php devs, we no longer need to duct-tape python scripts just to parse a pdf 😭
launching Parsel: a fast memory efficient local document parser for PHP.
pdfs, office docs & images → text, structured data, bboxes, screenshots.
built for AI/RAG, NLP, invoices, search, and messy docs.
composer require shipfastlabs/parsel
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