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name: "Parse local PDFs into agent-ready text, JSON, and screenshots with LiteParse"
slug: "parse-local-pdfs-into-agent-ready-text-json-and-screenshots-with-liteparse"
description: "Run LiteParse locally to extract PDF text, spatial JSON, OCR-backed output, and page screenshots before sending documents into an agent workflow."
github_stars: 5136
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source: "https://github.com/run-llama/liteparse"
author: "LlamaIndex"
publisher_type: "organization"
category: "Data Extraction & Transformation"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
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github_repo: "run-llama/liteparse"
github_stars: 5136
npm_package: "@llamaindex/liteparse"
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# Parse local PDFs into agent-ready text, JSON, and screenshots with LiteParse
Run LiteParse locally to extract PDF text, spatial JSON, OCR-backed output, and page screenshots before sending documents into an agent workflow.
## Prerequisites
Node.js, npm or Homebrew, LiteParse CLI (`lit`), optional OCR server
## Installation
Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- npm i -g @llamaindex/liteparse
- brew tap run-llama/liteparse
- brew install llamaindex-liteparse
- git clone https://github.com/run-llama/liteparse.git
Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- scanned PDFs), you'll get significantly better results with [LlamaParse](https://developers.llamaindex.ai/python/cloud/llamaparse/?utm_source=github&utm_medium=liteparse),
- LiteParse's core parsing engine (PDF.js text extraction, grid projection, OCR via Tesseract.js) can run in the browser. Since the library has Node-only dependencies (sharp, fs, child_process), you'll need a bundler li...
Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- [](https://github.com/run-llama/liteparse/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
- ### CLI Tool
- #### Option 1: Global Install (Recommended)
- Source: https://github.com/run-llama/liteparse
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/run-llama/liteparse/HEAD/README.md
## Documentation
- https://developers.llamaindex.ai/liteparse/
## Source
- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/parse-local-pdfs-into-agent-ready-text-json-and-screenshots-with-liteparse/)