---
name: "Extract OCR-ready Markdown from documents with Zerox"
slug: "extract-ocr-ready-markdown-from-documents-with-zerox"
description: "Use Zerox to convert PDFs, images, and office documents into Markdown or structured extraction outputs using vision models."
github_stars: 12236
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/getomni-ai/zerox"
author: "Omni AI"
publisher_type: "open_source_project"
category: "Data Extraction & Transformation"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "getomni-ai/zerox"
  github_stars: 12236
  npm_package: "zerox"
  npm_weekly_downloads: 5302
---

# Extract OCR-ready Markdown from documents with Zerox

Use Zerox to convert PDFs, images, and office documents into Markdown or structured extraction outputs using vision models.

## Prerequisites

Node.js or Python Zerox package, graphicsmagick/ghostscript for Node PDF conversion or poppler for Python, model provider credentials

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- npm install zerox
- pip install py-zerox

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Zerox is available as both a Node and Python package.
- [Node README](#node-zerox) - [npm package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/zerox)
- [Python README](#python-zerox) - [pip package](https://pypi.org/project/py-zerox/)

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- | ------------------------- | ---------------------------- | -------------------------- |
- | Image Processing | ✓ | ✓ |
- | OpenAI Support | ✓ | ✓ |

- Source: https://github.com/getomni-ai/zerox
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getomni-ai/zerox/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://docs.getomni.ai/zerox

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/extract-ocr-ready-markdown-from-documents-with-zerox/)