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| Field | Lychee | MarkItDown | Miller |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Universal | Universal | Universal, MCP, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor |
| Local support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Paid API | No | No | No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | BSD-2-Clause |
| Stars | 4057 | 192643 | 10051 |
| Last activity | October 26, 2026 | — | October 21, 2026 |
| Install complexity | — | سهل / Easy | EASY |
| Category | Testing, Workflow | Workflow, Research | Workflow, Data |
| Best use | For documentation authors and small teams checking references locally or in CI. Start with a specific file and interpret findings; it does not establish complete site or login functionality. | 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. | 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. |