pdf-to-latex-mineru

Convert PDF documents to LaTeX source code using MinerU AI extraction. Designed for researchers, academics, and scientists who need to re-edit, re-typeset, or recover LaTeX markup from published papers, theses, and technical reports. Use when asked to: convert a PDF paper to LaTeX, extract LaTeX from an academic PDF, edit a PDF in LaTeX, re-typeset an arXiv paper, recover LaTeX source from PDF, turn a document into editable LaTeX, get equations out of a PDF, extract math formulas from document, convert research paper to LaTeX. Handles complex academic layouts: mathematical equations, multi-column text, tables, figures, and scientific notation. Supports local PDF files and direct URLs including arXiv links. Use --model vlm for high-accuracy extraction of math-heavy or multi-column documents; use pipeline mode for guaranteed structural fidelity. Solves problems like: I have a PDF but need the LaTeX source, I need to modify a paper but only have the PDF, I want to reuse equations from a published paper, how do I make a scanned paper editable in LaTeX. Powered by MinerU from OpenDataLab (Shanghai AI Lab) - open-source, high-quality PDF understanding engine. Requires MINERU_TOKEN. 将PDF学术论文转换为LaTeX源码。支持公式提取、多栏排版识别、表格还原， 适用于论文重排版、学术编辑、arXiv论文转换等场景。

PDF to LaTeX

Convert PDF documents to LaTeX format using MinerU. Best suited for academic papers and documents with formulas or complex layouts.

Install

npm install -g mineru-open-api
go install github.com/opendatalab/MinerU-Ecosystem/cli/mineru-open-api@latest

Quick Start

mineru-open-api extract paper.pdf -f latex -o ./out/
mineru-open-api extract paper.pdf -f latex --model vlm -o ./out/
mineru-open-api extract https://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.10918 -f latex -o ./out/

Authentication

Token required:

mineru-open-api auth
export MINERU_TOKEN="your-token"

Create token at: https://mineru.net/apiManage/token

Capabilities

• Supported input: .pdf (local file or URL)
• Output format: LaTeX (-f latex)
• LaTeX output requires extract with token
• Use --model vlm for papers with complex math, tables, or multi-column layouts
• Language hint with --language (default: ch, use en for English)

Notes

• LaTeX output is only available via extract with token
• --model vlm gives higher accuracy; use pipeline for guaranteed fidelity
• Output goes to stdout by default; use -o <dir> to save to a file
• MinerU is open-source by OpenDataLab (Shanghai AI Lab): https://github.com/opendatalab/MinerU