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LlamaIndex is the document processing platform for AI

What it is

[!NOTE] The current focus of LlamaIndex is to build the best AI-powered engine for document parsing and extraction. LlamaParse is our enterprise platform for agentic OCR, parsing, extraction, indexing and more. LiteParse represents our efforts to build the best free, fast, cheap text parser in the market. ParseBench and ExtractBench represent our commitment towards open benchmarking for parsing and extraction. The company itself has undergone an evolution since when this OSS framework first launched 3 years ago in 2023. Since the early days, the framework has consisted of a broad set of orchestration tools enabling developers to build various RAG and agent applications. While we still have…

When to use it

Reach for llama_index when you need semantic search, embeddings, scraping or turning documents into LLM-ready data — it's written in Python and fits stacks tagged ai-agents, application, data, fine-tuning.

Category
RAG, Search & Data
Also in
LLM & Inference, AI Agents
Stars
52,874
Forks
8,541
Last push
today
Created
2022-11-02
Open issues
1,357
Website
developers.llamaindex.ai
#ai-agents#application#data#fine-tuning#framework#llamaindex#llm#multi-agents#rag#vector-db#python

Quick start

$ git clone https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index.git

Hand it to your AI

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FAQ

What is llama_index?

run-llama/llama_index is a retrieval tool on GitHub: LlamaIndex is the document processing platform for AI [!NOTE] The current focus of LlamaIndex is to build the best AI-powered engine for document parsing and extraction.

When should I use llama_index?

Reach for llama_index when you need semantic search, embeddings, scraping or turning documents into LLM-ready data — it's written in Python and fits stacks tagged ai-agents, application, data, fine-tuning.

What are the best alternatives to llama_index?

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Is llama_index actively maintained?

run-llama/llama_index looks very actively maintained: the last push was today (2026-11-11), with 52,874 stars and 1,357 open issues.

What license does llama_index use?

run-llama/llama_index is published under the MIT license. Check the repository's LICENSE file before commercial use.