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| Field | act | Miller | MarkItDown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platforms | GitHub | Universal, MCP, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor | Universal |
| Local support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Paid API | No | No | No |
| License | MIT | BSD-2-Clause | MIT |
| Stars | 72437 | 10049 | 191797 |
| Last activity | — | October 21, 2026 | — |
| Install complexity | — | EASY | سهل / Easy |
| Category | Testing, Git, DevOps | Workflow, Data | Workflow, Research |
| Best use | Best for a developer or small team that repeatedly edits GitHub Actions workflows and wants to test a job before pushing. It provides a local run log, while a final GitHub check remains necessary. It is not suitable when exact hosted-runner parity is required. | Ideal for developers, data analysts, and operators who need to clean a CSV export, inspect JSON Lines, or summarize a large file from the terminal without starting a Python project. Use it for quick, repeatable file processing; concurrent transactions and advanced visual analysis still call for a database or complementary analytics tool. | Best for a developer or analyst extracting text from several document formats before search or supplying selected passages to an AI agent. It provides a repeatable CLI command and Python library, while requiring review against the original. It is not intended for layout-perfect document publishing. |