PDF to LaTeX
Convert PDF documents to LaTeX format using MinerU. Best suited for academic papers and documents with formulas or complex layouts.
Install
npm install -g mineru-open-api
# or via Go (macOS/Linux):
go install github.com/opendatalab/MinerU-Ecosystem/cli/mineru-open-api@latest
Quick Start
# Convert PDF to LaTeX (requires token)
mineru-open-api extract paper.pdf -f latex -o ./out/
# With VLM model for better accuracy on complex layouts
mineru-open-api extract paper.pdf -f latex --model vlm -o ./out/
# From arXiv URL
mineru-open-api extract https://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.10918 -f latex -o ./out/
Authentication
Token required:
mineru-open-api auth # Interactive token setup
export MINERU_TOKEN="your-token" # Or via environment variable
Create token at: https://mineru.net/apiManage/token
Capabilities
- Supported input: .pdf (local file or URL)
- Output format: LaTeX (
-f latex) - LaTeX output requires
extractwith token — not available inflash-extract - Use
--model vlmfor papers with complex math, tables, or multi-column layouts - Language hint with
--language(default:ch, useenfor English)
Notes
- LaTeX output (
-f latex) is only available viaextractwith token --model vlmgives higher accuracy but may have rare hallucination risk; usepipelinefor guaranteed fidelity- Output goes to stdout by default; use
-o <dir>to save to a file - All progress/status messages go to stderr; document content goes to stdout
- MinerU is open-source by OpenDataLab (Shanghai AI Lab): https://github.com/opendatalab/MinerU
