https://www.solosoft.dev/tags/rapidlayout/Recent content in RapidLayout on SoloSoftHugoen-usFri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.solosoft.dev/post/rapidlayout-document-analysis-2026/Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.solosoft.dev/post/rapidlayout-document-analysis-2026/<p>Document layout analysis is the critical first step in any document understanding pipeline. Before OCR can extract text, before tables can be parsed, and before content can be classified, the system needs to understand <em>where</em> things are on the page. <strong>RapidLayout</strong>, an open-source library from the RapidAI team, tackles exactly this challenge with a focus on both Chinese and English document content.</p> <p>Developed as part of the broader RapidAI ecosystem &ndash; which includes OCR engines, table recognition tools, and text detection models &ndash; RapidLayout provides a modular, backend-agnostic approach to layout analysis. Rather than locking users into a single inference framework, it supports OnnxRuntime, OpenVINO, and specialized CPU and GPU C++ runtimes, making it suitable for everything from edge devices to server deployments.</p>