Quick Start: CLI

Installation

Homebrew (macOS / Linux) — Recommended

brew tap raphaelmansuy/tap
brew install edgeparse

Verify:

edgeparse --version

cargo (any platform)

cargo install edgeparse-cli

Pre-built binary

Download a platform binary from GitHub Releases, make it executable, and add it to your PATH:

# macOS arm64 example
curl -L https://github.com/raphaelmansuy/edgeparse/releases/latest/download/edgeparse-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | tar xz
chmod +x edgeparse
sudo mv edgeparse /usr/local/bin/

Basic Usage

# Parse to JSON (output to stdout)
edgeparse document.pdf --format json

# Parse to Markdown (output to stdout)
edgeparse document.pdf -f markdown

# Save to output directory
edgeparse document.pdf -f markdown --output-dir results/

# Parse multiple files
edgeparse ./pdfs/*.pdf -f markdown --output-dir ./results/

# Enable hybrid mode
edgeparse document.pdf -f json --hybrid docling-fast

All Formats

Flag	Output
--format json / -f json	Structured JSON with full metadata
--format markdown / -f markdown	Clean Markdown with tables
--format html / -f html	Semantic HTML
--format text / -f text	Plain text (reading order)

Key Flags

Flag	Description
--output-dir <DIR> / -o	Write output files to directory
--format <FMT> / -f	Output format
--hybrid <BACKEND>	Enable hybrid mode (docling-fast)
--pages <RANGE>	Page range, e.g. 1-5

Next Steps

• Output Format Details
• Rust Library Usage
• Try Live Demo — parse PDFs in your browser with WebAssembly
• Enterprise — self-hosted deployment, priority support by Elitizon