Docling vs Unstructured (OSS)
Side-by-side comparison of Docling and Unstructured (OSS) for local, private document Q&A.
| Docling | Unstructured (OSS) | |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Latest release | v2.139.0 | 0.27.27 |
| Release date | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-15 |
| Hardware | CPU OK, GPU faster unverified | CPU; hi_res needs more unverified |
| Document types | PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, HTML, EPUB, images, audio, email (EML/MSG), LaTeX | 25+ formats incl. scans, email unverified |
| OCR / tables / retrieval | Strong: layout, tables, OCR | OCR + table extraction (hi_res) unverified |
| Cloud calls | None (parser) unverified | Hosted API optional unverified |
| Fully offline | Yes | Yes |
| Status | Active | Active |
Last updated 2026-10-24. Fields marked unverified are summarized from docs and reviews and have not been checked against primary sources yet.
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