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id: llama-index-question-gen-openai
version: "0.3.1"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: aging
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# llama-index-question-gen-openai — llama-index question_gen openai integration

License: permissive · Maintenance: aging · Downloads: 2.7M/mo

## What it is and what it does

This package provides a question generation integration for LlamaIndex that uses OpenAI's language models to automatically create follow-up questions from documents or provided context. It wraps OpenAI's API through the llama-index ecosystem, allowing you to feed text or document content and receive generated questions suitable for Q&A systems, educational tools, or retrieval-augmented generation pipelines.

The package is a specialized component within the broader LlamaIndex framework and depends on llama-index-core, llama-index-llms-openai, and llama-index-program-openai. It requires Python 3.9 or later and a working OpenAI API connection. The aging maintenance status (441 days since last release) suggests the package may be stable but not actively developed.

Use it for:

- Generate follow-up questions for document-based Q&A systems or chatbots.
- Create synthetic training data for question-answering models from existing documents.
- Build educational tools that automatically generate comprehension questions from course materials.
- Enhance retrieval-augmented generation pipelines by generating diverse queries for document retrieval.
- Automate test question creation from technical documentation or knowledge bases.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Generates follow-up questions from documents or context using OpenAI's language models, integrated with the LlamaIndex framework.

Yes, if you are already using LlamaIndex and need OpenAI-powered question generation. The low install friction and permissive MIT license make adoption straightforward. However, the aging maintenance status (441 days since last release) warrants checking compatibility with your current llama-index versions before committing to production use. No known vulnerabilities.

## Install

pip install llama-index-question-gen-openai
uv add llama-index-question-gen-openai
poetry add llama-index-question-gen-openai

## Installing llama-index-question-gen-openai

Before you install: Low install friction with pure Python wheels. Maintenance status is aging—last release was 441 days ago, though the package remains current for Python 3.9+. Depends on llama-index-core, llama-index-llms-openai, and llama-index-program-openai.

License in practice: MIT license permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, requiring only attribution and inclusion of the license notice.

Quickstart:

pip install llama-index-question-gen-openai

from llama_index_question_gen_openai import OpenAIQuestionGenerator

generator = OpenAIQuestionGenerator.from_defaults()
questions = generator.generate(context_str="Your document text here")

Requires a valid OpenAI API key in environment or passed explicitly; llama-index-llms-openai dependency must be installed and configured.

Verify before relying:

- Whether the package is actively maintained or in maintenance-only mode given the 441-day gap since last release.
- Specific question generation capabilities and output format beyond the integration description.
- Compatibility with recent versions of llama-index-core and llama-index-llms-openai.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: aging
- Downloads: 2.7M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

question generation from documents, llama-index openai integration, automated question generation, follow-up question synthesis, llm-based question generation, openai question generator, context-aware question creation, llm-integration, question-generation, rag

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