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Self-Hosted Docling API Converts PDFs to Clean Markdown for LLM Pipelines
IBM's open-source Docling parser converts PDFs, DOCX, and scanned docs into Markdown or JSON, preserving tables and reading order. It runs locally via Docker or a FastAPI server, requiring about 2GB RAM. A one-click Railway deployment template is available, with a referral link for the author.
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Docling solves a real pain point for RAG pipelines, but the 2GB RAM requirement and referral-based deployment template warrant a skeptical look before production use.
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Turn any PDF into clean Markdown with a self-hosted Docling API →
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