Docling
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Feb 22, 2026first mention
Sep 4, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I suggest take a look at this https://github.com/docling-project/docling as well.”
“I use docling and it works well for parsing PDF and XLSX”
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“Docling for structure-aware parsing”
AI engineer building RAG chatbotson “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2026)”
“I tested docling by giving it the Ronin TTRPG rulebook PDF and it did an astounding job of converting it all into .txt and .md.”
“with a docling container for large pdfs. Works like a charm. I highly recommend it.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Threads where it came up
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- Communication on European Tech Sovereignty, and an EU Open-Source Strategy 1 mention
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All comments 7
“I suggest take a look at this https://github.com/docling-project/docling as well.”
“I use docling and it works well for parsing PDF and XLSX”
“Docling for structure-aware parsing”
“the former feels like a bunch of scripts and glue logic”
“I tested docling by giving it the Ronin TTRPG rulebook PDF and it did an astounding job of converting it all into .txt and .md.”
“with a docling container for large pdfs. Works like a charm. I highly recommend it.”
“I try to run most stuff locally, for example docling, embed rerank vlm”