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docling.rs MCP Server

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docling.rs runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 1 014 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 16 Oct 2026.

Documents to Markdown for agents: PDF layout, tables and OCR, Office, HTML, scans. docling in Rust.

Installs per day peak 582 · avg 33
a month agotoday
1 014
Installs / week
pypi · docling-rs-mcp
105
Stars
5 open issues
16 Oct 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
MIT
License
Rust

What the code does

We read the source, 22 h ago · rules ccca72095570

In the project's build, not in the package

Found in continuous integration, deployment or infrastructure files, or in a neighbouring package of the same monorepo. None of this is installed when you add the server: it describes how the project is built and released. We list it because a leaked key in a build pipeline is still a real problem, but it is not something this server does on your machine.

          sudo apt-get update
          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends binutils-${{ matrix.cross }}
    return Promise.resolve(fs.readFileSync(path.join(BASE, name)))
  $("out").innerHTML = out.join("");

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Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check docling.rs every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add docling-rs -- uvx docling-rs-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docling-rs": {
      "args": [
        "docling-rs-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.docling-rs]
command = "uvx"
args = ["docling-rs-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docling-rs": {
      "args": [
        "docling-rs-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docling-rs": {
      "args": [
        "docling-rs-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: DOCLING_RS_CACHE_DIR (Where `docling-rs-mcp --download-models` puts the PDF/image models and the server finds them (default ~/.cache/docling.rs).), DOCLING_RS_OCR_LANG (OCR language for scans: en (default), ch, or a BCP-47 tag.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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docling.rs — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for docling.rs?
docling.rs runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package docling-rs-mcp was installed 1 014 times last week.
How do I connect docling.rs?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls docling-rs-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use docling.rs?
The pypi package docling-rs-mcp was installed 1 014 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is docling.rs open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Rust, 105 stars on GitHub and 5 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.