# Docling Projects at AI Tinkerers

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Docling is the open-source toolkit (from IBM Research) that transforms complex documents like PDFs into structured, AI-ready JSON and Markdown for RAG and model fine-tuning.

Docling provides the specialized ingestion layer for your modern AI stack. Developed by IBM Research, this open-source toolkit converts unstructured files (PDFs, DOCX, PPTX) into clean, structured data formats: JSON and Markdown. It uses advanced computer vision for layout analysis, often bypassing traditional OCR for a reported 30x speed improvement. The project integrates seamlessly with major AI frameworks (LlamaIndex, LangChain), proving its critical value in building high-quality Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems. It has rapidly gained traction, securing over 30,000 stars on GitHub.

- Official technology site: https://docling.ai
- Public AI Tinkerers demos and talks: 1
- Result page: 1 of 1

## Recent Public Talks and Demos

### [Docling: Get your Documents Ready for Gen AI](https://zurich.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_0qEf18RlcV0)

- Event context: AI Tinkerers Zurich - February 6 — 2025-02-06 — Zürich
- Public talk page: https://zurich.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_0qEf18RlcV0

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