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Marker 2.1.0 on PDF → Markdown (quality)

190 files: text from 97, empty 0, errors 93, hangs 0, crashes 0. 190 files give text to at least one library.

Note: Marker 2 runs its OCR model (Surya 2.5, 1.2 GB) through llama.cpp's llama-server, installed separately as its docs say: official CPU build b12177.

🔴 Fails where another library reads text: 93

pdfs/headers_footers/0722235b45282fd9c4b9d92efc9dbf6e9704d798_page_2_processed.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.766 s)
pdfs/headers_footers/077c9c1f4595af86a2efb0f5b4209350fea8a9b6_page_2_processed.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.624 s)
pdfs/headers_footers/14cd43ae9b6ad4d5a839bf1c7c1a7cf84046657b_page_7.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.634 s)
pdfs/headers_footers/34530cb517fd67278fde916e2f082d174698e97c_page_25.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.56 s)
pdfs/headers_footers/7f1e2bb730f139f2f56c09f6e2fbdbafba2ac454_page_1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.641 s)
pdfs/headers_footers/911b693208d793ae2d4acb6669bf7e7954636678_page_64.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.525 s)
pdfs/headers_footers/a09e03201840ca874de0bb5da518259659196e1c_page_6.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.568 s)
pdfs/headers_footers/b1bcaf906a9826646b1e8ae04c885a0dc6c8adc8_page_13.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.511 s)
pdfs/headers_footers/f9440f15438ba36671183460e36dd9decbbb80dc_page_3.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.639 s)
pdfs/long_tiny_text/10c_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (1.402 s)
pdfs/long_tiny_text/11_pg186_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (1.242 s)
pdfs/long_tiny_text/11_pg36_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (1.023 s)
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pdfs/long_tiny_text/17_pg17_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.383 s)
pdfs/long_tiny_text/17_pg34_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.379 s)
pdfs/long_tiny_text/17_pg4_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.379 s)
pdfs/long_tiny_text/17_pg86_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.383 s)
pdfs/multi_column/01119fb525785eb7153ee600241ff1e01959_page_2_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.987 s)
pdfs/multi_column/02a3e23da54b82c414d272051b0b5d8f44d8_page_17_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.424 s)
pdfs/multi_column/02e31046996b59b4997b8413f09ae163ade5_page_10_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.739 s)
pdfs/multi_column/031262e6346a8b7db19239800839b132c1ce_page_13_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.671 s)
pdfs/multi_column/0621a0090414e4681e90a4e1ea543acca910_page_20_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.719 s)
pdfs/multi_column/0621a0090414e4681e90a4e1ea543acca910_page_4_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.724 s)
pdfs/multi_column/068682d533c39f817bd7855be4760d9a56ef_page_3_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.943 s)
pdfs/multi_column/0b045ab838c05c4ff1ac844caf826f8f368d_page_20_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.605 s)
pdfs/multi_column/0b045ab838c05c4ff1ac844caf826f8f368d_page_26_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.595 s)
pdfs/multi_column/0b045ab838c05c4ff1ac844caf826f8f368d_page_32_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.63 s)
pdfs/multi_column/0cf93d937e0f519965d4ff67daec8dd5dea1_page_5_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (1.188 s)
pdfs/multi_column/0d7f2cbc54e1b8e58b42a867c3f7620bcd29_page_8_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.487 s)
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pdfs/tables/0ee4f7788272e811ae7717b7133770892fe6_pg8.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.521 s)
pdfs/tables/144a1fd7a9b78d65270092a5b84792c59ceb_pg2_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.677 s)
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pdfs/tables/240cc9b2701d8110eac95cc55b06c8198f54_pg10_pg1.pdfSpawnError: llama-server binary not found. Install with: macOS: brew install llama.cpp Linux: brew install llama.cpp OR download from https://g (0.527 s)
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pdfs/headers_footers/062cc165e270a165b0660ec26b2478ac7a3fdab6_page_3.pdf20.126 s, 563 MB
pdfs/headers_footers/f7469518fa45151f23fc0189cd9d284e52f694ce_page_1.pdf2.384 s, 741 MB
pdfs/long_tiny_text/20_pg39_pg1.pdf1.517 s, 741 MB
pdfs/headers_footers/5be349767dcbdc846508dfc2b18a93336485ba3c_page_1.pdf1.209 s, 594 MB
pdfs/long_tiny_text/13_pg566_pg1.pdf1.037 s, 741 MB
pdfs/long_tiny_text/11_pg375_pg1.pdf1.031 s, 741 MB
pdfs/long_tiny_text/20_pg58_pg1.pdf1.017 s, 741 MB
pdfs/long_tiny_text/11_pg146_pg1.pdf0.98 s, 741 MB
pdfs/multi_column/03b953c18a4f7d2bbe390940dec839395cdd_page_18_pg1.pdf0.96 s, 741 MB
pdfs/long_tiny_text/11_pg57_pg1.pdf0.959 s, 741 MB

Recipe: board/targets.py. Run: 2026-11-06T20:28:35Z, Python 3.13.18, Linux x86_64, 4 CPUs (log). Installed: Jinja2==3.1.6, MarkupSafe==3.0.4, PyYAML==6.0.3, Pygments==2.21.0, RapidFuzz==3.14.6, annotated-doc==0.0.5, annotated-types==0.8.0, anthropic==0.125.0, anyio==4.16.0, attrs==26.1.0, beautifulsoup4==4.15.0, certifi==2026.10.23, cffi==2.1.1, charset-normalizer==3.5.2, click==8.5.1, cloudpickle==3.1.2, cryptography==50.0.2, distro==1.9.0, docstring_parser==0.18.0, filelock==3.32.7, filetype==1.2.0, fsspec==2026.9.0, ftfy==6.3.1, fuzzysearch==0.8.1, google-auth==2.62.1, google-genai==2.34.0, h11==0.16.0, hf-xet==1.8.0, httpcore==1.0.9, httpx==0.28.1, huggingface_hub==1.33.0, idna==3.20, jiter==0.19.0, joblib==1.6.0, markdown-it-py==4.2.0, markdown2==2.5.5, markdownify==1.2.3, marker-pdf==2.1.0, mdurl==0.1.2, mpmath==1.3.0, narwhals==2.28.0, networkx==3.7, numpy==2.5.4, openai==2.54.0, opencv-python-headless==4.11.0.86, packaging==26.3, pdftext==0.7.1, pillow==10.4.0, platformdirs==4.14.5, psutil==7.2.2, pyasn1==0.6.5, pyasn1_modules==0.4.2, pycparser==3.12, pydantic-settings==2.16.2, pydantic==2.14.3, pydantic_core==2.50.4, pypdfium2==5.10.1, python-dotenv==1.2.4, regex==2026.11.7, requests==2.34.2, rich==15.0.0, safetensors==0.8.0, scikit-learn==1.9.1, scipy==1.18.1, shellingham==1.5.4, six==1.17.0, sniffio==1.3.1, soupsieve==4.0.1, surya-ocr==0.23.0, sympy==1.14.0, tenacity==9.1.4, threadpoolctl==3.8.0, tokenizers==0.23.3, torch==2.15.0+cpu, torchvision==0.29.2+cpu, tqdm==4.70.1, transformers==5.22.2, typer==0.28.0, typing-inspection==0.4.5, typing_extensions==4.16.0, urllib3==2.8.0, wcwidth==0.9.4, websockets==17.4