document-parse

Document to Text

Parse unstructured documents (PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, images, and more) locally with LiteParse (fast local OCR).

For spreadsheets that require calculation or exact cell values, use xlsx. For Word revisions/comments use docx; for slide notes or layout use pptx. LiteParse is for reading text, not a lossless representation of those formats. Its default output is plain text; JSON adds layout coordinates.

Parse a Single File

# Basic text extraction
lit parse document.pdf

# JSON output saved to a file
lit parse document.pdf --format json -o output.json

# Specific page range
lit parse document.pdf --target-pages "1-5,10,15-20"

# Disable OCR (faster, text-only PDFs)
lit parse document.pdf --no-ocr

# Use an external HTTP OCR server for higher accuracy
lit parse document.pdf --ocr-server-url http://localhost:8828/ocr

# Higher DPI for better quality
lit parse document.pdf --dpi 300

Batch Parse a Directory

lit batch-parse ./input-directory ./output-directory

# Only process PDFs, recursively
lit batch-parse ./input ./output --extension .pdf --recursive

Generate Page Screenshots

Screenshots are useful for LLM agents that need to see visual layout or to extract pages as screenshots.

# All pages
lit screenshot document.pdf -o ./screenshots

# Specific pages
lit screenshot document.pdf --pages "1,3,5" -o ./screenshots

# High-DPI PNG
lit screenshot document.pdf --dpi 300 --format png -o ./screenshots

# Page range
lit screenshot document.pdf --pages "1-10" -o ./screenshots

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Key Options Reference

OCR Options

Option	Description
(default)	Tesseract.js — zero setup, built-in
--ocr-language fra	Set OCR language (ISO code)
--ocr-server-url <url>	Use external HTTP OCR server (EasyOCR, PaddleOCR, custom)
--no-ocr	Disable OCR entirely

Output Options

Option	Description
--format json	Structured JSON with bounding boxes
--format text	Plain text (default)
-o <file>	Save output to file