Unstructured Document Partitioning Etl Library Llm Pipelines

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name: "Unstructured Document Partitioning and ETL Library for LLM Pipelines"
slug: "unstructured-document-partitioning-etl-library-llm-pipelines"
description: "Unstructured is an open-source library for ingesting and partitioning PDFs, HTML, Office documents, emails, and other unstructured inputs into structured elements and metadata. It is commonly used as a preprocessing layer for RAG, search, extraction, and downstream AI pipelines."
github_stars: 14390
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/Unstructured-IO/unstructured"
author: "Unstructured"
publisher_type: "Company"
category: "Data Extraction & Transformation"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "unstructured-io/unstructured"
  github_stars: 14390
---

# Unstructured Document Partitioning and ETL Library for LLM Pipelines

Unstructured is an open-source library for ingesting and partitioning PDFs, HTML, Office documents, emails, and other unstructured inputs into structured elements and metadata. It is commonly used as a preprocessing layer for RAG, search, extraction, and downstream AI pipelines.

## Prerequisites

Python 3.11+

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- docker pull downloads.unstructured.io/unstructured-io/unstructured:latest
- docker run -dt --name unstructured downloads.unstructured.io/unstructured-io/unstructured:latest
- docker exec -it unstructured bash
- make docker-build

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- <a href="https://github.com/Unstructured-IO/unstructured/blob/main/LICENSE.md">![https://pypi.python.org/pypi/unstructured/](https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/unstructured.svg)</a>
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Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- ## :eight_pointed_black_star: Quick Start
- [Run the library in a container](https://github.com/Unstructured-IO/unstructured#run-the-library-in-a-container) or
- ### Run the library in a container

- Source: https://github.com/Unstructured-IO/unstructured
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Unstructured-IO/unstructured/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://docs.unstructured.io/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/unstructured-document-partitioning-etl-library-llm-pipelines/)