LlamaIndex
by LlamaIndex
At a glance
Open-source data framework for connecting LLMs to private data, powering retrieval-augmented generation and document agents.
framework open-source rag document-parsing
- Licence
- MIT
- Category
- Agents & Automation
- Business model
- Open (open weights/source)
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2022-11
Overview
LlamaIndex is an open-source data framework for connecting large language models to private data, specializing in retrieval-augmented generation and document agents. It provides data connectors, indexing, and query engines, with LlamaCloud and LlamaParse as hosted services for document parsing. The framework is free and open source.
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Key features
- Open-source framework with Workflows and LiteParse for local parsing
- LlamaCloud with LlamaParse, Extract, and Index services
- Parsing for 50+ unstructured file types, including charts and tables
- Free tier with monthly credits; VPC deployment for enterprises
Use cases
- Building RAG over enterprise documents
- Question answering on PDFs and knowledge bases
- Document-processing agents
Pricing
The framework is free and open source; LlamaCloud and LlamaParse are usage-priced hosted services.
Record details
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Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-09-10
- Pricing
- www.llamaindex.ai ↗
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- US
Selection profile
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Selection profile11 fields5 unknown
- Tasks it fits
- Automation agents Questions over your own documents
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Suggest a correction - How you use it
- Self-run service
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- Not recorded
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Suggest a correction - Works offline
- Not recorded
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- Global
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- Not recorded
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Suggest a correction - Licence
- MIT
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Suggest a correction - Commercial use
- Permitted
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Suggest a correction - Interface languages
- Not recorded
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- Open source Free Free allowance: Yes Subscription required: No
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Where each value comes from
- Tasks it fits
- Our inference
- How you use it
- Our inference
- Runs on
- Our inference
- Where it runs
- Our inference
- Works offline
- Our inference
- Official service region
- Our inference
- Public API
- Our inference
- Licence
- Our inference
- Commercial use
- Our inference
- Interface languages
- Unknown
Frequently asked questions
What is LlamaIndex for?
LlamaIndex connects LLMs to private data for retrieval-augmented generation and document agents.
Is LlamaIndex open source?
Yes. The core framework is open source; LlamaCloud and LlamaParse are hosted paid services.
What is LlamaParse?
LlamaParse is LlamaIndex's service for parsing complex documents like PDFs into clean, structured text.
What does LlamaIndex not document?
No public documentation page is recorded for LlamaIndex because no same-site page could be confirmed as its docs, and its licence terms and self-hosted deployment are not established.
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