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AnyDoc

★ 16k

Firecrawl's Rust document parser that converts Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF, EPUB and ten other formats into clean Markdown in about 5 milliseconds, with Node.js and Python bindings.

AnyDoc does the job of Adobe Acrobat Pro and LlamaParse, self-hosted. It is MIT-licensed, so you can do essentially what you like with it, and it installs in about one command. Adobe Acrobat Pro bills $20/mo for it. 16k stars on GitHub.

Open-source replacement for Adobe Acrobat Pro, LlamaParse.

Licence: MIT
Self-hosting: Easy
The paid one costs: $20/mo
GitHub stars: 16k

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Is it actually a replacement?

We have written a verdict on what it replaces — what you lose, and why people still pay:

Can I open-source Adobe Acrobat Pro? →

How AnyDoc runs

Where it runs

AnyDoc runs on your server.

What setup takes

not verified by us yet — check the repo README.

AnyDoc questions

Is AnyDoc open source?

Yes — it is released under MIT.

Can AnyDoc replace Adobe Acrobat Pro?

Our verdict on Adobe Acrobat Pro is YES. Stirling PDF (89k stars), Typst (40k stars), Docmost (21k stars) are mature open-source replacements for Adobe Acrobat Pro — self-host in one command and stop paying $29.99/mo.

Can I self-host AnyDoc?

Yes — we rate it easy to self-host, and it runs on your server.