dify

FastGPT

Specs

Technical details

PlatformsWeb, Desktop, API
Multilingual supportYes
Login requiredNo
Open sourceYes
LicenseMinerU Open Source License based on Apache 2.0 with additional conditions
DeploymentSelf Hosted
CompanyOpenDataLab
Current version3.3
Models / versionsMinerU2.5-Pro-2605-1.2B Pipeline VLM Engine Hybrid Engine
Editions / plansMinerU Open Source MinerU Online MinerU Open API
Data confidenceHigh
Last verifiedAugust 1, 2026
Documentation → Source code → Release notes → Data source →
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MinerU converts PDFs, images, DOCX, PPTX, and XLSX files into Markdown and structured data for retrieval and agent workflows. It handles OCR, layout, tables, formulas, images, and multilingual documents.
Developers preparing complex documents for search and AI workflows
The listed pricing model for MinerU is free. Pricing can change, so users should verify the latest plan details on the official website.
Yes. The current profile indicates that a free trial is available.
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