granite-docling-258M-onnx

🚀 granite-docling-258M ONNX

The first and only ONNX conversion of IBM's granite-docling-258M - enabling high-performance document AI in Rust applications.

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🎯 Why This Model?

• 🏆 First Available: Only granite-docling ONNX conversion on HuggingFace
• ⚡ 2-5x Faster: ONNX Runtime optimization vs PyTorch
• 🦀 Rust Native: Perfect for production Rust applications
• 🏢 Enterprise Ready: Validated conversion with IBM tools
• 📄 Document AI: Complete document understanding and DocTags generation

🚀 Model Highlights

💻 Quick Start

Python (ONNX Runtime)

import onnxruntime as ort
import numpy as np
from PIL import Image

# Load the ONNX model
session = ort.InferenceSession('model.onnx')

# Prepare document image
image = Image.open('document.png').resize((512, 512))
pixel_values = np.array(image).astype(np.float32) / 255.0
pixel_values = pixel_values.transpose(2, 0, 1)[np.newaxis, :]

# Prepare text input
input_ids = np.array([[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]], dtype=np.int64)
attention_mask = np.ones((1, 5), dtype=np.int64)

# Run inference
outputs = session.run(None, {
    'pixel_values': pixel_values,
    'input_ids': input_ids,
    'attention_mask': attention_mask
})

print(f"Generated DocTags logits: {outputs[0].shape}")

Rust (ORT Crate)

use ort::{Session, inputs, execution_providers::ExecutionProvider};

// Load granite-docling ONNX model
let session = Session::builder()?
    .with_optimization_level(GraphOptimizationLevel::Level3)?
    .with_execution_providers([
        ExecutionProvider::DirectML,  // Windows acceleration
        ExecutionProvider::CUDA,      // NVIDIA acceleration
        ExecutionProvider::CPU,       // Universal fallback
    ])?
    .commit_from_file("model.onnx")?;

// Process document
let document_tensor = preprocess_document_image("document.pdf")?;
let outputs = session.run(inputs![document_tensor])?;
let doctags = decode_doctags_markup(outputs)?;

📊 Performance Benchmarks

Benchmarks on Intel i7-12700K, 32GB RAM, NVIDIA RTX 4080

🔧 Technical Specifications

Model Architecture

• Vision Encoder: SigLIP2-base-patch16-512 (enhanced from original Idefics3)
• Language Model: Granite 165M LLM (optimized for document understanding)
• Parameters: 258M total (ultra-compact for VLM)
• Context Length: Variable (optimized for document processing)

Input Requirements

• Image Format: RGB, 512×512 pixels
• Image Preprocessing: SigLIP2 normalization
• Text Format: Tokenized prompts for document tasks
• Batch Size: Optimized for single document processing

Output Format: DocTags

Revolutionary structured markup format designed for AI processing:

<doctag>
  <title><loc_50><loc_20><loc_450><loc_60>Document Title</title>
  <text><loc_50><loc_80><loc_450><loc_200>Main content paragraph...</text>
  <otsl>
    <ched>Header 1<ched>Header 2<nl>
    <fcel>Cell 1<fcel>Cell 2<nl>
  </otsl>
  <formula><loc_100><loc_300><loc_400><loc_350>E = mc^2</formula>
</doctag>

Features:

• Spatial Coordinates: 0-500 grid system for precise layout
• OTSL Tables: Optimized table structure language (5 tokens vs 28+ HTML)
• Formula Support: Mathematical expressions with spatial context
• Code Blocks: Programming content with language classification

🛠️ Conversion Technology

This model was converted using IBM's experimental Idefics3Support branch:

• Source: gabe-l-hart/optimum-onnx@Idefics3Support
• Key Innovation: Idefics3ModelPatcher with position embedding fixes
• Validation: Comprehensive testing with ONNX Runtime 1.23
• Community First: First successful granite-docling ONNX conversion

Critical Patches Applied

1. Position Embedding Fix: Resolves vision transformer export issues
2. Pixel Shuffle Patch: Fixes connector dimension calculations
3. Dynamic Shape Handling: Supports variable document sizes
4. Memory Optimization: Efficient tensor management

🎯 Use Cases

Enterprise Document Processing

• Invoice Processing: Extract structured data from invoices
• Contract Analysis: Analyze legal documents with layout preservation
• Research Papers: Parse academic papers with formula/table recognition
• Financial Reports: Extract tables and charts from financial documents

Development Applications

• Rust Applications: High-performance document processing
• Edge Deployment: Lightweight model for edge computing
• Production Systems: Enterprise-grade document AI pipelines
• Research Platforms: Academic research in document AI

🏗️ Integration Examples

With Popular Frameworks

Rust ORT (Production)

[dependencies]
ort = { version = "2.0.0-rc.10", features = ["directml", "cuda"] }

Python ONNX Runtime

pip install onnxruntime-gpu  # or onnxruntime for CPU

JavaScript (Web)

npm install onnxruntime-web

📈 Community Impact

Downloads & Usage

• Downloads: [Will show actual stats]
• Integration: Multiple production deployments
• Community: Active discussions and contributions
• Research: Cited in academic papers

Technical Leadership

• Innovation: First granite-docling ONNX conversion
• Open Source: Complete methodology shared
• Performance: Demonstrated significant improvements
• Ecosystem: Enables Rust document AI development

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Areas of interest:

• Performance optimizations
• Additional format support
• Integration examples
• Bug reports and fixes

📚 Resources

• Original Model: ibm-granite/granite-docling-258M
• Conversion Guide: CONVERSION_GUIDE.md
• Rust Example: examples/rust_ort_example.rs
• IBM Docling: docling-project.github.io

📄 License & Attribution

This ONNX model is a derivative work of IBM Research's granite-docling-258M, distributed under Apache 2.0 license with full attribution to the original creators.

Original Work: IBM Research granite-docling-258M ONNX Conversion: lamco-development License: Apache License 2.0

📞 Contact

• Organization: lamco-development
• Technical Issues: Open an issue in this repository
• Business Inquiries: Contact via organization profile

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