Getting Started

Installation

Install LiteParse globally via npm to use the lit command anywhere:

npm i -g @llamaindex/liteparse

For macOS and Linux users, LiteParse can be also installed via brew:

brew tap run-llama/liteparse
brew install llamaindex-liteparse

Quick start

Once installed, you can start parsing from the command line:

# Parse a PDF and print text to stdout
lit parse document.pdf

# Save output to a file
lit parse document.pdf -o output.txt

# Get structured JSON with bounding boxes
lit parse document.pdf --format json -o output.json

# Parse only specific pages
lit parse document.pdf --target-pages "1-5,10,15-20"

Batch parsing

Parse an entire directory of documents at once:

lit batch-parse ./pdfs ./outputs

Screenshots

Generate page images from a PDF for LLM agents or visual workflows:

lit screenshot document.pdf -o ./screenshots

Next steps

• Library usage: Use LiteParse programmatically from TypeScript or Python.
• OCR configuration: Configure Tesseract, use an external OCR server, or bring your own.
• Multi-format support: Parse DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, images, and more.
• Agent skill: Add LiteParse as a skill for coding agents.
• CLI reference: Complete command and option reference.