kreuzberg vs seline
kreuzberg: Kreuzberg is a high-performance, polyglot library designed to extract text and metadata from over 57 file formats, including comprehensive OCR capabilities. Built with a Rust core, it offers native speed processing, memory efficiency, and the ability to generate embeddings without requiring a GPU, making it highly versatile for various data extraction and processing tasks.; seline: Seline is a local-first AI desktop application combining conversational AI, visual generation, vector search, and multi-channel connectivity, keeping your data on your machine. It offers robust features like deep research, multi-model routing, and persistent agents with long-running context and external service integration.
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- You are building an ingestion pipeline and need text and metadata from 57+ formats without a GPU.
- Your stack is Rust, Python, TypeScript, Ruby, Go, Java, C#, PHP or Elixir, or you need a WebAssembly build.
- You process multi-gigabyte files and need streaming parsers, or want custom OCR backends through plugins.
- You just want an assistant to read a file in chat: a simple MCP converter is quicker to set up.
- You need the Ruby binding on Windows: the README's table shows no Windows build for it.
- You need the same OCR everywhere: EasyOCR and PaddleOCR are Python-only and Guten is Node.js-only.
Automating customer support and communication via always-on multi-channel bots.
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